Gamifying naplan

Drouin secondary school
Rob Monk

Getting better with NAPLAN

Problems with teachers owning the preparation for naplan

Solution - develop a Learning Group solution
 Impediments - not engaging, teacher not interested

Answer - gamify it
 They did research
   Level up
   Badges
   Leader boards
   Challenges
   Points

Driving engagement
 Accelerated feedback cycles
 Clear goals
 A compelling narrative
 Challenging and achievable tasks

Product - NAPLAN 500, 250 and 100 questions
 We they did
  Create mini tasks
  Made quizzes short
 Purposeful feedback
 Monitored their progress via Progress Bar

Student survey
Largest feedback (bar) -- moderately difficult
This was the outcome they wanted.