The scent of linden flowers is spread throughout the city. It can be sensed everywhere in the air, on the street, in the classroom, beneath the heart, triumphantly covering a damp, bitter smell (I say, of snails – disgusting, which very few people recognize… Do you know how snails smell after rain? A mix of dampness and mustiness).
From the school attic, a warm but firm, coherent, fluent, and slightly humorous tone is heard… and no, it’s not in Romanian; it’s a blend of English with a touch of Spanish, belonging to our trainer, Azael Herrero… This week, we strengthen our convictions in a course on #gamification, not clarification but GAMIFICATION. Exactly! What we lack in this world of education, but which, of course, I see changing. There are, I believe, or I like to think, many of us who practice #gamification intuitively but without laying the foundations for a “by-the-book” project. I can say that I rediscovered myself through this course because I realized, for I don’t know how many times, that everything I do, I do well, and I would like anyone to find this satisfaction—it’s amazing to know that all your work is rewarded. I will certainly tell you about my project and the students’ project “The Smurf Business,” which I did intuitively, without knowing that it is actually GAMIFICATION.
I have to conclude… a burst of noise rises; it’s my students coming from sports class, very excited, and armed with many questions, I quote: Miss, is it the last hour? Miss, what time will we have? Miss, you wrote without looking… AAA (that “aha!”), Miss, why are you writing all these things? A pile of little hands and eyes gather behind me… What are you doing here?, Miss today I have to pick up my sister too because grandpa is coming… the sound of water… Hey, don’t say anything, miss is writing… hehe… You’re funny! Miss,…

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