PaGamO is an online gaming platform for students. The player enters a fantasy land and chooses a public or private quiz, the answers to which result in a gain or loss of island territory. PaGamO requires a per-student, per-year license.

GOALS

PaGamO is an online gaming platform for students. It is designed to increase engagement in learning by incorporating a fantasy land where correct answers to questions correspond to increased territory for the player. Teachers can create private quizzes for their students or students can play public quizzes. The results of the quizzes provide data for both students and teachers in a statistical report.

APPROACH

Once a student creates a profile on PaGamO, he has access to public and private quizzes, or he can create his own. Each player chooses his own avatar with unique skills and then enters a fantasy land that resembles islands in the sea. Each island is made up of a cluster of hexagons that represent territory. When a player clicks on a hexagon to attack neighboring territory, he is given a question. Immediately after submitting an answer, the player finds out if he is right or wrong, resulting in a gain or loss of territory.

Teachers, too, receive the results of student performance in the Teacher Console. In this space, the teacher can vary the difficulty level of a quiz and then assign each level to groups of students with different proficiency levels. As students progress, teachers can move students into different proficiency groups. Teachers have the option of sharing quizzes publicly or keeping them private for their students.

IMPLEMENTATION

PaGamO requires internet access and is available through a modern browser on any desktop, laptop, or tablet.

PRICING

PaGamO requires a per-student license, which costs anywhere between $12/student/year and $6.50/student/year depending on the number of licenses.

WHO IS USING IT?

As of November, 2015 PaGamO is used by over 130,000 students and teachers around the world