Gamify Your Tech Club For Fun and Profit

Why do ANY of this?!?

➢The students.

➢Why gamify? ○ Clarity of expectations

➢Why run like a business? ○ Sim vs. Real World

Leveling Up - Popplet Roadmap

http://popplet.com/app/#/1519579

Leveling Up

➢3DGameLab

○ Online Quest-based learning platform

○ Complete “quests” to unlock new quests

○ Scaffolding in bite-size chunks

■ i.e. Web Production:

Edit an

existing site Manage and Edit a

Google site

Setup, Manage, &

Edit a Joomla site

3 Possible Professions

➢Web Development

➢Video Production

➢Software Training

Roles and Hierarchy of Guild

Five leadership positions:

- President

- Vice President

- Treasurer

- Secretary

- Public Relations

President - Bradley WaltherProfessions:

Video Production, Software Trainer

➢Communicate with potential clients

➢Set meeting dates & topics

➢Manage project leads

My Experience - Celebrate Recovery

➢What is CR?

➢Negatives:

○ Filming times/locations

○ Use of personal time

➢Positives:

○ Putting in extra work

○ Interacting with clients

Vice President - Jacob Basinger Professions: Web Design, Video Production, Teaching

➢Assist other members on projects

➢Coordinate new initiatives

➢ Initiations into 3DGameLab

My Experience - MMH

➢Mennonite Memorial Home

○ What is MMH?

➢Positives

○ Speaking skills

○ Proficiency upgrade in Outlook

➢Negatives ○ PROCRASTINATION!

○ Poor preparation

Treasurer - Alex Sanchez Professions: Photoshop and Web Design

➢Transactions with school bank account

➢Document all monetary income

➢Set budget for Rockettech

My Experience - Tom Gustwiller

➢Positives

○ Photoshop work

○ Improved communication skills

➢Negatives

○ Communication difficulties

○ Difficulty bringing ideas to life

Secretary - Tyler Boes Professions: Web Design

➢Record Rockettech meeting attendance

➢Record decisions and ideas of group

➢WoW player and Guild Master

My Experience - PCCIC

➢Negatives

○ Difficulties with communication

○ Rusty skills

➢Positives

○ College Courses

paying off

○ Experience

Public Relations - Sarah Baumgartner Professions: Video Production

➢Articles for newspapers

➢Rockettech.org blog

➢Promo Video

My Experience - Putnam County

Courthouse

➢Negatives ○ Not enough guidelines

○ Sift through information

➢Positives ○ Clarity on future projects

○ Large for first project

○ Premier class

Starting up (1 of 4)

➢Expect more.

○ match or surpass local college curriculums

➢Ask people smarter than you

○ Local SBA or prominent business person/mentor Q’s ■ “How can we promote ourselves?”

■ What services can we offer to local businesses?

➢Form a business plan (sba.gov) ○ Clear goals & progress monitoring

○ Our business plan: http://sdrv.ms/1e8sQ7W

Starting up (2 of 4)

➢Not every student can do this.

➢Recruit small group (~5) by potential

(inquisitive + sharp)

➢Let students take charge ○ Let them fail:

■ Prep the client, they love this part.

○ Let them take over when ready:

Starting up (3 of 4)

➢Director Hats

○ Software proficiency

■ option 1: Lynda.com ($25/mo, project and skill based)

■ option 2: Google ($0/mo, skill-based)

○ Transportation helps, but not necessary

○ Fail Harder

■ Briefly analyze failure and adjust ● Turned down by potential client

● Smaller than expected donation

● overwhelmed by software

Starting up (4 of 4)

➢Hardware & Software

○ Web Development

■ Modern PC’s with Internet

■ Photoshop preferred, not required (free GIMP)

○ Video Production

■ High End PC’s

■ Adobe $oftware (Premiere, Photoshop) ● PSEOP ties in nicely…

■ Camera DSLR ideal, iPod sufficient

Slides and links on Rockettech.org