"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."
— Benjamin Franklin
Picture the scene:
It's Monday morning and your hot cup of joe is sitting to your right, glaring at you soberly. In order get you up to speed on some new terminology, your boss suddenly assigns you a new training module to complete, due in 3 days. He says to start immediately, so here you are.
...says no one, and especially not you at 9 o'clock Monday morning.
Your cubicle life flashes before your eyes. You never did like training modules, but, you reason, you'll just have to accept the reality that training could never be fun...
Let's make learning fun, like playing tic-tac-toe or hangman. Let's make it exciting, so that even if you've got 10, 50, 100 terms to learn, you won't fall out of your chair in boredom. Let's make all the learning and training more like a...
Game-a-Thon is not your average, run-of-the-mill learning tool—a series of lecture videos with quizzes or set of plain flashcards. Instead, Game-a-Thon takes learning to a new level by utilizing the power of games to make learning engaging and fun, rather than a thorn in your side!
The Game-a-Thon online learning platform makes learning and training easy, both for those in charge and those following the lead. Using Game-a-Thon, trainers can create games from an assorted collection of game templates, input their own questions and answers, and assign the game to their students to complete. Students just have to register to login see their assignments and complete them by playing the games. Trainers can view their students' statistics on their games and unassign games from students at any time.
Whether you're a team lead trying to help your team hit the ground running, an employer handling onboarding, or even a tutor exploring different teaching tools, Game-a-Thon can fit your needs and help your students learn — the awesome way.
So what are you waiting for?
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
— Chinese proverb