Web 2.0 and How games can change the world. I saw this video a few years ago Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world. http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html and read her book
Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World. I think this material is the bases for "crowd source solutions". See also http://janemcgonigal.com/ .
I have been looking for a platform to use this concept and experimented with a site called http://www.chorewars.com/ or see jane comment on this idea http://youtu.be/46UB9hPrIfM. Many students did participate in the project doing extra "school" work. I also give students opportunites to work with quizlets- editing my files and trying multiple times to improve their scores.
The idea of Gaming in schools has been around for quite a few years. It's been slow to take off, but the idea is solid. Kids will work for incentives. You mentioned classroom management in your first post, you may want to check out http://www.classdojo.com/
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Classdojo certainliy seems like cool approach but my classroom management growth was more structural- no student behavior oriented. I would note that kids don't hear enough good things from teachers
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