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Games-in-Education

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Come learn how to create your own Jeopardy game in minutes.  Participants will also be given time to explore other game sites where they can search for already created games. 

 

Dip your toes in...

 

SuperTeacherTools - Classroom jeopardy, Speed Match Quiz Maker, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire.  Create the games online and just save the link to your game.  At the bottom of the page is also a Seating Chart, Group Maker, Random Name Generator, Hangman and other tools. http://www.superteachertools.com/

 

Quia - Welcome to the Quia shared activities area! Choose a subject area that interests you, and then browse through thousands of learning activities. All of these games and quizzes were created by educators using Quia's tools and templates. HINT: Rags to Riches is Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Challenge Board is Jeopardy.  http://www.quia.com/shared/

 

Quizlet - Great site to study vocabulary.  You can create your own word lists or use already created word lists.  http://quizlet.com/

 

Dive in...

 

Download/Use Game Templates from the Internet 

 

Find Jeopardy Questions

  • Looking for real questions from the Jeopardy Game try this site - the search tool is great also - http://www.j-archive.com/
  • I will also go to Quia Shared Activities - then search on the topic you are looking for - then you can read other teachers questions and adapt them - http://www.quia.com/shared/

 

Even further...

Poptropica.com: Gaming or Learning http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=5368

Poptropica.com - http://www.poptropica.com/

A conversation about epistemic games with authors James McGee and David Shaffer http://www.youtube.com/v/Im-uVZrz5EM 

A piece in the NY Times about educational media/games http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/magazine/19video-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Gamestar Mechanic - http://gamestarmechanic.com/teachers/page/2

Play is more than fun it is vital (Ted Talk) - http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital.html

 

Gaming in Education

Edurealms - http://edurealms.com/

 

 

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