The primary aim of Tuesday’s teaching and learning meeting is to explore how new technologies can be used to facilitate the use of games in the classroom and to provide some training in how to create simple yet effective games and quizzes that can be used both in the classroom on the IWB and published online for revision and follow up by students.
Reasons for using games in the classroom include:
* Motivation - games can engage and motivate students and in doing so they are more likely to interact in topics covered
* Games can provide feedback to both the learner and the teacher – outcomes help students to identify their current levels of acheivement and staff can intervene, scaffold and adjust learning opportunities as neccesary in relation to the outcomes.
* For many students the nature of a game or quiz is less threatening than some other learning opportunities
* Can be used to review learning in the classroom through starters and plenaries
* Can be used as useful revision aids and through online sources can be used to support independent revision by students.
* Games can provide feedback to both the learner and the teacher – outcomes help students to identify their current levels of acheivement and staff can intervene, scaffold and adjust learning opportunities as neccesary in relation to the outcomes.
* For many students the nature of a game or quiz is less threatening than some other learning opportunities
* Can be used to review learning in the classroom through starters and plenaries
* Can be used as useful revision aids and through online sources can be used to support independent revision by students.
Here you have some webpages in which you can find games for students:
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/index.html
You can find very interesting games in this website. There are different levels and you can also print some of the games. They can be interactive games or printable games. Enjoy it!
http://pbskids.org/It is another webpage related to stories and games. There are also colouring activities for kids.
http://www.brainpop.com/
It is a useful webpage for students of the 5th and 6th grades. There are a lot of games related to different skills and also topics. There are games to work with the brain and to develop the competences. It is good for the highest levels. You can also find different movies related to the different topics. Have a look!
