Games

=RESOURCES FOR GAMES= [|Hot Potatoes Game Creator] The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on the web Contributed by Linda Beith

[|Quandary Simulation Creator] Described by its creators as a web-based action maze or interactive case study. Easy to use and a powerful tool for discovery learning Contributed by Linda Beith

[|Challenge.ppt] This Jeopardy game was designed by a former student of mine, Erik Volk, who generously agreed to let me turn it into a template to share with others. You can fill in your own categories and questions. Best used in a hybrid environment with an on-site class. Since Jeopardy is a trademark I call it Volk's Challenge.

[|PowerPoint Game Templates] Many of these are geared for a younger audience but you can still get some ideas that would be adaptable to your own learners. Contributed by Linda Beith

[|Free Online Puzzle Maker]- contributed by Linda Beith

[|Quia (Web)] Easy to build games. This is also targeted to a younger audience, but can be used by anyone. Quia offers academic pricing (50% off annually).

Physics Games - I thought I'd submit this as more people might enjoy this collection than a "math-only" site. There are a great collection of games that have physics principles behind them. Although some are better than others, if nothing else, it's a fun distraction site. I have my students try a few of the problem solving games and/or balancing games when discussing balancing equations. -Jason Bock

[|Word Games] - Several simple word games such as word search, cross-word, cryptograms, and more. They can be printed out by the student, filled in, and loaded back to the CMS. - Anneliese McArthur

[|Adobe Captivate Exchange] - For Captivate users there are some free game templates avaialable such as Jeopardy, Maze, Board Games, and different tamplates available for download. Tim O'Brien

[|Flashcard Software] - This is a great tool for educators and students. FlashcardDB makes it easy to create, study and share flashcards online. This one is from Corrine's toolbox that she shared with a prior class, I've found it very helpful to create question and answer games. Tim O'Brien

ClassTools.net This site has lots of games and diagrams available for a variety of subjects, and it's FREE! These can be used for the classroom or online. There are many samples to choose from or create a more custom interaction. -Corrine Mellegard