Transcript Instant feedback and lots of chance to try again

Outline plan
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In 30 minutes:
Introduce me
Why Review games
Ted Talk inspiration – 5 aspects of computer games that beat education
Use PPT and Premade set of flachcards - to show Quizlet
Make a new set of flashcards from Word doc.
Get participants to navigate to the new cards
Learn with the cards
Do an activity on the cards –to get high score
Take a test (students choose and design self test)
Mention extra features – photos, sharing, embeding etc.
Export the cards using ‘*’
Make a class tools game
Save the html file
Grab the embed code / link and put it into my blog
Play the games
High score feature – invite participates to play and aim for a high score.
If we had more time
Creating Review Games with
Free Web Tools
Presented by:
David Faure
About me …
I teach Bio & Science in Toulouse, France
All my students bring a laptop to lessons
So I’m keen to make good use of ICT.
Father of three & amateur bassoonist.
My Blog: http://ict2biology.blogspot.fr/
Twitter : @D_Faure,
@BiologyIB -
What are Review Games?
Review - Revision - Rehearsal
Activities that:
• develop a
student’s factual
knowledge
•
help students gain
confidence in
these key facts
Can Educators learn from Games ?
“Gamers often commit
great feats of persistence,
dedicating hundreds of
hours to complete
marathon quests.”
John Riccitiello
Challenge at the right level
Instant feedback
Lots of rewards
Plenty of chances to try again
A social aspect – competition
Two great web tools
I’m going to focus on just 2 web tools in this webinar.
There is a whole range of opportunities with them.
quizlet
Motivating students: Instant feedback, Fun, Competition
What is Quizlet?
Revision cards - Quick tests - Online puzzles
Learning the Cards online
Instant feedback and lots of chance to try again
Quizlet Card
Printing
Options
Give students a choice
Quizlet Online
self-correcting
test
Printing option makes a quick test for class
Making your flashcards
Let’s Try Quizlet
● Imagine you want to help your students
learn the key terms in a topic.
● Example Quizlethttp://ict2biology.blogspot.fr/2012/06/stud
y-with-quizlet-flash-cards.html
● I often begin with a list in a word document.
Start: a simple word document
Quizlet – Import Data
Exporting the Set of Cards
Classtools
Classtools.net
We are going to use the Arcade Game Generator
The choice of games looks like this …
Make an arcade game in a minute
ClassTools.net
Arcade
Games
A bit of Competition
Extras
Android & iPhone APP
Classtools.net
We are going to use the Arcade Game Generator
The choice of games looks like this …
Classtools Extras
Fakebook – Makes research tasks motivating
● Personify something
● A country / element / An Animal
Contact Details
My Blog: http://ict2biology.blogspot.fr/
Twitter : @D_Faure