Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Online Resources for Activities & Games



Wednesday is here! A couple fun historical facts about today:

2013 – One year ago today the government shut down - Time sure does fly!
1903 – The first modern World Series game between the Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates


Today’s blog posting is about online resources for activities and games that you can use with your students. This topic has been slightly discussed on the blog before, but I’m focusing more on different activity and test generators that you can find online. For more info on different resources for notes, or flashcards, etc, you can go to a previous blog post, which can be found on March 31st, 2014. 


Love the game Jeopardy? This site is really excellent when it comes to making Jeopardy games for students, and maybe even for your own classes. It’s also a great review for your students, or even an icebreaker! There is also a 10 hour jeopardy music video on YouTube to make your Jeopardy more like the game show!

Create free tests or quizzes for your students!

How about some Bingo to change up your usual activities?

This is a wonderful crossword generator that I used a lot when I was an instructor. They also have other worksheets or activities like Math, Word Search, Word Scramble, Secret Code, Word Match, Bagel, Fresh Words

While some of the content in these games are geared towards more high school level activities, the ideas behind the activities are great, and the content could be changed for your courses. Battleship, as mentioned on this website, is always fun to play!
 
Need any help on how to create some of these games? Send us an e-mail, and we can help! Remember that Emily was an instructor for years, and has an arsenal of games & activities that can be changed for the content in your course.

Does anyone have any great online activity builders or resources? If so, comment in the comment section below!