Monthly Archives: February 2010

Spotlight on Digital Play Innovators #4: Hayo Reinders

Darren Elliott, who writes the great Lives of Teachers blog, recently interviewed Hayo Reinders, keynote speaker at the 4th International Wireless Ready symposium. An Interview With Hayo Reinders from darren elliott on Vimeo. One thing that comes out of the interview, that Hayo also mentioned in his keynote, is that existing games should be adapted, [...]

Droppy – Present Perfect Playing

Level: Intermediate Language Focus: Present Perfect simple /passive Time: 30 – 40 minutes Game:Droppy Help Droppy to solve problems in 11 different situations and help him stay out of trouble. Preparations Download a single copy of the walkthrough for you to use in class and download a copy of the Droppy worksheet. Play the game [...]

ABC Arcade Fun

Level:  Primary Language Focus: Alphabet Skills Focus: Pronunciation Game: Alphattack This game is used to practice and consolidate the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet.  It can be played either in a connected classroom or a computer room. Bombs drop from the sky and need to be stopped before they destroy the city. Destroy [...]

Listening practice with BBC ‘Casualty’ game

Level:   Advanced + Skills Focus:   Listening Language Focus:   First Aid Game:   Casualty Challenge Help your learners practise their listening skills in the computer room with this BBC Skillswise words game based on the UK TV Programme “Casualty”. Preparation Make sure that there are enough computers and headphones for your learners and that the game is [...]

EVOKE – Edugaming Online

EVOKE is an online Alternate Reality Game (ARG) run by the World Bank Institute and directed by Jane McGonigal.  It begins on March 3 2010 and requires gamers to complete ten game challenges over a ten week period.  If you want to reserve a place then do so now. An EVOKE is defined as an [...]

Gateway

Gateway is a short, absorbing and entertaining puzzle game with ten levels – you have to guide a robot through a number of different rooms, each of which require the solving of a puzzle. Highly entertaining, although it is easy enough to do, so it’s not so obvious how you can use this for language [...]

Discussion Topics #3 – A New Life

Level: Advanced Topic: Border Country Speaking Focus: Expressing opinions Time: 30 – 45 minutes Game: Against all odds Preparation You also need to go through a few steps after entering the site before you can get to play the game. The steps are: 1) Click on Open in full screen. 2) Click on Play against [...]

Discussion Topic #2 – Border Country

Level: Advanced Topic: Border Country Speaking  Focus: Expressing opinions Time: 30 – 45 minutes Game: Against all odds Preparation You also need to go through a few steps after entering the site before you can get to play the game.  The steps are: 1) Click on Open in full screen. 2) Click on Play against [...]

Discussion Topics #1 – War and Conflict

Level: Advanced Topic: War & Conflict Speaking  Focus: Expressing opinions Time: 30 – 45 minutes Game: Against all odds Against All Odds is an online video game developed by UNHCR designed to teach players about the plight of refugees.  This first episode entitled ‘War and conflict’ looks at the problems faced by dissidents within a [...]

Spotlight on Digital Play Innovators #3 James Paul Gee

Later today (early tomorrow in some parts of the world), there’ll be an interesting opportunity to join James Paul Gee who’ll be in conversation with Steve Hargadon and Ed Hill about Video Games, Learning and Literacy. photo by Preoccupations Event: More Details are here Date: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern [...]