Monthly Archives: October 2011

Halloween Horror – Pirates of The Undead Sea

Level: Upper Intermediate Location: Computer room Skills Focus: Listening Game: Pirates of the undead sea This game is not as gory and bloody as it gets by a long stretch but it is just about as far as we go here at Digital Play.  The story is of a zombie pirate who is trying to [...]

Top Ten Halloween Dress Up Games

Here’s a brief description of ten Halloween themed dress up/ monster creator games and a few suggestions on how to use them.  All these games were chosen to tie in with the Halloween theme of trick or treat and dressing up in costumes.  You can access them by either following the links or clicking on [...]

Meet Moshi Monsters – the Primary Class Virtual Pets

Moshi Monsters is a virtual pet game and popular safe social network for young kids similar to Club Penguin. The game lets a child adopt a Moshi pet, which they have to look after, feed and play games with. Similar in concept to a Tamagotchi, but on the Web, it can be used in the [...]

The First Hero

Level:  Intermediate+ Location:  Connected Classroom Skills Focus:  Writing Language Focus:  Narrative Tenses Game:  The First Hero A game set in the times of ancient greek with a nice shadow puppet look and feel to it. Preparation Either play the game using a walkthrough to familiarise yourself with the game or print a copy of the [...]

Top Ten Presentations on Gaming and Education

Here’s a brief description of ten PowerPoint slides on gaming in education.  All these slide shows were chosen to influence, inspire and interest you the reader.  You can watch them by either following the links or clicking on the image. 1 Gaming For Education   A presentation on the why, which and how games can [...]