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Using Games for Learning

April 14, 2026

  1. Log into a Chromebook and complete WYAW from http://bit.ly/digilit

  2. READINGS:
  3. PSA Collaborative Video (iPads)
    In your small group of three, complete the PSA plan/script on your storyboard. Next, use your storyboard to create the PSA using the WeVideo iPad app. Follow the directions on your group notes document to complete the project. TURN UP THE VOLUME

  4. Chrome Extensions: To continue our exploration of web 2.0 tools related to collections or suites of tools, let's look at tools you can embed in your Chrome browser. These are helper apps that you can add directly into your browser. Check some of these out by installing them into your Chrome browser. You must install the two required and one other that you choose and pin them to your browser bar.

    1. Go to the Chrome Web Store and search through the options. Find one you like.
    2. Click on the link to the extension
    3. Click the blue "Add to Chrome" button and then again the "Add extension"
    4. Manage your extensions using the icon in the top right corner
      manageextensionsinchrome
    5. Find your extension and choose to pin it so you can access from your browser bar


  5. Assessment and Games: Options with Technology: Some tools we've used....
    • Kahoot (formative assessment)
    • Padlet (diagnostic, formative,
    • Whiteboard.fi (online Whiteboards)
    • Flippity Games
    • Gathering data in Google Forms and viewing it in Google Sheets.
    • Using Google Forms as a quiz in Google Classroom

    6. OTHERS?

  6. Table Talk: On your vintage whiteboard, list the ups/downs, joys/sorrow, pros/cons of gamification.

  7. Some additional tools to explore and create with that are game-based but may lend themselves to formative assessment.
    8. Game Creation Tools Finished Games to Play Assessment-Focused

    Wordwall
    https://wordwall.net/
    Example: Animal Match

    Gizmos
    Examples: Free for 5 minutes w/o signup

    		 That Quiz   With account - student data.https://www.thatquiz.org/
    Example: Fractions
    Genially (Canva interface)
    https://genially.com/
    Example: Healthy Sorting    		 Boddle
    https://www.boddlelearning.com/
    More about Boddle    		 Wizer
    https://app.wizer.me/
    Example: Figurative language
    Factile (Jeopardy)
    https://www.playfactile.com/
    Example: K-1    		 PBS Games
    https://pbskids.org/games    		 Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
    https://wayground.com/
    Example: Colonial Times
    Slides with Friends
    https://slideswith.com/
    Example: Preview
    		    
    Gimkit
    https://www.gimkit.com/
    Example: Solar System    		    


  8. ANOTHER APPROACH TO GAMIFICATION: Collaborative iPad Activity The 4 Cs.
    • Find the Goosechase app on your tablet and as a guest, use the code: 8PJ1D0
    • All team members should be involved!
    • When shooting video MAKE SURE TO TURN UP THE VOLUME on your tabler and don't stand too far away to be heard
    • If your evidence is a photo, ADD A CAPTION. If your evidence is a video SPEAK LOUDLY AND GET CLOSE
    • Try to do as many missions as possible and you can check your progress in the Activity Feed
    • Enter the game as a guest and choose a team (see chart below).
    TEAM NAME: Group Maker in Classroom Screen
      Table Topper
    GROUP 1: Cabin Home  
    GROUP 2: Clingmans Dome
    		  
    GROUP 3: Mt.LeConte
    		  
    GROUP 4: Smokys Bear  
  9. Explore the other tools in the table above to see if any might be useful in creating games for your students.

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