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• General
  

  General

  Click, Create, Captivate
  
  

  Educational games and interactive activities are more engaging than traditional paper-pencil tasks. Games and interactives provide many educational advantages. They provide a welcome break from the usual routine of the class. Additionally, they are motivating and challenging, thus helping students make and sustain the effort required for learning. In this hands-on session, you will learn to easily create games and interactives that are customized to your curricular content. You will be introduced to applications such as Hot Potatoes, Quia, Quizlet and ClassTools. Time will be devoted to creating several games and interactives.

  This session also introduces using Moodle as an efficient way to organize games and interactives and to deliver them to students.

  Questions? Contact:

  Diana Dell- diana@sqooltechs.com
  Vince Szewczyk - vince@sqooltechs.com

  
  

  • Gamequarium URL
  • Practice Page
• Topic 1
  

  Topic 1

  Creating a page to organize your games
  
  You will need a way to organize the games and activities that you create during this session. The games will need to be linked, hosted, or embedded on a web page. All of this can be done easily in Moodle. If you would like FREE Moodle course space complete this form. Please note: if you are using guest access, you must create an account before completing the form.
  
  If you are new to Moodle, the links below provide the basics information that you need to know to add the games to your course.
  

  • Editing Topic Areas URL
  • Link to an external webpage URL
  • Uploading a Hot Potatoes File Page
  • Embedding games and other embeddables Page
  • The Glossary Builder from the Kids Open Dictionary Project can assist you in quickly creating games and activities. The results can be exported in a variety of format that work well with some game generators.
  • Kids Open Dictionary Glosssary Builder URL
• Topic 2
  

  Topic 2

  ClassTools.net
  

  • Description of Games and Activities URL
  • How to create games and activities using ClassTools.net Page
  • How to save and embed games URL
  • Example Arcade Games- Cloud Type (Embedded) Page
  • Example Dust-bin Game (Embedded) Page
  • Example Dust-bin Game (Linked) URL
• Topic 3
  

  Topic 3

  Hot Potatoes
  

  • Hot Potatoes Download URL
  • Hot Potatoes Tutorials URL
  • Cloud Names and Latin Meanings (JMatch) HotPot
  • Create a JMatch Activity Page
  • Using Clouds to Predict the Weather (JQuiz) HotPot
  • Create a JQuiz Activity Page
  • Cloud Sentence Scramble (JMix) HotPot
  • Create a JMix Activity Page
  • Cloud Crossword (JCross) HotPot
  • Create a JCross Activity Page
  • Types of Clouds and the Weather (JCloze) HotPot
  • Create a JCloze Activity Page
  • Cloud Names and Latin Meanings HotPot
• Topic 4
  

  Topic 4

  Quia

  • Quia 30-Day Trial URL
  • Quia Trial that includes 28 Free Phonics Games URL
  • 16 game/activities formats URL
  • How to create the games/activites URL
  • Analogies Jeopardy URL
  • Analogies Battleship URL
  • Analogies Millionaire URL
• Topic 5
  

  Topic 5

  Odds and Ends Game Generators

  • Jeopardy Labs URL
  • Example Jeopardy Game - Maya Angleou URL
  • Quizlet- Create a free account URL
  • Quizlet Demo URL
  • Example of Scatter (embedded) Page
  • Landforms (Linked Games) URL
  • ProProfs- Create a free account URL
  • Landforms Crossword (Embedded ) Page
  • Landforms Crossword (Linked Games) URL
  • Landforms Hangman (Embedded ) Page
  • FlashcardsDB- Create a free account URL
  • Chemistry Flashcard (embedded) Page
  • Purpose Games URL
  • Skeletal System (Linked) URL
  • Triptico Match-It URL
  • Study Stack Create a Free Account URL
• Topic 6
  

  Topic 6

  Enrolling students and customizing your Moodle course

  • Editing Your Profile Page
  • General Settings for Your Course URL
  • Instructions for Enrolling Students URL
• Topic 7
  

  Topic 7

  • Session Evaluation URL