Educational Games

12 Great Resources To Help Keep Student’s Math Skills Sharp Over The Summer

July 4, 2010

These online resources provide plenty of great ways for students to stay on top of their math skills, or to build on them, over the summer. This is the kind of thing I really love about the Internet - easy to access and use sites and tools, many of which are free, focused on a specific [...]

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PowerPoint Jeopardy in the Classroom

December 2, 2009

A great way to have some fun and reinforce learning in the classroom (or at home). Over the long holiday weekend, I made it a point to have some fun with my kids, and the idea came to me to search online to see if I could find a Jeopardy game that would allow me to create my own [...]

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10 Free Educational Game Sites

September 20, 2009

These free sites provide students an opportunity to learn in a fun, interactive environment.

I searched out and visited a bunch of sites with free educational games and selected the ten I thought were most useful and appropriate to education. In addition to a brief overview of each site, I have also attempted to define the grade range these sites are applicable to - I made my own judgement for most sites since it often wasn’t indicated therer (feel free to weigh in if you think I’m off target on any of these). Most of these sites are geared towards K-12 (with many leaning towards K-6 or so), but some do have fun games that will challenge the Higher Ed student and adults as well. Take one for a spin today!

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Fun tool for the classroom - simple Crossword Puzzle maker!

June 3, 2009

This week’s mid week post is a little lighthearted - this is a fun little tool I came across (thanks to Buzz Garwood and his blog at thisweekinedtech.blogspot.com). This tool will allow you to create a simple crossword puzzle by plugging in a bunch of words and clues.

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