Techno Teacher

Here’s a video we made about using games in the classroom. 

Hope you enjoy it!

This is an interview with Melissa Jackson. She is a high school teacher in Logan, Utah. She was asked about her feelings on gaming and its place in the educational system. She also goes over her game (an applet) on probability. It’s listed on USU’s website. Here is the link to all of Utah State [...]

Games with specific content area

Social studies: Move boundaries around for elections
redistrictinggame.org

physics puzzle games
fantasticcontraption.com

vocab, math, geography, memory, alphabet
playkidsgames.com

every subject: math, science, social studies, language arts, puzzles, etc.
primarygames.com

links to other games with descriptions of each game
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/10/35-educational-games-and-games.html

links to grammar games
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/08/ten-grammar-games-and-lesson-resources.html

Math Games
http://www.xpmath.com/

Math games, word games, science games, games on many subjects.
http://www.theproblemsite.com/default.asp

Math
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

Quick multiplication and multiples
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Ghostblasters1/gbcd.html

Math Facts
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/math_games.html

Grammar
http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html

Geography
http://www.geosense.net/

tests civics, economics, history, [...]

We thought we’d post some links to articles about using games in todays classrooms. These articles may help you formulate your opinions, or maybe give you different points of view in using games in your classroom. The articles were found online.

http://www.librarygamingtoolkit.org/

http://wistechnology.com/articles/513/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210134746.htm

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news240706gamesinschoolssurvey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5398230.stm

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1514411/20051122/index.jhtml?headlines=true

http://news.creativecow.net/story/861462

http://lss.wisc.edu/news/174

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2136203/why_not_use_technology_in_the_classroom.html

http://www.edutopia.org/scratch-programming-language-technology-tool

http://www.colab.soe.vt.edu/mpl/

http://www.teflgames.com/why.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5063661&page=1

http://education.mit.edu/papers/GamesSimsSocNets_EdArcade.pdf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4189411.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/jun/02/games.elearning

http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/SeriousGamesIncorporatingVideo/157412

http://archive.ite.journal.informs.org/Vol8No1/Griffin/

http://learninggames.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/technology-revolution-stops-at-classroom-doors/

Scratch is a program that would be very beneficial in making your own classroom games. Though it can be a great tool it can also be time consuming. After the initial exploration of Scratch I decided to try and make a time quiz to better understand how Scratch works. Once you get the hang of [...]