Teacher created web games

Sugarcane is a bit more sophisticated looking than the previous sites, yet is also simple to use. Explore some of the features by playing games already on the site before attempting to create your own.

Step-by-step directions make it easy to add and personalize your content and design visually attractive games that even include images. Use one data set to create up to 18 different game formats.

Baamboozle is a little different than the other game tools because it offers interactive game play between teams. Baamboozle keeps track of scores throughout the game. Follow directions to add questions, answers, and point values for items. This site is perfect to use as an introduction to any unit to assess prior comprehension of knowledge, or at the end of your unit for a whole-class or small group review activity.

Answerables is for the more tech-savvy teachers to use in creating a game-based virtual world for students. Answerables also includes an online learning management system to create events and assignments as well as provide feedback.

It also offers opportunities for independent learning activities as well as collaboration between students. As you and your students create learning games, here are some tips to keep in mind: Content and development of learning skills are the most important thing to consider. Let students create games for their peers or individual practice. You can learn a lot from what students include and what they think is essential.

The games are also categorized into age ranges. The cartoon graphics are very appealing for children, but the content is stellar for teachers and parents that want children to play to learn. With games and activities that meet curriculum needs for math, science, language arts, and social studies, Primary Games houses over 1, game titles. The site includes curriculum guides for teachers to use in conjunction with the games. This game site offers teacher-created and approved educational computer games for elementary students to learn math and language arts on the web.

Arcademic Skill Builders are online educational video games that offer a powerful approach to learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills. Arcademic games challenge students to improve their scores through repetitive, timed learning drills that provide immediate feedback.

Subscribe to receive weekly updates of MindShift stories every Sunday. Search-Icon Created with Sketch. KQED is a proud member of. Always free. Sign In. KQED Inform. More: 12 Educational Games to Boost Productivity. Another site that can be used to create flash cards is Memorize. They select their preferred mode for studying, including flash cards, matching, or multiple choice.

These wizards can then be shared and users can collaborate and merge their wizards together. At Vocabulary. Banks of words can be shared with others so students can assist each other as they build a guide for learning and remembering new words. The Dustbin Game on Classtools is an easy way for teachers to create a review game. This game could be used to review math problems, locations in geography, or species in science.

This website was created and is maintained by history teacher Russel Tarr. He has vetted all the tools on his site and most can be adapted for other subject areas besides social studies. One caveat: all tools are free and that means there will be ads. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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