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Digital Dialects – Activities for Learning 55+ Languages

Dec 14

Posted by eric in Foreign Language | Comments off

Digital Dialects – Activities for Learning 55+ Languages:

“Digital Dialects has a large selection of educational games and activities for learning 55 different languages. Most of the games are designed to learn and practice the basics of each of the 55 languages listed on the Digital Dialects homepage.

Another good website for learning and practicing language basics is Literacy Center.net. Literacy Center offers games for learning and practicing French, Spanish, German, and English. The Literacy Center is a 501c non-profit with a contract from the US Department of Education.

Applications for Education

The educational games and activities found on Digital Dialects and Literacy Center are great for students just beginning to learn a new language. The games provide instant feedback to students and parents so that they can monitor progress and choose a skill or set of vocabulary terms to practice”

(Via FreeTech4Teachers.com.)

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Fun Free Math Multiplayer Games for K-5

Nov 19

Posted by eric in Language Arts, Math, Social Studies | Comments off

Arcademic Skill Builders_ Online Educational Games

Defend your space station from incoming meteors by solving multiplication problems or drag race your friends through division. AcademicSkillBuilders.com has a number of great math games covering Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Addition, Subtraction, and Integers. The games run great under any web browser and are quick to start and easy to play. All of the games are research based, and aligned to state standards.

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Theres also a selection of language arts games focusing on spelling, vowels, verbs and Social Studies games focusing on State Capitals and countries. Now I better close the window so I can get some work done…

Arcademic Skill Builders - Captial Penguin

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Chemistry Resources from FreeTech4Teachers

Oct 23

Posted by eric in Science | Comments off

The Elements Song With Pictures:

“The Elements Song has been around for a long time (I actually heard it on vinyl in high school chemistry). There are many videos of the song on YouTube. Some of which have nearly one million views. This version of the song on YouTube has a picture representing each element throughout the song.

Applications for Education
The pictures that accompany the mention of each element in the song could help some students remember the elements. Just be sure to remind students that the song does not contain all of the elements that are now on the periodic table.”

Learn the Periodic Table Tetris-Style:

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“eChalk offers a mix of free and premium educational games. One of the free games that I learned about today is Periodic Table Tetris. Periodic Table Tetris uses the style of the classic video game Tetris to help students memorize the periodic table of elements. To play the game, students use their keyboard’s arrow keys to move element blocks into the proper place. The game has three levels for students to progress through.

Thanks to the Woodchurch Science blog for the link.

Applications for Education
Periodic Table Tetris could be a fun and engaging way to learn the periodic table. I wish this game had been around when I was a high school student having to memorize the periodic table.”

(Via FreeTech4Teachers.)

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Playing History: Your Source for Historical Games

Oct 17

Posted by eric in Social Studies | Comments off

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Playing History: Your Source for Historical Games: ”

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Looking for a way to spice up your social studies or history class? Check this out! Way back in July, Richard Byrne blogged about this site: ‘Playing History.’ I loved it and tagged it, knowing I’d want to share it here. Finally had a chance to check it out, and yep – it’s worth a closer look!

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Basically, http://playinghistory.org/ is a site that aggregates games about history as submitted by people all over the web. A tag cloud is featured prominently as a the main interface for locating games but you can also search. Here’s a shot of the American History collection:

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A handy rating system allows you to quickly see which of these games were popular (or not).  Then you are only two mouse clicks away from the actual game, located somewhere on the Internet. Drilling into the listing yields a detail page with lots of helpful information:

Quality of the games can vary widely, however. I started playing ‘Do I Have a Right?’ and couldn’t stop! It was terrific! A few others I clicked on were more like interactive websites than games, but, it’s easy to make those determinations.

I like this site because it’s easy to use and helps you locate engaging activities tied to your curriculum. And, of course, the site itself and the games located are free!”

(Via NCS-Tech.)

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Learn About The Nobel Prize

Oct 9

Posted by eric in Social Studies | Comments off

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Learn About The Nobel Prize:

“As you’ve probably heard by now, the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 has been awarded to President Barack Obama. This announcement will undoubtedly create good conversation in current events classes. Your students will probably have questions about the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Foundation has created a Nobel Peace Prize fact sheet to help visitors learn more about the history of the prize and to address some frequently asked questions. The Nobel Peace Prize website also offers videos of lectures given by past recipients of the prize.

The Nobel Foundation has an educational games site designed to help students learn about the work of past Nobel Prize recipients from a variety of fields. For example, there is a game for learning about Pavlov’s dogs.”

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(Via FreeTech4Teachers.)

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Game Classroom: K-6 Math & LA Games, Worksheets & More

Sep 18

Posted by eric in Language Arts, Math | 2 Comments

Game Classroom LogoGame classroom is a site that has searched the web for the best and most reliable educational games, and put them in one place sorted by grade and content level. The games come from a variety of sources including some from textbook publishers like Harcourt.

When you choose a grade level you are presented with a variety of games tailored to that grade level, and each game is accompanied by a description of the game and the concepts it explores.

Beyond games, Game Classroom also offers a section they call “homework help.” In this section students, parents, and teachers can choose a common concept explored in that grade level such as “Days of the Week” for Kindergarten and get access to sample problems, games that address that area, learning tips, and links to other online resources.

Game Classroom is a great site, with loads of content for Grades K – 6. Best of all, its free!

Shout out to FreeTech4Teachers.com for finding this great resource.

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Free Technology for Teachers: US Government Studies Games

Sep 1

Posted by eric in Social Studies | Comments off

US Government Studies Games:

“US Government Studies Games Law Focused Education, a subsidiary of the State Bar of Texas, has developed some good games about US Government. Law Focused Education has thirteen games that could be used in Civics and Social Studies classrooms across the United States. There are three additional games that are specific to Texas.

The games offered by Law Focused Education cover topics like the Bill of Rights, the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Branches of Government. One topic addressed by Law Focused Education that you don’t often see turned into a game is Federalists v. Anti-Federalists.

Thanks to Anne Marie at Talking SMARTBoards for the tip.

Applications for Education
Law Focused Education’s games could be excellent review games for use in Civics and US History classes. In fact, I linked one of the games to the blog for my own class.”

(Via Free Tech 4 Teachers.)

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