Games and Education

 Nearpod

1. It’s a fully presentation with activities, quizzes, small Padlet , add videos that are suitable for questions and interactive .
2. You put a code to enter the game
3. 40 people can join
4.  can choose the theme that I want ( teacher)
5. I can pose the game for discussion with my students
6. Every student should choose his/her own character to play the game
7. The game starts with an MCQ question for the students to answer
8. All students are able to answer and the teacher can see who answered
9. The class performance appears
10. And after all answer the question, the correct one will appear to them
11. Complete on the same way for the next questions
12. It appears which student has the higher points according to their correct answers ( score)
13. At the end their is the Over All Leaders for the student’s level
14. It’s an enjoyable game for online settings and recaps all the information

Genially

1. Teacher can choose when she creates the quiz ( infographics, gamification )
2. Teacher can give students the same questions and information in a personal manner
3. Students will play the game by themselves and they will discover the right and wrong answers
4. In the Gamification part: their is the quizzes each one with a different content ( flip cards, wheels ..)
5. You can choose a board Game and customize for your own classroom ( Monopoly, snake ladder , Escape Room )
6. Helps in communicating and thinking out of the box

Digital Escape Room

1. A presentation on Google slide with many clickable links and clues
2. Student can click on a link to solve clues
3. In the google form the student will not be able to proceed unless they solve the correct answers
4. Once the student solve the correct answer he will be able to proceed for the next level
5. All the clues that the teacher apply to the game is based on what students will talk about and they will discover the roles by themselves instead the teacher telling them what to do. 

These 3 Games mentioned are very helpful for engaging students especially in online classess, all have the same idea for presenting questions that could be direct or critical thinking questions with a specific time which give them Competence and excitment especially the last game ( Digital escape room) it has an interesting idea for answering the questions. This shows students that game can be fun and beneficial at the same time and introduce them to games that they could play in their free time instead of wasting time .

3 Other Games for students:

1. Adding Fractions with Like Denominator: Jungle Edition

Its a game in Math subject for Grade 4, where kids can swing in the jungle in this playful game that teaches adding fractions like Denominator with sounds and engaging animations making math interesting for kids.

    2. Nouns and Verbs Sort:

Designed for students in grade 2 teaches key grammar skills. students learn the definition of nouns and verbs and they are asked to help characters to find nouns and verbs in a vending machine and practice reading and writing skills.

   3. Water Rafting: Adding Integers

Learners practice adding positive and negative integers in mathfilled, water-rafting adventure this game is an engaging way to help seventh grade students in master operations with integers.