Larry Ferlazzo's Websites Of The Day : learning games

“GeoGuessr” Is A Nice Little Geography Game

Anonymous — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:14:48 GMT

GeoGuessr shows you an image from Google Street View, along with a map of the world. You click on the map indicating where you think the photo might be from, and then you’re shown the actual location. You’re given points … Continue reading → Read More.....(read more)

Trying Being A Propaganda Editor With “The Republica Times” Game

Anonymous — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:34:29 GMT

The Republica Times is a neat and simple game that puts you in the position of being an editor for a state-run newspaper. You have to keep the state happy and also engage your readers. It could be a useful … Continue reading → Read More......(read more)

Ellen DeGeneres’ New iPhone/iPad Game Is Great For ELLs & You Can Use The Idea & Play Without Tech, Too

Anonymous — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:25:06 GMT

Ellen DeGeneres has just unveiled a great new iPhone/iPad games called Heads Up! that is perfect for English Language Learners. However, according to TechCrunch, it’s just a high-tech version of an old party game called “Who Am I?” where people … Continue...(read more)

Great Learning Games For English Language Learners

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:04:19 GMT

I’ve written extensively about how I use online video games for language-learning activities with ELLS. Here are a few new ones that, with luck, aren’t blocked by your school’s content filters (be sure to click the “English” language option for … Continue...(read more)

Experience Being An Autistic Child In This Simulation

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:52:07 GMT

Auti-Sim describes itself like this: The player navigates through a playground as an autistic child with auditory hypersensitivity. Proximity to loud children causes sensory overload for the player, impacting cognitive functions. This impact is represented...(read more)

A “Choose Your Own Adventure” Game Designed To Reduce Violence Against Women

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:47:18 GMT

Breakaway is an online game where players are virtual members of a previously-all boys soccer team react to a girl joining it. The United Nations Population Fund helped create it. Here’s how it’s described: Breakaway is a free online game … Continue reading...(read more)

“Spree Games” Is A Collection Of Learning…Games

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:02:10 GMT

Spree Games has a collection of nearly 300 learning games. I learned about it through Richard Byrne’s blog, and you can read more at his post. It looks like an impressive collection. Note, though, that the games are not actually … Continue reading → Read...(read more)

“Quandary” Is A Cool Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Game

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:31:08 GMT

Quandary is a neat online game/choose your own adventure story that is can work well as a tool for English language development (see Digital Play for an ELL lesson plan) and/or as a way to deal with ethical questions (the … Continue reading → Read More.....(read more)

Easily Create Learning Games With “Review Game Zone”

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:04:35 GMT

Review Game Zone lets teachers, and anyone, input academic questions and have them turned into a games that students can use for review. It’s free, and teachers can also monitor student use of at least some types of the games. … Continue reading → Read...(read more)

Student-Created Game On The Underground Railroad

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:19:03 GMT

A class in Ohio has unveiled a “choose your own adventure” game on The Underground Railroad. It looks good, though it appears you have download the Unity Web Player to play it. You can read more about the game in … Continue reading → Read More......(read more)

“Christmas Eve Escape Game”

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:44:03 GMT

I’ve previously written about how I use online video games with English Language Learners. Here’s another video game: Christmas Eve Escape Game, and here’s its walkthrough. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa...(read more)

The Best “Fun” Sites You Can Use For Learning, Too — 2012 (Part Two)

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:11:49 GMT

The resources on this list were not designed with education in mind, but which can easily be used for learning purposes — particularly, though not exclusively, for English language development. I only hope that creators of “educational” content can learn...(read more)

U.S. State Department Launches Game & Site For Learning English

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:45:17 GMT

The U.S. State Department has recently launched an online game and site for learning English. The overall site, American English, seems primarily to offer links to the Voice Of America’s excellent Learning English resources. The game, Trace Effects, seems...(read more)

The Best Posts On “Gamification” In Education — Help Me Find More

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:07:41 GMT

“Gamification” is the use of design techniques from games in other areas, like education. This is just a very short beginning list, and I hope that readers will contribute more. I’ll start with three posts from this blog, and then … Continue reading Read...(read more)

“PictoLang” Is A Good Vocabulary Interactive

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:08:30 GMT

PictoLang provides a series of interactives designed for English Language Learners (and learners of other languages) to gain basic vocabulary knowledge. I’m adding it to The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn Vocabulary. Thanks to The Center for Applied...(read more)