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Games for Review
One of the more recent realizations in the gaming world is that there are multiple levels of games, which are appropriate for different types of educational activities. One of the more basic types of games that can be used regularly within social studies classes are games designed for review, or informal assessment. These games, such as Jeopardy! and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? are available online, are easily accessible, provide a balance of motivation and learning, and make excellent review games. Games like these provide an interactive atmosphere that is appropriate for students to use in small groups or as a whole class. Templates for these games can be downloaded from the Internet in a variety of forms, though PowerPoint has become more popular for these games in recent years. There is one word of note on using review games; games which include increasingly difficult questions are preferable, since if questions are too hard in the beginning, student get frustrated and give up.
Another example of a Jeopardy Game
Project #5 - Review
Games
In a small group, use PowerPoint, Flash, Director or another program
to create your own review game for your classes. Post the game on
your
Video
Games
page.