1. Outline plan ● In 30 minutes: ● Introduce me ● Why Review games ● Ted Talk inspiration – 5 aspects of computer games that beat education ● Use PPT and Premade set of flachcards - to show Quizlet ● Make a new set of flashcards from Word doc. ● Get participants to navigate to the new cards ● Learn with the cards ● Do an activity on the cards –to get high score ● Take a test (students choose and design self test) ● Mention extra features – photos, sharing, embeding etc. ● Export the cards using ‘*’ ● Make a class tools game ● Save the html file ● Grab the embed code / link and put it into my blog ● Play the games ● High score feature – invite participates to play and aim for a high score. ● If we had more time

2. Creating Review Games with Free Web Tools Presented by: David Faure

3. About me … I teach Bio & Science in Toulouse, France All my students bring a laptop to lessons So I’m keen to make good use of ICT. Father of three & amateur bassoonist. My Blog: http://ict2biology.blogspot.fr/http://ict2biology.blogspot.fr/ Twitter : @D_Faure, @BiologyIB -

4. What are Review Games? Activities that: develop a student’s factual knowledge help students gain confidence in these key facts Review - Revision - Rehearsal

5. Can Educators learn from Games ? “Gamers often commit great feats of persistence, dedicating hundreds of hours to complete marathon quests.” John Riccitiello Challenge at the right level Instant feedback Lots of rewards Plenty of chances to try again A social aspect – competition

6. Two great web tools I’m going to focus on just 2 web tools in this webinar. There is a whole range of opportunities with them.

7. quizlet Motivating students: Instant feedback, Fun, Competition

8. What is Quizlet? Revision cards - Quick tests - Online puzzles

9. Learning the Cards online Instant feedback and lots of chance to try again

10. Quizlet Card Printing Options Give students a choice

11. Quizlet Online self-correcting test Printing option makes a quick test for class

12. Making your flashcards

13. Let’s Try Quizlet ● Imagine you want to help your students learn the key terms in a topic. ● Example Quizlet- http://ict2biology.blogspot.fr/2012/06/stud y-with-quizlet-flash-cards.html http://ict2biology.blogspot.fr/2012/06/stud y-with-quizlet-flash-cards.html ● I often begin with a list in a word document.

14. Start: a simple word document

15. Quizlet – Import Data

16. Exporting the Set of Cards

17. Classtools

18. Classtools.net We are going to use the Arcade Game Generator The choice of games looks like this …

19. Make an arcade game in a minute

20. ClassTools.net Arcade Games

21. A bit of Competition

22. Extras

23. Android & iPhone APP

24. Classtools.net We are going to use the Arcade Game Generator The choice of games looks like this …

25. Classtools Extras Fakebook – Makes research tasks motivating ● Personify something ● A country / element / An Animal

26. Contact Details My Blog: http://ict2biology.blogspot.fr/http://ict2biology.blogspot.fr/ Twitter : @D_Faure