1. New Web-based games: Facebook, Orkut, and ELT
José M. da Silva

2. Social Networks Games in education
Online communities where people meet, socialize, exchange digital files, etc. These sites can also be used to launch new bands and to promote TV shows and movies through viral marketing. Some popular examples of social networks are Facebook, Orkut, Ning and MySpace.
Games in education
Games derive their strength from the motivation that students develop, from the involvement created.

3. Educational games Orkut games Facebook games
Orkut games
Happy harvest
Mini-farm
Facebook games
Farmville Verdonia
Frontierville Yoville
Social City Mafia Wars
Zoo World Treasure Isle…

4. Advantages ► Learners already use social networks ► Teachers too
► Several learners already play FB games
► Some teachers too
► Games are free
► They are inside FB; less risk or cyberbullying
► They’re fun
► They’re in English
► They’re easy to play
► They come in a variety of themes and language levels

5. Possibilities
1. Teacher and learners play → possibility of group projects
2. Teacher plays → possibility of independent activities
Gains
1. Class motivation, dynamics, variety, up-to-date
2. Using the four skills
3. Create activity/project banks
4. Combination of different tools: quia, blogs, wikis, twitter

6. Visiting the Games Facebook
Material
► Images from the games (print screen); digital or printed
► Texts from the games
► Texts from FB initial page
Visiting the Games
Facebook

7. Farmville

8. Fishville

9. Social City

10. Zoo World

11. Verdonia

12. Treasure Isle

13. Yoville

14. Frontierville

15. Activity 1 - Directions

16. Activity 2 - Animals
Activity 3 - Seeds
Activity 4 - Verdonia

17. Activity 5 - Comparatives Explore more activities.

18. thanx,