Funschool Online Arcade is one of the best examples of a website that combines education with gaming. Many of the games help students with science, memory, math, language and history.
http://funschool.kaboose.com/arcade/index.html
The layout of the web page offers a great deal of variety for students to choose which games they want to play from a variety of subjects. A great deal of this website aims primarily at teaching early education students but there is an abundance of information for higher ed learners as well. The most intriguing aspect of this website stems from its intricate designs and creativity for many of the games to command the attention of young students and draw them in to education. This desire to play games while learning helps students increase their motivation to learn in ways difficult to replicate inside of a classroom.
Once again, technology, education and gaming capture the imaginations of young students to create a dynamic learning environment and reflect the positive impact of online education. Try out some of the games while you are cruising the page and enjoy the fun for yourself!
3 comments:
Ben, thank you for sharing this website with us. I checked it out, and I really like it. I like its colorful and fun interface of the web. And I found numerous language games that I can use in my classroom. Thank you very much :)
Hi Ben,
It looks like you have found some great resources. I will definitly spend some time on these sites. My focus is training teachers but who doesn't love games?? My blog is on simulations used in online training which is closely related to gaming. I suspect that is why we are grouped togther. In my search on simulations, I found the following site which contains links to sites on gaming. I hope you find this useful.
http://simschoolresources.edreform.net/portal/simschoolresources/simulations
Garnette Knapp
Hey, Ben!
It's so COOL! Thanks for sharing! I love the games there!I played the game "Doodle Bug" for a while. So much fun! I'm even thinking of letting my 3-year-old nephew back in China to try this!:)
The animations are so intriguing, especially for kids, I believe.
Tell the truth, as a reader who has experienced from the printed-text age to the screen age today, I feel a kind of overwhelmed seeing so many colorful blocks!:) (Am I too old? Haha.) How many "reading paths" are there? How reading paths vary? But, it's really amazing now the Millennials or iGens, and Gen-Ys can handle this very easily.
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