Fun and Games

Here are a bunch of educational games used by several corporations to add some fun and excitement into their educational offerings and add appeal for the incoming Gamer generation. Enjoy and I hope you win.

 

 

 

 

 

Drag and Drop Exercises (More like puzzles than games but effective for online learning)

• Bacterium (a type of cell) --teaches declarative knowledge
• Nuclear Reactor --teaches concepts
• Map--teaches concepts of "Longitude" and "Latitude"
• Scientific Method--teaches sequential knowledge

"Basic Knowledge" Games

• Wack-a-Mole AKA Bop-a-Fox (teaches classification, concepts, identification)
  • Basic Version
  • Corporate Versiion
  • Duck Shoot
• Hangman-based games (teaches definitions)
  • Basic Hangman-Type
• Corporate Hangman-Type Game
• Race Games (teaches definitions, terms and concepts)
  • Basic Race Game
  • Corporate Race Game-Corporate Ladder
• Word Search (teaches definitions and terms)
• Learn the Capitals of the United States (This game was created by a very talented former student Ryan Reilly.) (teaches factual knowledge)

Board Games

• Manufacturing Board Game
• Banking Board Game Prototype
• Board Game about Elections created by the non-profit arm of the cable industry and the History Channel (You need Flash and Shockwave but worth it!)

Simulations

• Sales Simulation (created by Performance Development Group)

 

 

 

For more information on any of these topics, contact me at kkapp@bloomu.edu