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Introduction...

This Games Blog pulls together all Games thathave been included in John Dalziel's eMagazine, eMagazine Supplements, Blog (What DL is Happening?) and Audio Blog.

This is very much - work in progress; archived resources and applications are being transferred as time permits!

ProProfs Brain Games

Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, February 7, 2010 , In : Game Authoring 

ProProfs Brain Games lets practitioners create simple online games for their learners without expending too much time or effort. The game varieties include...

  • crosswords;
  • word searches;
  • jigsaw puzzles; and so on.

ProProfs does the hard work of configuring the puzzles themselves, meaning practitioners just have to come up with questions and answers.

These games provide the means to make formative assessment a little more interactive.

Find out more at http://www.proprofs.com/games/create-...


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Smarty Games

Posted by John Dalziel on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 , In : Family Learning 

SmartyGames is a great site with several interactive activities and games for younger learners in the area of...

  • maths,
  • reading,
  • time telling, etc. 

Many of the games and activities work well with an IWB like the Tell Time quiz.

Note: - In the reading section both an English and Spanish is offered. 

If you are an family learning practitioner looking for some fun, engaging, free, advertisement free, interactive activities and games you may want to pop over and check out SmartyGames a...


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Make Five

Posted by John Dalziel on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 , In : Maths 

A matrix shows 100 or 25 problems (depending upon the game chosen). Users can choose...

  • additions, or
  • subtractions, or
  • multiplications.

The target number is above the matrix.

Press/click/tap on the field, in the matrix, that matches the target number.

With a correct choice, the field will change colour. The aim of the user/class (if used on an interactive whiteboard [IWB]) is to try to get

  • either five coloured fields in a row (if the 5 TIC TAC GO game is chosen) or
  • three coloured fie...

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Adding with Fireflies...!

Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, October 23, 2009 , In : Family Learning 

A game to improve...

  • mouse skills as well as helping with
  • single digit addition.

Ideal for Family Learning and/or Functional Skills...

Try it out at http://avenscorner.com/fireflies.aspx.


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uMapper GeoDart Game

Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, October 23, 2009 , In : Geography 

GeoDart is a geography trivia game where users answer geographical questions by placing darts in the correct locations on the map.

With the UMapper platform, you can build your own GeoDart game for any locale and use any questions on any map!

Visit http://www.umapper.com/pages/geodart/ to find out more and/or to produce your own.


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Super Maths World Games

Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, September 11, 2009 , In : Maths 

Super Math Games has some limited free games that work very well on Interactive White Boards (IWBs). 

Click on the “guest” login.  The free games are indicated by the green check marks;

Free games include...

  • Algebra
    • Quadratic Equations
    • Sequences
    • Shaded Regions
  • Data
    • Stem & Leaf
    • Tallying
    • Tree Diagrams
  • Number
    • Negative Numbers
    • Number Lines
    • Percentages 1 & 2
  • Shape
    • Measuring Angles
    • Perimeter
    • Pythagoras' Theorem
  • Kids
    • Percentages
    • Place Value
    • Probability
  • Expert
    • Logarithms
    • Quadratics
    • Radian...

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About Me

John Dalziel
Liverpool

John Dalziel I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.

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Categories

  • Family Learning (2)
  • Game Authoring (1)
  • Geography (1)
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Recent Posts

  • ProProfs Brain Games
  • Smarty Games
  • Make Five
  • Adding with Fireflies...!
  • uMapper GeoDart Game

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