Primary School

An Educational Game of Greek Mythology: "Mythomperdemata"

"Mythomperdemata" was developed by Evangelopoulou Olympia in the context of her MSs thesis. This game's theme is Greek mythology and its purpose is to be used by 3rd grade's Primary School students in order for them to be taught the History lessons that contain mythology. The game "Mythomperdemata", was designed based on the commonly accepted Educational Games Design Model of Ibrahim & Jaafar (2009) and was implemented using Scratch 2.0 programming language. Upon its completion, the game was evaluated by 21 people from the field of education, as for the acceptance from themselves and from the students, its didactic utility, its ergonomic, technological and teaching usability and its environment. The evaluation results are very encouraging, since all the above factors were evaluated positively, while all respondents said they would use the game to teach mythology.

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Mythomperdemata (whole game)

Mythomperdemata (in learning units)

• Evangelopoulou, O. (2016). Development of an Educational Game of Greek Mythology for Primary School Students. Master Thesis, MSc in Information Systems, University of Macedonia. (in Greek)

Evangelopoulou, O., & Xinogalos, S. (2017). MYTH TROUBLES: An Open-Source Educational Game in Scratch for Greek Mythology. Simulation & Gaming, Vol. 49, Issue 1, 71-91, DOI: 10.1177/1046878117748175.

Math and Literacy

Early prototypes of educational games developed in Greenfoot in the context of the MSc course on 'Serious Games Programming'. These prototypes were tested by 245 students and 21 teachers in two different Primary Schools. Student and teacher attitudes towards using such games as supplementary didactical tools were positive. More information can be found on the following conference paper:

Giannakoulas, A., Maraki, M., Tatoglou, C., and Xinogalos, S. (2016). Development of Educational Games for Primary Education and Investigation of Teachers' Perceptions. Proceedings of the 10th PanHellenic and International Conference "ICT in Education". (in Greek)

Addition and Subtraction

A simple game for addition (level 1) and subtraction (level 2). Collect the correct number to fill in the calculation by moving the racket with the left and right arrow keys.

Designed and implemented by Christos Tatoglou.

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Multiplication & Divisibility: MathBalloons

A simple shooter game for multplication (level 1) and divisibility rules (level 2). Shoot the correct balloons to earn more points. Be aware that have a limited number of pins and time for completing each level, while shooting wrong balloons cost you points!

Designed and implemented by Matthildi Maraki.

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Literacy (Greek)

Collect the correct letter, diphthong or consonants with the basket to fill in the word. Collecting the right letter gives you 10 points, but if you collect a wrong letter you loose a life.

Designed and implemented by Andreas Giannakoulas.

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Open-source Games in Greenfoot

Game prototypes designed and eveloped in the context of the MSc course on 'Serious Games Programming' and extended in the context of an Operational Program on Open-Source software at the University of Macedonia. The games were developed as part of the seminar "Development of Educational Games in Greenfoot". The first two games participated in a competition carried ou in the context of the program and were awarded.

Xinogalos, S., Gkaidantzi, M.D., and Tryfou, M. (2016). Development of Open Source Educational Games with Greenfoot. Proceedings of the 10th PanHellenic and International Conference "ICT in Education", Ioannina 23-25 September 2016.

Mr. Finger

Help Mr. Finger, a lost snail, to return back home by writing some messages for him. During this journey you will be rewarded by learning how to use the keyboard effectively!

Designed and implemented by Gkaintatzi Maria-Despoina.

FoodBall

Learn about the various categories of food and protect your health!

Designed and implemented by Tryfou Margarita.

Edu-trip

Test your knowwledge in Object-Oriented Programming with a different type of quiz!

Designed and implemented by Bilbilis Vasileios.

Source code and executables of the games

MindGames: mini-games for Math, Literacy, Environments education, and English

A set of mini-games on math, literacy, environmental eduction and english for primary school children. The games are implemented with the educational programming environment of Greenfoot.

Markopoulou, F. (2020). Design and development of a cross-curricular game for primary school students. Master Thesis, MSc in Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia.

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AR The gods of Olympus: an augmented reality game for Greek Mythology

"AR The gods of Olympus" is an augmented reality (AR) educational game for teaching History (Greek Mythology) to 3^rd grade Primary school students in Greece. “AR The gods of Olympus” consists of three mini games: an AR game with the gods/goddesses of Olympus using narration; a memory game with cards depicting the gods and their symbols; and a quiz game.

Ventoulis, Ε. (2022). Development of an Educational Game with augmented reality elements for learning History. Master thesis, MSc in Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia.

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