Games

Everyone loves a good scavenger hunt. Why not use a google slide to create a digital scavenger hunt. Build a room, world, or galaxy in google slides. Take screenshots of what you have built and save the image as a jpg or png file. Upload the file as a background on a slide presentation. Add shapes with transparent fill and outline (#invisible) and link them to other places in the presentation or websites. Have a google form or other way for students to report their progress.

Escape rooms are fun ways to build relationships, but are impractical for use with an entire class. A digital breakout can deliver the same type of activity that delivers standards based content while building the soft skill our students need like perseverance, thinking outside of the box, and collaboration. By combining Google sites, forms, and sometimes slides, a fun game-like activity can be used with students of all ages.

Help students remember essential symbols and vocabulary relating to the use of technology with a bingo style game. Start by saying the word and the students mark the spot that corresponds or give a scenario that describes when an item on the card should be selected to take it up a notch. However you use it, Bingo style activities engage students and reinforce concepts they are expected to know.