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Introduction
Introduction
This page contains a number of Google Slides templates of simple games. Please feel free to make copies and adapt them for your own purposes. They are shared under a Creative Commons 4.0 attribution licence and may not be sold for profit.
This is a very simple game and one already played by many primary school students. It works for any subject or topic that requires some memorising such as Math, or LOTE. Making it into a digital version has a few advantages:
There is no laminating!
It is easy to make a different version for every child or make small changes every day.
You can use Google classroom to assign different version to different students, no one needs to know who has a different file if they all look the same.
Students can play it on an iPad in pairs as part of rotating activities.
I am super proud of this idea. It uses the background setting, layering of images and linking to create an interactive learning experience similar to the old point and click computer games of the 1980's.
This effect can be created in any image. By sharing it through Google Classroom, you can make sure each student can work through it independently. Also, you only have to create it once.
This truly allows for discovery and choice in a way that many games do. You could also use it with embedded scenarios to allow students to explore topics or ideas by moving through a story or experience.
This game is flexible. There are many ways to use the words, and it is easy to add or change words.
I made these words in MS Paint. They are basic and aimed at S1 students; you can add or change them easily.
Use this template with Google Classroom to assign different word sets to different students easy and quickly.
The background colours are based on the Montessori word symbols used to code the different word types. For more information see the Montessori album website.
For this I have used Stage 6 Biology study questions. This game is great for getting students to engage with content. Have students work in groups to write questions and swap games with each other.
There are deliberately no answers. Students have to agree on answers and if they are unsure they need to research or look up their notes to clarify.
In this example I have only put sample questions in the yellow and green piles, and the green pile only has one question. Select the text to read it!
This is a fun game mostly useful for rote learning but also supports decision making and some amount of critical thinking.
This example is Stage 4/5 Chemistry, requiring students to become familiar with the characteristics of elements on the periodic table.
It could be used with many different subject areas and after students are familiar with the idea I would have them make their own versions. This would require them to make choices about design that are deep and require a strong understanding of the subject matter so that they do not make it too easy for people to guess who.
Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA)
Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA)
These templates were created by an awesome Grade 4 teacher Justin Birckbichler. I recommend reading his teaching blog.
He made two versions of the CYOA templates; first a teacher lead version in Google Slides and then, when he tried to make that into something for his students to create with and it didn't work, he made a student centred version using Google Forms.
I was originally going to make my own version in Google Slides until I found his blog and realised there was no point reinventing his great wheel. Great lesson of the internet, especially with G Suite; there are so many great people out there sharing free stuff.
Having students create their own stories teaches so many wonderful skills, and there is no reason why they couldn't do it with historical or scientific accuracy or content from almost any KLA.
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