I have always been interested in the fascination students and adults have with computer games. (I don’t have the same fascination, but I am interested in its educational applications) Under the gaming heading in the tools list Ed Jones asked if anyone was using any interesting interactive games for teaching history. He also asked for a list of games that were being used and opinions of them. One of the links is called Fling the Teacher. This link focuses on History and gives many topics to choose from with an appropriate grade level. The number of questions in each game is also provided; therefore you could choose a game with 30 questions up to 165 questions. Topics also vary depending on what area of history is the focus. A sample of the topics includes Ancient Rome; The Crusades; The Aztecs etc.
Another site which I found interesting was put together by teacher Larry Ferlazzo. This site titled Geography and the United States has interactive games that the students can play as well as hear languages from other counties. This site is huge with many links for learning history and geography. Some of the interesting topics for students to explore are; dances from around the globe; volcanoes around the world; and world folktales. The students will learn history; geography as well as diversity with these fun interactive games. I found this information inspiriting because anytime we can make learning fun half the battle is over.
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"Gaming" is so often talked about these days as a technological application to classroom learning that it makes me wonder if it is widely considered as a legitimate educational resource. Is it looked down upon by tenured teachers or is "gaming" stricly scrutinized for educational content to assure that students are having more than just a fun time? I don't know but it sounds like maybe now "gaming" has been able to transition classroom games into a more acceptable status than they used to be.
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