Good News!
I have the honour of being selected to showcase my
DollarDaze and ThriftyFinds
ideas at the Georgia Information Literacy Conference.
I will post my PPt. presentation shortly.
DollarDaze and ThriftyFinds
ideas at the Georgia Information Literacy Conference.
I will post my PPt. presentation shortly.
See you in Savannah, Georgia on October 2st, 2010.
http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolit.html
http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolit.html
Thank you for your patience...I appreciate your committment to my blog and in sharing your ideas and comments with me. This month the focus is on:
Games--Reinventing an Old Game
with the purpose of educating students.
With the focus on computer technology in the classroom I will make connections to internet links that will also support the activities listed.
The mindfulness of creativity, imagination and resourcefulness
drives the process of Reinvention.
1. What’s in a name? -- Adapted from The Rachael Ray Show
A. Purpose: Vocabulary Development and Review
List all vocabulary unique/new selected from a novel chapter or specific terminology from a subject of study eg. Science. List can be generated/studied/defined and posted on a word wall as the chapter is read and/or as the unit is studied.
To make the process of learning words/terms/vocabulary interesting…have students generate as many new words that they can from the existing word. Create groups, impose time-limits and announce a winner.
This activity can be played at the end of a chapter discussion or the end of a unit of study. The purpose is to reinforce vocabulary in an interesting format and to encourage thinking and the development of new vocabulary…Scrabble is Reinvented!
Eg. Chromosomes = Some, Mess, Moss, Rose, Cross, Home, So...
Use 2 words in a sentence plus the word that generated the new words.
http://www.wordle.net/ -- will help students build a word wall
http://www.wordles.com/getWordsInWords.aspx -- Students can use this link to check their work againt the list generated by the computer.
2. Tic – Tac – Squares
A. Purpose: Content/Chapter Review
Have groups of students develop a series of knowledge questions that will help them review and consolidate ideas garnered in the unit/chapter study. Bloom's Taxonomy can direct question development. Questions should be reviewed/evaluated by the teacher. Give students feedback and then place questions in a box.
Divide class into 2 groups…”X’s” and “O’s”. Play the game accordingly by drawing one question at a time to be answered from the box. One group member will volunteer the group consensus. A wrong answer gives the other group an opportunity to gain access to that square.
3. Bingo Lingo –
This adaptation of Bingo was developed by a college of my Tim Westhead. A. Purpose: Content/Chapter Review
Have students randomly number a blank bingo card from numbers 1 to 24 with the centre square assigned as "Free". As in Tac – Tac – Squares students will generate a series of review questions. Evaluate and select 24 questions and number each one separately. This activity becomes a group task and a formal review directed by the teacher.
Draw a question. Have a student answer the question and then have students place the answer in the corresponding numbered box. The teacher can add further discussion and details pertaining to the question. Aim is to work towards Bingo! as a topic or chapter is reviewed in an interesting and fun format. A prize, such as a book mark can be awarded.
Bingo Maker and Additional Ideas For Words and Math reviews.
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/
3. Snakes and Ladders Reinvented –
A. Purpose: Consolidation of knowledge and understanding
An old game takes on new meaning. This game board was developed by a secondary Biology student as a review of the concepts studied -- the Kidney, Form and Function.
Old Games Reinvented ---
- have students use the game board as a starting point for their own imagination to develop a game that will test or review concepts studied
- have students use an old game board but have them modify the game rules to fit the concepts that they are testing or reviewing
The October 2010 Challenge
Thrift Shop Finds!
Please share with me...
Resourcefully yours,
Julia Andreacchi
Julia Andreacchi
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