U Tech Tips » Keri-Lee Beasley http://www.utechtips.com Articles, Tips, Screencasts, and Tutorials for Educators Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Games – What exactly are kids learning? http://www.utechtips.com/games-what-exactly-are-kids-learning/ http://www.utechtips.com/games-what-exactly-are-kids-learning/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:09:29 +0000 Keri-Lee Beasley http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1925 [Cross-posted at Tip of the Iceberg]
Games and the value of game-based learning has been a hot topic for me lately, so I was thrilled to come across Tom Chatfield’s article, Why playing in the virtual world has an awful lot to teach children in the Guardian on the 10th January 2010 (hat tip to @paulmaglione [...]

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Miss Spell
Free
Check to see whether the word lists are spelled correctly or not.

Super Hangman LE & Global High Scores
Free
Fairly standard Hangman app, with good graphics

Story Kit
Free
Create an electronic story book by writing text, [...]

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What is Backchannel Chat? It’s like note-taking at a lecture, but notes are shared with anyone who has the URL. They might be people in the room with you, but they could also be anywhere in the world. [...]

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