VerbGame

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Lisa Butler LTMS603

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= Educational Objective =
 * Review of verb conjugation from 6th and 7th grade
 * Formative assessment

= Story =



= Directions =



= = = Tool = I decided to incorporate two different tools - so I could get the end result I desired. Sploder gave me the game element, while Moodle Quizzes allowed me to randomize the content (so it did not get repetitive) and I could password protect each level.

I was able to create a question bank for each level. The computer would randomly select 5 or 8 questions to ask for the level. It did not matter how many times the students played, they were still seeing a new combination of questions.



= Game =

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Level V:

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Level I: Review media type="custom" key="4693445"

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Level V: The End media type="custom" key="4693455"

= Student Data = As a class we were able to analyze the results from the game. We could see what students remembered and what needed to be re-taught.



= Student Feedback =

The students were very engaged/ competitive trying to beat each other

When I first introduced the game, they questioned the academic quality of the game, but they did not care once they started to play

Everyone (including the teacher) was frustrating the first day when the games did not work.

Some students also had problems loading the games from home

They were upset they did not get to sample alfajores cookies as motivation.

Overall, they enjoyed the game - especially fighting the ninjas

= Reflection =


 * There were many challenges to implementing the project:
 * Moodle is slow
 * Filter allowed Sploder in August but blocked it in September when the students were playing the game, than re-allowed it a week later
 * Because I am a traveling teacher, only 2 of my 3 classes had access to mini laptops
 * It was a good formative assessment, I was able to quickly and easily see what the students had remembered about verbs from the previous two years. I re-taught what was necessary and went on from there.
 * I will use this project again

= Credits =