Saturday, October 24, 2009

Week 4 Comment

saturday, october 17, 2009

Week 3: Playing games


I have no time to blog or write my thesis, for that matter, since I've found a new and amusing way to waste time. Tired of taking quizzes on Facebook? Try www.sporcle.com instead. It took me six minutes to name all the United States! Shameful. Plus, I forgot Arkansas. I have to do it again. Can you name all the people who were in Apple's "Think Different" ad campaign in five minutes. Yeah, I couldn't either! (see below) What educational value does this have? Probably none, but it was a very fun diversion and the spelling is a whole lot better than the lame Facebook quizzes. Plus, they don't claim to predict your future or tell which celebrity boyfriend/girlfriend you'd have. They are just trivia or facts. If you are a trivia buff, you could make your own game to share. Or, you could create your own quiz for studying and review purposes. So, I guess it does have educational value. Kinda.


posted by amy white at 11:33 pm



kswmccleary said...

Amy I think you could use this site for educational purposes. First, the students could create their own quizzes that relate to any topic that they are studying. Using the Internet would engage the students. I feel they would actually learn by doing. I know that when I am preparing a lesson for my students that I usually learn more than they do, because I had to do all the research, so I could teach them. Secondly, who know maybe there is a quiz already on the site that can be used with a lesson you already teach. The name the states could be used for elementary social studies students that are learning the states. Maybe the teacher could even use it as his or her test for the unit. How fun would it be for the students to have their test on the computer!!

October 24, 2009 2:31 PM
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  1. jbbOctober 27, 2009 at 2:00 PM

    Oh yeah, I stay totally away from Facebook games, and for the same reason: no time. I need to make the time for frivolous things though.... hmmmm

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