To Learn Is More Than To Know (And How Games Can Help)

What to know something? Read a book. Look it up on Google. What to learn something? Ah, that's more complex. Becky says learning requires people to know, comprehend, and apply knowledge. And good teachers make it happen in the classroom with some help from games.

Links mentioned in the podcast

Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom's_taxonomy

PowerPoint Game Templates

http://tinyurl.com/6nn4dde - Variety of games, including Darts, Blockbusters, Hangman, Millionaire, Concentration, Weakest Link scoreboard, animated Power Point timers, bingo number generator, and Wheel of Fortune spinner.

http://tinyurl.com/6ou4nnz - Amazing number of PowerPoint based games: Includes Concentration, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Millionaire, and Hollywood Squares, Balloon Game, Blast It.

http://tinyurl.com/7ntjb6y- University of MN Center for Teaching and Learning has some of the same kinds of PowerPoint games but with a higher education/corporate feel. Good articles on educational games.

http://tinyurl.com/d8dk33- Variations on many of the standard game templates. Many of these templates seem more suited to a younger audience but will provide ideas.

http://tinyurl.com/6o5smlm - Additional games can be found here that are different: Raceway, Multi-Q, Sunken Animals.

Developing Games in PowerPoint - DIY (Do It Yourself)

http://tinyurl.com/7ge8uvm -UTHSC Houston School of Nursing – How to create a Jeopardy game using PowerPoint

http://tinyurl.com/6o5smlm - Template and PDF on designing “Multi-Q” a variation on Jeopardy