Gamifying revision with technology discusses using games and technology to personalize and gamify revision with minimal preparation. It provides examples of using tools like Quizlet to generate question and answer sets for revision activities. Templates are given for Excel questions and answer games that can be used with question cards. Tips are provided for tailoring content and approaches to revision, mistake correction, and using tools like Google Docs, translation, and test-teach-test approaches. The presentation aims to demonstrate how to gamify and personalize revision using free or low preparation online and offline tools.

1. Gamifying revision with
technology
Olya Sergeeva
EPAM Systems
DonELTA Winter School
8 February 2016
Arealtimesaver

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Slides, templates, links:
https://eltgeek.wordpress.com/conferences/donelta-2016/

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Your approach to games & fun
in class.
How often do you use games? Your favourite game(s) &
materials with games?

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Excel questions & answers template
1. Create/load a list of questions/answers (cards generated automatically)
Tip: Use Quizlet to find question/answer sets for your coursebook /
topic.
2. Print out the cards (First Questions, then insert paper back into the
printer and print the answers) and cut them up.
Tip: If you only have up to 20 questions, use the 20 question template;
if you have a long list of question, use the Randomizer template.
Pressing F9 will generate a new set of cards.
Tip: also, use the randomizer template to record key language points
and to give delayed feedback, so that they could be revised
throughout the course
3. Use one of the game boards with your cards.
Rules: In order to take their turn, a student needs to answer a
question correctly. If they answer the question incorrectly, the card
goes back into the stack.

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http://thepuzzleden.blogspot.ru/2013/06/dots-and-boxes-freebie.html

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QUESTION/ANSWER SETS:
SOURCES

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What online tools and apps do
you use in your teaching?
How do you blend offline tools with the rest of the
course?

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Quizlet & the lexical approach
Webinar summary: https://adirajan.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/leo-
selivans-webinar-on-quizlet-a-quick-summary/
Sample translation-free Quizlet sets:
https://quizlet.com/leosel/folders/iatefl-webinar

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Quizlet & the lexical approach
https://quizlet.com/28463205/learn
https://quizlet.com/28258225/scatter
https://quizlet.com/21305735/gravity (definitions)

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TAILOR-MADE CONTENT

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Your approach to revision
What? When? How often?
What materials?
Your approach to mistake correction
What mistakes do you correct? When?

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When are 1, 2 and 4?

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Tips
• Context!
• Translation to avoid ambiguity
• Codes

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Tips
• Meta-cognitive
3-5 things you’d like to remember
from today’s lesson
• Google docs & quizlet

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Tips

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Tips
• Test-teach-test

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Tips
• Test-teach-test

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Tips
• Target language revision

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Tips
• Target language revision

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• File sharing: https://www.dropbox.com/, https://docs.google.com/
• Touch typing: http://nabiraem.ru/
Links
Slides, templates, boards:
https://eltgeek.wordpress.com/conferences/donelta-2016/

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WHAT ARE YOUR TAKEAWAYS?

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olyaelt@gmail.com
https://eltgeek.wordpress.com/conferences/donelta-2016