The document discusses using gamification to personalize and engage students in language courses. It provides examples of games like tic-tac-toe, battleship, and snakes and ladders that can be used with question and answer flashcards to review course material. Templates and links are shared for creating game boards and question sets that students can interact with to study independently or in class.

1. Creating games with
technology
Olya Sergeeva Trendy English Spring Forum
20 March 2016
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Outline
gamifying & personalizing the course at practically no extra preparation cost

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PART 1: A QUESTION
AND A STORY

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Your approach to revision
What? When? How often?
What materials?

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Your approach to revision
What? When? How often?
What materials?
e.g. ‘end-of-unit test (from the teachers’ book), ~ once
every 3-4 weeks

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According to your intuition, by what point do we only remember
1) 58% of info 2) 36% of info?

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PART 2: GAMIFICATION

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https://tekhnologic.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/tic-tac-toe-setting-discussion-goals/

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https://tekhnologic.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/tic-tac-toe-setting-discussion-goals/

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Sources: http://thepuzzleden.blogspot.ru/2013/04/tic-tac-toe-freebie-template.html

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Sources: http://thepuzzleden.blogspot.ru/2013/10/halloween-tic-tac-toe-freebie.html

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

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

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

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

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

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Battleship
Rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_(game)
Templates:
http://justsomethingimade.com/wp-content/uploadsJSIMAhoyBattleshipGame.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Battleships_Paper_Game.svg/2000px-Battleships_Paper_Game.svg.png

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Battleship
Rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_(game)
Templates:
http://justsomethingimade.com/wp-content/uploadsJSIMAhoyBattleshipGame.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Battleships_Paper_Game.svg/2000px-Battleships_Paper_Game.svg.png

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‘Snakes and ladders’
Source: http://www.craftnhome.com/uploads/2/2/4/4/22444088/4926978_orig.jpg

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http://www.0to5.com.au/templates/printable/chutes-and-ladders.htm

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Sources: http://talisman.clift.org/sam/sca/classes_and_articles/GooseBoard.jpg
http://ursuladubosarsky.squarespace.com/the-game-of-the-goose/
Game of the Goose

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QUESTION/ANSWER SETS:
SOURCES

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TAILOR-MADE CONTENT

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Issues

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Tip: involve the learners
• In class: meta-cognitive
3-5 things you’d like to remember
from today’s lesson

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Tip: involve the learners
• In class: meta-cognitive
3-5 things you’d like to remember
from today’s lesson
• Out of class: Google docs & quizlet
Supporting the learners:
2 photos of the board (full feedback
& with target language gapped out)

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Tips

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Issues

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Fix #1: hot seat

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Tips: test-teach-test

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Fix #2: seating

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Fix #2: seating

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Tips
Context!
L1 to avoid
ambiguity
Codes

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Tips
Context!
L1 to avoid
ambiguity
Codes
[correct the mistake]/[spelling]/[give an example with]
[explain the difference between] /[3 collocations] /…

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Target language revision: L1-based

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Target language revision: student-centred
gapfill

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WHAT ARE YOUR TAKEAWAYS?

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Summary
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.