Educational games are games designed with educational purposes to teach subjects, concepts, skills, history or culture. They include board, card, and video games. A symbol is an object that represents an idea, image, belief or entity, such as a red octagon representing "stop". Symbols take the form of words, sounds, gestures or images. "A Modish Symbol Game" is presented where students compete in teams to identify symbols and provide sentences using the meanings. The game encourages thinking, brainstorming, reading and learning.

1. SYMBOLO

2. Educational Games
Educational games are games explicitly designed
with educational purposes, or which have
incidental or secondary educational value. All
types of games may be used in an educational
environment. Educational games are games that
are designed to teach people about certain
subjects,
expand
concepts,
reinforce
development, understand an historical event or
culture, or assist them in learning a skill as they
play. Game types include board, card, and video
games.

3. What is a symbol?
Symbol
 A red octagon symbolizes "stop" even without the word.
 A symbol is an object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea,
visual image, belief, action, or material entity. Symbols take the form of
words, sounds, gestures, or visual images and are used to convey ideas
and beliefs. For example, a red octagon may be a symbol for "STOP". On a
map, a picture of a tent might represent a campsite. Numerals are
symbols for numbers. Personal names are symbols representing
individuals. A red rose symbolizes love and compassion.
 The word derives from the Greek symbolon meaning “token” or
“watchword”. It is an amalgam of syn- "together" + bole "a throwing, a
casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam." The sense evolution in Greek
is from "throwing things together" to "contrasting" to "comparing" to
"token used in comparisons to determine if something is genuine." Hence,
"outward sign" of something. The meaning "something which stands for
something else" was first recorded in 1590, in Edmund Spenser's Faerie
Queene.

4. “A Modish Symbol Game”
 An overhead projector, a chart or any instructional materials can be
used to make up this game.
 A different kind of game that forces your brain to crack...to think…
to brainstorm and to recall ideas and objects that may or quite but
SHOULD associate to the given symbols.
 It is greatly a CLUELESS kind of game so to develop mental skills and
abilities.
 This game encourages you to read more and discover new things.
You are going to reveal the meaning or name of the symbols.
 After some frustrating but pleasurable times, you can look for the
things you discover as you browse the computer or visit the library.
 Try to get the meaning of the symbols as fast as you can ! But, to
reach the highest score, you will have to prepare yourself for
constructing sentences using those meanings! Challenge your fast
thinking capabilities and get the highest score! And…you need to
work out with your adrenalin.

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The rule of the game is to find out the appropriate meaning,
name or idea a “symbol” portrays. Then use the word/words in
the sentence. In this game, a symbol is shown before the
audience.
Students should be grouped into two (2). There should be one
representative from each group who will ONLY be allowed to
answer when the game begins. No coaching is allowed to
develop independence and fast thinking capabilities.
Each group will receive a banner which will be raised to signal the
first one to get the answer correctly. When the answer is
incorrect, the other group can have the chance to answer.
Point system is used when the student got the correct answer
and used the word/words in a sentence correctly. Three (3)
points for getting the correct meaning and correct sentence use:
One (1) point for getting the correct meaning only.
A deduction of one (1) point will be given for NO answer.

6. The Purpose
• Games can stimulate learning.
Educational games have long been approved by
teachers and parents as a great way to engage
kids, but it turns out even non-educational video
games could have some hidden benefits.
• Games can keep kids active.
"Stop playing those games and get some
exercise!" parents used to shout. But these days,
playing games provides some of the best exercise
around.

7. • Games can encourage socialization.
Still think gamers are lonely shut-ins? Think again.
The rise in online gaming over the past decade
has fundamentally changed the way people play
— and for kids, that means an entirely new way
to socialize.
• Games can keep kids calm during high-stress
experiences.
Few things are scarier than going under the knife
— especially for kids. But should your child be
facing the operating table, one way to keep them
cool is with a few well-timed video games.

8. Researchers in New Jersey found that kids who
were able to play games while waiting for
surgery showed no increase in anxiety — a
better result than waiting with their parents
or being given tranquilizers.
"It keeps them active and doing something, and
it distracts their mind onto something they're
used to doing at home," says patient care
manager Tera Kirkman.

10. Tennis

11. Beach Volleyball

12. Fencing

13. Artistic Gymnastics

14. Boxing

15. Hot

16. Thirsty

17. Blurred Vision

18. Go away

19. I love you

20. Disney World

21. Pope

22. The Caribbean

23. Riot

24. The Grand Canyon