Play the Game

Posted in adult literacy, classroom, professional development, research | December 20th, 2005

screenshot from AddemUp (play)

This year (‘05) at PRACE, we were very fortunate to have the opportunity to research computer games in a learning environment. Our group of adults studying literacies with Margery seemed to enjoy playing games in their computer session, so we went off to discover what other games might be useful in a literacy-learning environment.

My favourite game was AddemUp, from Blue Bug Games – a number game that really challenged people in the group. We found using the data projector very useful, for making this into a group activity. You can find the link, in the full report here over on the PRACE website.

(or here is the PDF report if you’d rather: Preston Reservoir ACE – Play the Game Case Study Report (inclusive Learner Groups) Dec’05 – 200kb)

Related links (to the reviews and also the games direct):

Also, look at recent bookmarks from my delicious collection on games.

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free imagery for learning

Posted in classroom | December 1st, 2005

picture of teacher, from japapanesecentral.comFound a terrific set of basic images,
at a Japanese language teaching site. Basic vocabulary type images -
could be useful for low-level classroom. There are so many places
online where you can find free images these days. (We've got some more
in the AL-T Treasure Trove of Links.)

Teachers are sometimes concerned about copyright – and if you're
thinking of re-publishing, then it's an essential concern. (You can
read up more on this issue at the Au. Flexible Learning Framework, or at the new "Copyright Kitchen", on the

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