Creating educational games with flash

There are many digital tools that allow teachers and students to create games to make the repetition of information fun, rather than a chore. The librarian and classroom teacher can make a great team when planning and executing lessons where the students generate games for study review in any content area and across grade levels.

Here are a few of the tools I recommend using to create these learning games. Flippity offers several opportunities to design learning games with a Google spreadsheet. My favorite is the Quiz Show template. You can read more about this activity on my blog. There are several ways to create digital Jeopardy—including tools like Flippity.

An undergrad at Washington State University in Vancouver made Jeopardy Labs , another fun way to create and play the game online. This template is easier to edit and save online than the many Power Point game templates available to teachers and there are other games on this site too. For example, use the one to build crossword puzzles that can be played online best used on laptop rather than tablet.

With Kahoot, you create a quiz with up to four answers, but the number of questions is not limited nor is the number of players. Privacy Policy OK. Demo Game. Create new game. Make Your Own Online Games! It's Completely Free. Super Teacher Tools www. Jeopardy Example Flippity. Content Generator Great interactive games. Fling the Teacher Teacher Invaders Matchup. Downloading Games: Download game creator software to any desktop or laptop. Can not download to an iPad or Chromebook After downloading game file, you will need to run to install.

An icon will be added to your desktop. Clicking on the icon will allow you to create your own game. After creating game students will be able to play on any device that runs flash, like Chromebooks, laptops, and desktops.

Download Fling the Teacher Click to access file. Download Teacher Invaders Click to access file. Download Matchup Click to access file. Pac-Man Quiz This quiz game allows students who get an answer correct to play a round of Pac-Man as a reward.

Will not run on iPads. ClassTools Pacman: www. Crossword Puzzle Game Create a crossword puzzle for students complete using key terms and definitions. Create Your Own Crossword Game www. Download PowerPoint Games Click to access files. Try it now. Created with Communicate quickly and effectively with interactive newsletters. Create a newsletter. Purpose Games.

Super Teacher Tool. This educational game lets kids put their heroes to the test. When you make The Great Adventure, you choose both the characters and the obstacles they encounter. Find out how many words you and your kids can make when you play the educational Spool-A-Word game. This easy-to-make game improves language skills. Jigsaw Puzzle. Challenge your kids to get creative when they make their Jigsaw Puzzle.

This educational game is fun to both make and solve. No-Bored Games. This educational game turns study time into a good time. Play No-Bored Games with your kids, and watch their interest in school skyrocket!

Find the Presents. Similar to Battleship, the Find the Presents game teaches kids concentration, recall, and strategy. Find out how to make this educational game. Matrix Game. This educational game is a puzzle that takes concentration and a sharp visual eye. Your kids will have hours of fun playing the Matrix Game. Brain Teaser Art. Let your kids get creative with Brain Teaser Art. See the complex designs that they dream up when you play this educational game. Fractional Pizza Game.

Teach your kids basic math skills with this educational game that's fun to make. This game may make you hungry. Learn how to make a set of checkers that's so professional people will think it's from a store! Get your kids involved in making and playing Checkers. Art Flash Cards. This educational game improves both recall and drawing skills. When you and your kids play Brain Teaser Art, you'll hone artistic skills as well as memory.

Weather Journal. When you encourage your child to keep a Weather Journal, he or she will start to recognize weather patterns. Find out how to create this educational game. You can make the One Peg at a Time game out of old newspapers and thumb tacks. Learn how to make this educational game on the next page. One Peg at a Time is an educational game that your kids can play with you or by themselves.

A pegboard solitaire game -- or duel -- is fast-paced fun. Step One: Plan out any grid design you like. Just make sure it has an odd number of dots or places where lines cross each other.

If you're using graph paper, cut it to the desired shape and glue to the poster board. Step Two: Lay the board on newspaper and stick a push-pin into every dot or line intersection. Leave one space open in the center. Step Three: The object of the game is to "jump" pins over each other and remove them one at a time, as in checkers.

The catch: You must end with the last pin in the center space. Step Four: For a duel, have a friend make a board also. Then challenge each other to see who finishes first.

Pictominoes uses pictures instead of the traditional dots used in a dominoes game. Learn how to make and play Pictominoes on the next page.

Pictominoes are colorful dominoes that you and your kids can make together. Custom-make your dominoes with pictures instead of dots. Step One: Count out 28 index cards. On the blank side of each card, draw a line through the middle from one long side to the other. Step Two: Take one of the ink stamps and make prints on 1 side of 4 of the index cards.

Do the same with the rest of the ink stamps. Step Three: This should leave you with 4 random spaces that are blank. That's OK; these are wild spaces. Step Four: Play with your "pictominoes" as if they had dots, only match up the pictures instead! Still feeling artistic? Learn how to make Jazzy Jigsaws, jigsaw puzzles that you create with your own artwork, on the next page. When you and your kids make Jazzy Jigsaws, you'll have just as much fun as when you solve the puzzle.

You can also mail these nifty jigsaws to family or friends as surprises. Step One: Start small at first, to perfect your puzzle-making prowess. Cut the poster board to your desired finished size. Step Two: Next, cut a photo or picture to the size of the poster board. Glue the photo or picture to the board with the glue stick.

Step Three: On the backside of the poster board, about 1 inch from the left edge, draw a zigzag line from top to bottom with a pencil. Draw a similar line 1 inch away from that, and continue across the board.