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Tag Archives: online games
Vocabulary Practice With Wordle
Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog! Today, we’ll take a look at a popular online game that we can use for practicing vocabulary with our multilingual language learners.
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Lesson Plans for Educators—Minecraft: Education Edition
Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. This month, we dig back into the world of Minecraft to explore Minecraft: Education Edition (Minecraft: EE). One of the biggest challenges in using more games in the … Continue reading
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Exploring the World of Walking Simulators: Using Games as Narrative Text
Welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. In this month’s blog, I wanted to dive into the genre of video games commonly referred to as “walking simulators.” These games are first-person narrative games that task players … Continue reading
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A Series of Interesting Choices With The Oregon Trail for ESL
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning blog! Sid Meier, creator of the classic video game series Civilization, once described video games as a series of interesting choices. It is a wonderful way to think about how … Continue reading
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Learning Argument and Persuasion With Quandary
Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. This month’s blog post explores far future and the space colony of Braxos in the game Quandary, first featured in my November 2019 blog post. Quandary’s straightforward design, section-based structure, and potential for expansion into classroom activities make … Continue reading
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Tagged as argumentation, classroom games, debate, games and learning, online games, video games
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Building Language Learning Games With Scratch
Welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog! Last month we explored Twine, a text-based interface for creating interactive stories. Twine is a great tool for older students or more advanced language learners, but perhaps not the best choice for younger … Continue reading
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Creating Interactive Stories With Twine
Welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog! This month I wanted to dive into Twine, a browser-based tool for creating interactive stories. Twine first appeared on the October 2020 Interactive Fiction for Reading, Writing, and Grammar … Continue reading
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Tagged as creative writing, digital games, games, games and learning, online games
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Language Learning With Among Us
This month, I had the opportunity to work with the U.S. Department of State’s Regional English Language Office in Belgrade Serbia to deliver a series of talks on games and learning. Teachers from around the world shared games they found … Continue reading
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