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1. The document discusses 5 educational web-based games that could be used across various subjects and grade levels. 2. The first game listed, Pick Cat Studio, allows students to work in groups and compete in teams to answer questions on a variety of subjects. 3. Prodigy is a math game that engages students through quests where they customize avatars and answer math problems to build power and compete with peers.

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Mlandrusmodule 6 Learninglog

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Module 6: My Top 5 Educational Games

As a preservice teacher, I am not limited to a specific domain or grade level when


considering these web-based educational games. Therefore, I am able to explore these resources
with a wide range of future possibilities. Below are the websites that caught my attention the
most and I thought could be used in multiple facets.
1. Pick Cat Studio
Pick Cat Studio has a wide range of games that can all be adapted to different subjects (math,
English, social studies, science, etc.) and a variety of grade levels. The games are also easily
adaptable to allow students to work in groups and compete in teams. For example, the game
“Smarty Pants Animal Race” is great for students to be divided into teams and work together to
answer the questions. Additionally, I like that the games allow teachers to edit the number of
groups and other settings of the gameplay. This web-based resource aligns with the content we
have learned in this course because it fulfills one of the key dynamics of gamification as
mentioned by Megan Ellis. The fourth dynamic is that games are social; students are able to
work and compete against each other.
https://www.pinkcatgames.com/play?Language=39&search=1
2. Prodigy Game
Prodigy is a math game that engages students in a digital world of epic quests that answer math
problems. In this game, students are able to customize their avatar and their “home”. Students are
also able to battle their peers in quests where the strength of their power is based on answering
math problems correctly. The math content will even vary depending on the student’s skill level.
One of my teachers used this game in a previous fourth grade placement, and the students
absolutely loved it. This game aligns with the content of this class because it satisfies the
“ABCs” of human needs as mentioned by Douglas Gentile in his article “When Video Games
Become an Addiction”. This game reaches the autonomy level of human needs because it allows
students to be in control of their character by being able to customize it. Second, this game
fulfills the belonging component because students are able to engage with their peers and
connect with one another. Lastly, this game satisfies the competence piece of human needs
because students feel accomplished when they answer questions correctly and complete quests.
https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/
3. Fun Brain: Desert Dive
Fun Brain is a website that includes a multitude of educational and engaging games for students.
Personally, I remember playing Fun Brain games all the time in school and loving it. As I
skimmed and scammed the different games that the website offers, I came across the game
“Desert Dive” in this game you have to lift up the blue character to a certain height in order for
the brown character to get knock into the pool of water. This game caught my attention because I
thought that it could easily be tied into science content. Students could explore this game in order
to experiment with the concept of gravity and levers in science class. This game and website
aligns with our course content because it is highly engaging. The games are creative and
incorporated fun graphics and sounds to entertain the student as well as challenges in each game.
https://www.funbrain.com/games/desert-dive
4. ABCya Animate
ABCya Animate is a open-ended educational game where students are able to create their own
animation films through drawing, graphics, and text. I love the flexibility of this game and could
see it being used in a language arts lesson. Students would have to create a story in the animation
game and then write the story behind the animation, or vice versa and start with a story and
create an animated film for the story that they have written. This game aligns with the course
content because it supports McFarlane’s area of learning in creative development because it
allows students to respond in a variety of ways and use their imagination.
https://www.abcya.com/games/animate
5. iCivic
ICivic is a website that others a variety of civic based educational games. Many of these games
can be tied to social studies content from different grade levels. These games are great to teach
students about their role as a responsible citizen and how the government works. The website
also offers many games that act as simulations for legislative role-playing. This relate to Max
Fischer’s idea of engaging students in active learning.
https://www.icivics.org/games

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