Students enjoy learning with games. Games are motivating for language learners. They add a context to vocabulary and conversation. Games are also ways to drill and memorize. Students learn even more when they take what they have learned and create a game for theirs. The web tools and apps below are free to design games. For resources related to teaching language learners with games, check out our webinar recording, Level Up! Students Creating Digital Games.
To learn more about integrating technology to support English language learners, attend our free Friday webinars.
Game Creators
Very young learners and toddlers can create and play games and create presentations with TinyTap iOS/Android apps.
Adolescents and teens can create games with these web tools:
- Hopscotch
- Scratch MIT
- Zondle
- GetKahoot
- Stencyl
- SketchNation
- GameSalad
- Purpose Games
- ClassTools
- Game Maker Studio
- Sploder
- Gamestar Mechanic
- X-Note
- What2Learn
- Kodu
- GamePress
- Adventure Games Studio
- Quest Text-based Adventures
Check out the Teaching with Technology Certification course we offer online.
Live TESOL webinars are presented every Friday at 4 PM EST or New York time with Shelly Terrell. TESOL Lectures are open to the public, so feel free to invite a friend. To enter a TESOL Webinar, click here https://americantesol.adobeconnect.com/terrell/. Next, click Enter as a Guest, type your name, and click Enter Room.
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