The spaces on the board contain new word challenges. The dice indicate how many spaces to move on the board. To start playing the Word Hunter game students select avatars then roll the dice. Kids can play the game alone or with up to two other players.
The app features a board game that students move through by rolling dice and correctly spelling new words as they go.
Manulife Word Hunter is a free iPad app designed to help children learn new words. Parts of this post originally appeared on my other blog,
You'll also find an embed code that you can use to place your game on your own website. Students can then use that code to play your game at without creating an account on the site. Once your game is created on Educandy it will appear in your account under "my activities." From there you can select your game and find its code. If you write quiz questions, the game will be a simple quiz game. If you make a list of vocabulary words or a list of paired words the game options will include memory, hangman, word search, and crosswords.
Once you've made your list Educandy will automatically generate a game or series of games that your students can play. Once you've created your account sign in and select the option to create a list of vocabulary words, matching pairs of words, or a list of quiz questions. To get started on Educandy you will have to create an account on the site. You can then share those games with your students through a dedicated link and game code. On Educandy you can create a list of vocabulary words or a list of questions and have a set of games instantly created based on those lists. As I mentioned in this week's episode of The Practical Ed Tech Podcast, Educandy strikes me as a slightly more polished version of Flippity. The following tutorial video walks you through the process of creating individualized spelling games in with Flippity's Spelling Words template.Įducandy is a neat service that I recently learned about from Eric Curts. You'll then put those lists under your students' names in a Google Sheets template that is provided by Flippity.
To do this you simply have to make a list of words that you want each of your students to practice. In the following video I provide an overview of how you can create games on Educandy and how your students can access your games.įlippity's Spelling Words is a free Google Sheets template that you can use to create individualized spelling games for your students. Your students can play the games without needing to create an account on the Educandy site. In other words, write one word list and you'll get a few games that your students can play. A convenient aspect of the service is that once you've created a list of vocabulary words it will automatically be applied to multiple game formats for you. Educandy is a neat service for creating simple vocabulary games and multiple choice trivia games.