“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. “ ~Albert Einstein

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Hello everyone!!
 

In this blog, I am going to introduce some websites which are based on game-based learning. These websites will help both the teachers and students to enhance their understanding of different topics and concepts. All these websites are completely free to use and some websites have basic available features for free. I will try to add more details about the websites so that you can choose as per your requirement.
 

Kahoot: It is a “game-based learning platform where you can play games based on different topics. You can also create games aligning with your topic and concepts. This platform can be used for energizers before starting, during the class, or after the class. The best part is that they can be presented on a shared screen and answered by a group of “players” all at the same time through any video conferencing platform.

Platform Highlights:

• Multiple game templates
• Gamified quizzes
• Grades: From 5th to 12th
• Subject: Not specified
• Cost: Free
• Device support and accessibility: Any device with a browser window
• App available: IOS and android
• Internet requirement: Yes

Overview:

Quizizz: This is a gamified student engagement platform that offers multiple features to make a classroom fun, interactive and engaging. As a teacher, you can conduct formative assessments, assign homework, and have other interactions with your students (for all grades) in a captivating way.

Platform Highlights:

• Instructor-paced lessons
• Student paced lessons
• Access to millions of Quizzes
• (Quiz + Lesson) Editor: Choose from 5 different question types to add images, video, and audio to teleporting questions from other quizzes and lessons.
• Reports: Get detailed class-level and student-level insights for every quiz. Share with parents/guardians to monitor student progress.
• Options to Customise: Options to customize your quiz sessions to toggle the level of competition and speed.
• Sharing & Collaboration: Share your quiz with other instructors and/or ask them to be collaborators.
• Grades: From 1st to 12th
• Subject: All
• Cost: Free basic features
• Device support and accessibility: Any device with a browser window
• App available: IOS/mac and android
• Internet requirement: Yes

Overview:



 

Educandy is a website and an app that can help you rapidly create short, interactive learning activities. Users enter vocabulary lists or questions and answers and the website converts this information into fun interactive games such as multiple-choice, crossword puzzles, hangman, and other memory games, which can be played with the whole class, or individually. When the teacher creates an activity, a unique code is generated which can then be shared with students so that they can play the games on their own devices. Activities can also be embedded into websites.

Platform Highlights:

• Instructional Design, Game-Based Learning, Media Literacy, Creating Media
• Grades: From 1st to 6th
• Subject: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, English-Language Learning
• Cost: Free
• Device support and accessibility: Any device with a browser window
• App available: IOS/mac and android
• Internet requirement: Yes

Overview:


 

PurposeGames: Purpose games make it possible to create game strategies and apply them to other areas (such as the development of soft skills). The aim is to ensure active learning and to improve the evaluation of the person taking part, without them giving up or losing motivation. With tools for teachers, games on every school subject, badges, groups, and tournaments, PurposeGames offers a lot of free educational fun. Create your own games and quizzes too.

Platform Highlights:

• Grades: From 5th to 12th
• Subject: French School subjects
• Cost: Free
• Device support and accessibility: Any device with a browser window
• App available: No
• Internet requirement: Yes

Overview:



 

Educaplay is a free website that lets teachers create a wide variety of different educational interactive resources. Teachers can create different activities like Riddles, Crosswords, Fill in the blanks, Dialogues, Dictations, Interactive maps, Jumbled Word, Jumbled Sentence, Matching Games, Matching Columns Games, Matching Mosaic Games, Quizzes, Slide show, Video quizzes, Word search puzzle.

Platform Highlights:

• Create unlimited activities for free, Play existing games based on almost all subjects
• Grades: From 5th to 12th
• Subject: French School subjects
• Cost: Free
• Device support and accessibility: Any device with a browser window
• App available: No
• Internet requirement: Yes

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About the author

Abhishek Singh is working in Pratham Education Foundation in the aspect of content development. He usually reads articles and researches on education so that he can provide better information to the teachers. He likes to explore new software and learn them so that he can keep himself updated with the technology. Any views expressed are personal.