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Here are some games I've used for various events and some I found through research. Select the link in the Download Files colum and save to your computer.

Game Description Software Used Download Files
Jeopardy (source file which can be edited with Authorware 7)
Great for groups and team building.
Authorware Jep/KLCC.a7p
Family Feud-type Game Lectora 2007 http://www.trivantis.com/newsletter/0111%20PHHamily%20PHHeud%20Submission%20AWT.zip

Jeopardy
Great for groups and team building. Several variations are supplied.

PowerPoint 2003

Art Jeopardy (graphic based)

Big Board

Big Board Instructions

Jeopardy MD (zipped file)

Chalkboard Jeopardy

Dragonfly Jeopardy

Jeopardy Fun

Rules for playing in groups with Jeopardy Fun

Jeopardy Small Template

Variation of Jeopardy

Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Directly patterned after the TV gameshow, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" this game is multiple choice with a collaborative component. It can be played in teams or with individuals. The "lifelines" serve as a wonderful way to foster shared learning in a fun environment.

PowerPoint 2003

Great Millionaire Game

blank millionaire training game.ppt

Instructions for Millionaire Game

Who Wants to be a Millionaire (zipped file)

Board Game for Teams
Great for groups and team building.
PowerPoint 2003

Music Game

Car Race

Car Race Instructions

Raceway

Wheel of Fortune
(Whole Class Participation Game)
Quick and easy to use this game requires no pre-planning. Simply click "Spin the Wheel" and total up the points in the columns on the right. You can make your questions be whatever you want.

PowerPoint 2003

Big Wheel

Big Wheel Alternative

Big Wheel Instructions

Hollywood Squares PowerPoint 2003

Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares Instructions

What Am I?
What Am I? is a game in which the instructor provides a definition or core purpose of something and learners are asked to select what it describes.
PowerPoint 2003 What Am I?
Trivia
Trivia is a very straightforward game that asks learners to access previously learned content. This is a very good tool to use as a refresher or to help students prepare for an exam on the subject matter.
PowerPoint 2003 Trivia Pursuit

Bingo

 

PowerPoint 2003

Buzzword Bingo-Small

Buzzword Bingo-Big

Pyramid PowerPoint 2003

Pyramid

Instructions for Pyramid

Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt is an excellent game to play on-line or live when you want learners to be more self-directed about their learning. Patterned after the traditional scavenger hunt game, in which players are given a list of things to obtain from various places, this game can be quite useful in encouraging learners to look for things in their web environment, in their workplace, on their campus, etc.
PowerPoint 2003 The Hunt
Maze Challenge PowerPoint 2003 Maze Challenge (zipped file)
Hoops PowerPoint 2003 Hoops
Diagram It PowerPoint 2003 Diagram It
Flash Cards PowerPoint 2003 Flash Cards
Mystery Game PowerPoint 2003 Mystery

Robie Knows
(Whole Class Participation Game)
In this game the teacher inputs the questions with a set of answers that students working in teams must then guess.

PowerPoint 2003

Ask the Robot

Guessing Game PowerPoint 2003

Guess

Instructions for Guess

Tic-Tac-Toe PowerPoint 2003 Tic-Tac-Toe
What's Behind the Box?
(Whole Class Participation Game)
Place a picture behind the boxes, then you remove one box at a time until the entire picture is uncovered. Allowing students opportunities to guess the picture all along the way.
PowerPoint 2003

What's Behind the Box? - small

What's Behind the Box? - large

Undercover

Undercover Instructions

Concentration PowerPoint 2003 Concentration
Family Feud PowerPoint 2003 Class Feud
Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader? PowerPoint 2003 Are you Smarter?
Price is Right PowerPoint 2003 Price is Right
Weakest Link PowerPoint 2003 Weakest Link

 

The following is a list of tools for creating games.

Tool

Overview

More Information

Adventuremaker

Innovative toolkit for Windows that allows creating point-and-click games and multimedia software (free and full edition)

http://www.adventuremaker.com/

Contentgenerator

ContentGenerator.net website allows anyone to generate their own e-Learning quizzes, games and applications through our unique software. Please explore this site to find out details of these award-winning Flash-based learning tools.

http://www.contentgenerator.net/

Fablusi

THE ONLINE ROLE-PLAY SIMULATION PLATFORM
Creating Learning Experiences that Deliver Real Change

http://www.fablusi.com/

Game Show Presenter

This presentation software helps people pay attention and learn by putting your questions into a funny, TV-style quiz show.

http://www.almorale.com/

Games Turbopack for Raptivity

Combine challenge with fun using these super-charged learning games. The new Games TurboPack is rooted in activity based learning metaphors, allowing eLearning developers to accomplish learning outcomes in innovative ways.

http://www.raptivity.com/games-turbopack.html

Learning Beans

LearningBeans allows you to create business simulations.

http://www.pixelearning.com/authoringtools-learningbeans.htm

Unity

Unity is a multiplatform game development tool, designed from the start to ease creation. A fully integrated professional application that just happens to contain the most powerful engine this side of a million dollars.

 

http://unity3d.com/unity/

SimVentive

The SimVentiveâ„¢ software toolset enables designers of instructional ("serious") games to create training simulations and to define the behavior of characters and objects that populate those simulations, all without programming.

http://www.simventive.com/

Option Technologies Interactive

Free trial version available

http://www.optiontechnologies.com/

Using Games in Online Courses

Free games for educational purposes

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/r/rangem/games/

Learning Circuit Article An Intro to Online Training Games http://www.learningcircuits.org/2004/apr2004/kirk.htm
Whitepaper You Don't Have to be a Programmer to Create E-learning Games http://www.trainingconference.com/learninggroup/upload/handout/speaker-handout-196384.pdf