Larry Green

Lake Tahoe Community College

Using Online Games to Engage Students in the

Learning Process

Why Games Can be Helpful

• Sweetens the Learning Process

• Addictive: More Time on Task

• Memorable

• Biggest Complaint …

• No Research to Back This Up

Creating the Games• Mostly Flash

• Sounds off the net at public domain sites

• Graphics by hand or programmatically sketched

• Time intensive

• Steep learning curve

The Games

• Pacman

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris Polytetris

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris Polytetris

• Space Invaders

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris Polytetris• Space Invaders Exponent Invaders

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris Polytetris• Space Invaders Exponent Invaders• Frogger

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris Polytetris• Space Invaders Exponent Invaders

• Frogger Logger

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris Polytetris• Space Invaders Exponent Invaders

• Frogger Logger

• Snowboarder

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris Polytetris

• Space Invaders Exponent Invaders

• Frogger Logger

• Snowboarder Boarder Line

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris Polytetris

• Space Invaders Exponent Invaders

• Frogger Logger

• Snowboarder Boarder Line

• Bejeweled

The Games

• Pacman Mathman

• Tetris Polytetris

• Space Invaders Exponent Invaders

• Frogger Logger

• Snowboarder Boarder Line

• Bejeweled BeFOILed

The Games: Google Search Larry Green• Mathman• Polytetris• BeFOILed• Boarder Line• Inequalities• Compound Inequalities• Exponent Invaders• Linear Expressions• Linear Equations• Logger• Derivative Drawer

The Games

• Other Sites?

• Other Ideas?

Thank You

• Any Questions?