Creation activity - gaming and virtual worlds

Hi againand

For this activity I made three different games: a jigsaw puzzle, a sliding puzzle, and a word search.  The link for these games can be found at  http://www.proprofs.com/games/player/pipper2011/

I decided to do these games to see what it would be like to use an online program to make a puzzle and word find.  I didn't want to do a project with second life and create a "world" to have my avatar live in.  I have enough issues with my first life and don't need to be living with virtual issues as well.  (ha ha ha).  Creating these were easy and took very little time and were actually fun.  The biggest issue was deciding what to make and what words to use.

As for uses of these in teaching and learning, there is a benefit to having students make these kind of games.  I remember back in elementary school when we used pencil and paper to make word finds or quizzes as class assignments.  It helps the student to focus and be creative in the project design and the other students who use the puzzles a chance to see how others viewed the project.  It is also a fun way for the kids to learn new words and use those higher order thinking skills we have been discussing.