70+ Online Resources to Gamified Education

Here are popular online resources to teach about using games in education (click here for updates to the list):

1. Battleship on Google Sheets
2. Breakouts by BreakoutEdu.com — a bit like Webquests but more comprehensive
3. Breakout Room Template
4. Game Show Templates–Frazzle, Jeopardy, Family Feud, Price is Right, more
5. Gamified Syllabus–a template to create games
6. A Google A Day

Economics and Finance

1. BizKids–games to teach business and finance

History

1. Beat the Bard–using Shakespearean characters
2. Classtools History Timeline Game–read here for directions
3. Oregon Trail–a browser-based edition
4. Digital Breakouts–review or assessment in a gamelike format; includes mostly history, but other topics; high school

Math

1. 99 Math
2. Alien Addition
3. Battlesheets!
4. Digipuzzle–math puzzles
5. Interactivate — games for HS math that can be used as assessments
6. Khan Academy
7. Legends of Learning
8. Math Chimp–math games divided by grade
9. Math for K
10. Math Games
11. Math Invaders
12. Math Playground–lots of math and physics games; search by grade level or subject or category
13. Math problems organized by grade

Science

1. Geography Games
   

2. Geography Quiz Game
3. Legends in Learning–collection of games for grades 3-9
4. Mapping Game
5. NOAA Science games
6. Physics games–for HS
7. Science games
8. Science games I
9. Vocabulary–Science Hangman

Create Games

1. Adventure Games Studio
2. ClassTools– create simple games using templates.
3. Connect Four–through ClassTools
4. Educandy–create a wide variety of games for students
5. Game Maker Studio– 2D developing platform for more intricate games.
6. GameSalad– design games using drag and drop and learn computer science and programming
7. Gamestar Mechanic– fun, game-based quests and courses to help students learn game design and make their own video games
8. GetKahoot (iOS/Android)- quickly create fun multimedia trivia games and compete against peers.
9. How to make a game on Scratch
10. Kodu– create games on a PC and Xbox via a simple visual programming language.
11. Quest–create your own text adventure game
12. Stencyl– design games without coding, but by choosing elements and characters.
13. TeacherMade

Game Quizzes

1. Gimkit
2. Kahoot
3. Quizizz
4. Quizlet Live

Puzzles

Minecraft Resources

Resources on Gamification

1. Duolingo–gamifying language learning
2. Gamification how-to–90 videos
3. How to Gamify your Classroom–Paul Anderson
4. Quest to Learn–a gamified classroom

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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.