3, 2, 1... PACMAN!

Good morning ICT girls!

Here it’s me (Ari) presenting an activity which might ring a bell ;). The first task I prepared for this subject was related to Animals in the Wood; I looked for different tools to use in our classrooms such as a word search creator from Discovery Education; a flashcard creator, this app is available for both Android and iOS; and an interesting webpage where you can find an incredible amount of tools to use with your students. (You already have the links to access these resources but you’ll find them attached in this post too ;))

However, the one I’m going to present here is PACMAN! Once I found this resource I thought it was going to be a really interesting tool to use in a classroom, no matter the level we are as we can create activities for both the old and the youngest pupils.

First of all, I will explain you some characteristics of this resource. I suppose all of you know Pacman; this tool has been based on this videogame, the students can play it but at the same time they are answering multiple-choice questions. All these questions are first written together with the answers (both the right and the incorrect ones). It’s really easy and intuitive but here you have the steps you need to follow ;)

Now that you’ve check the steps to follow, I want to explain the use we can give to this resource in the classroom. As I mentioned before, it can be applied in different levels, it all depends on the topics we work on and the questions we create (or the ones we ask our students to create which is also an option for the old ones).

This game it’s only and engaging way to work on specific content; the questions we write can make our students work on both LOTS and HOTS. Everything we create will imply understanding and depending on the questions just remembering. But we can also ask them to look for information on the Internet, for instance to find out the places around the world we can find an specific animal, compare different places and the species living in them in terms of the characteristics of an animal, the atmospheric conditions, amongst others. Furthermore, this research can not only be done just to answer the questions but to write them. As I previously said, our students can also create these questions, which will require collecting information and at the same time work cooperatively with their partners while structuring the test.

I personally found this tool a really interesting way to work on different aspects and make our students feel engaged and motivated in a high-cognitive demanding task. Of course as teachers, we have to adapt these activities to the level, group students, their needs and characteristics; but I found it incredibly easy-adaptable and the most important ENGAGING!

Hope you find it interesting! Enjoy it! 

Here you have some interesting links ;)

All my best, 

Ari xxx