Sometimes an example will show you more of what you can do with a tool then writing a huge blog post on it. This is just one game template that you can easily make with classtools.net. It is a free service and you can quickly and easily make games that covers the content in your class.
I was playing around in here and made a simple game you can try out.Sample War of the Worlds Game
Yes, it is very cheezy but it is fun to play and as you progress through the levels it repeats the questions to help you review. Did you learn something about me you didn't know? ;-) There are a lot ways we can motivate kids to practice reviewing concepts and thanks to online tools and sites like this, our goal of having them memorize can be accomplished while doing it in a fun way. It sure beats memorizing a list of vocabulary words!
There are lots of other games that you can use as well. Know of other educational games? Please leave a comment to let us know what else you have found!
