{"id":4643,"date":"2016-05-07T12:58:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T12:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/?p=4643"},"modified":"2016-07-15T17:23:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T17:23:40","slug":"gamification-of-revision-snooker-and-battleships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/gamification-of-revision-snooker-and-battleships\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamification of Revision: Snooker and Battleships"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a big fan of using game formats as a revision strategy. Over several weeks I use various quiz formats and build up a ‘Leaderboard Challenge<\/a>‘\u00a0culminating in an overall winner being declared in the class each year [more<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Johnny Hemphill (@worcesterjonny<\/span><\/a>) recently shared a couple of\u00a0additional revision games on Twitter which I am keen to try out myself with my own students:<\/p>\n

1. Snooker<\/h2>\n

Students gain more points for answering more difficult questions, and continue to answer questions to build up the score for their ‘break’ until they provide an incorrect answer. I like the way that “describe” questions are ranked as being of a lower value than the “explain” questions. If and when I use this, I’ll design “assess” questions as the most difficult of all.<\/p>\n

\"snooker\"<\/p>\n

Download Template (.pub file – Microsoft Publisher)<\/a><\/p>\n

\"snooker2\"<\/p>\n

2. Battleships<\/h2>\n

This format follows the rules of the classic ‘Battleships’ game, with the twist that if a player does not hit a target, they have to answer a question from the challenge board in order to earn an extra turn. When a player answers incorrectly, it is the turn of the other student to play.<\/p>\n

\"b1\"<\/p>\n

Download Template (.pub file – Microsoft Publisher)<\/a><\/p>\n

\"b2\"<\/p>\n

I quite like the idea of creating a template on ClassTools<\/a> which can generate these boards from quiz questions created using the ClassTools Arcade Game Generator<\/a>!<\/p>\n

you can follow Johnny Hemphill on Twitter: @worcesterjonny<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are some\u00a0other posts on other\u00a0revision game strategies:<\/h2>\n

Generate a self-marking crossword for revision<\/a>
\n\u201cKeyword Challenge\u201d revision game<\/a>
\n\u201cLeaderboard Challenge\u201d for \u2018Fling the Teacher\u2019<\/a>
\nDice and Card Game Strategies for Revising Key Terms<\/a>
\nCreate a Revision Quiz in the format of a \u2018Pacman\u2019 Game!<\/a>
\n\u201cWho \/ Where \/ What Am I?\u201d Revision Game<\/a>
\nMission MapQuest: Create\u00a0your own Google Maps Online Scavenger\u00a0Hunt!<\/a>
\n\u201cLinkage Bingo\u201d to summarise and connect key factors
\n<\/a>\u201cOnly Connect!\u201d<\/a>
\nChallenge Grid
\n<\/a>\u201cGuess Who \/ Guess What\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a big fan of using game formats as a revision strategy. Over several weeks I use various quiz formats and build up a ‘Leaderboard Challenge‘\u00a0culminating in an overall winner being declared in the class each year [more]. Johnny Hemphill (@worcesterjonny) recently shared a couple of\u00a0additional revision games on Twitter which I am keen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468,470],"tags":[],"class_list":["bg-responsive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4643"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4784,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4643\/revisions\/4784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}