John McLearprimary games arena | John McLear http://mclear.co.uk My mission: To encourage effective use of ICT in Schools. My main focus is on ages 3-11. Thu, 17 May 2012 21:14:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://primaryblogger.co.uk/?v=3.3.2 Embedding Education games in your blog http://blog.primaryt.co.uk/2011/11/15/embedding-education-games-in-your-blog/ http://blog.primaryt.co.uk/2011/11/15/embedding-education-games-in-your-blog/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:50:14 +0000 Admin Admin http://blog.primaryt.co.uk/?p=1016 Embedding educational games in your blog is now really easy.

Step 1. Find the game you want on Primary Games Arena

Step 2. Click Share then Click Link, click again for embed code

Step 3. Copy the embed code (Right click Select all, Right click Copy), it will look something like “<iframe width=800 height=600 src=”http://primarygamesarena.com/redirect.php?id=250″></iframe>”

Step 4. Create a new post or edit an existing one. Click HTML in the top right corner of your editor.

Step 5. Right click on the editor and click Paste.

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Play the Moon Rocks Patterns game

Suitable for ages: 9..

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]]> http://mclear.co.uk/2011/06/04/moon-rock-patterns-game/feed/ 0 urikares game http://mclear.co.uk/2011/05/25/urikares-game/ http://mclear.co.uk/2011/05/25/urikares-game/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 08:33:51 +0000 Primary Games Arena Description: Answer the set amount of questions in the time allowed by clicking on the correct numbers to complete the number sentence

Play urikares

Suitable for ages: 10..

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]]> http://mclear.co.uk/2011/05/25/urikares-game/feed/ 0 Primary Games Arena medals http://mclear.co.uk/2011/05/15/primary-games-arena-medals/ http://mclear.co.uk/2011/05/15/primary-games-arena-medals/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 19:13:41 +0000 Admin Admin http://blog.primaryt.co.uk/?p=614 Today we introduced a new feature onto Primary Games Arena. We have introduced rewards and medals that will appear as you play games. The medals are visible on the top bar when you play games and will pop up bit by bit as you receive them. Leave a comment if you have any thoughts or feedback :) Thanks!

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Play show

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Play here

Suitable for ages: 10..

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In 2010 due to an influx of game creation tools educators began thinking about how they could create games and this is great but it increased the amount of hot air single choice, linear games to a new all time high.   5 games this year really set themselves apart from the hot air that was released, here they are:

Admongo

Admongo is a side scroller designed to teach kids to be aware of marketing and advertisements. Consumerism is a huge driving force in today’s conflicts and I believe we need to be mindful of why we consume certain things.

Jet Ski Addition

This game is great because it encourages competitive learning.

Mystery Island

Mystery Island gives pupils the ability to find their own way through a world and encourages adventuring whilst solving micro problems by delivering packages.  This is probably my personal least favourite yet it is one the most popular games with kids so I thought I’d throw it in!

Geosense

I’m not gonna lie, this game sucks you in, prepare to waste a good 15 minutes increasing your knowledge of locations on the Earth.

Light Bot

Pick your way to solve the control problem. This game teaches the logic behind control and movement. It is actually quite linear but it requires strategic thinking and planning. Light Bot is way more fun than multiple choice and that’s why I like it :)

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I think this is a great idea because advertising is becoming more and more a part of daily life.

The game is side scrolling and plays pretty nice, it is obviously a linear game with coins thrown in for fun.  It’s a pretty high quality game and good to see good games with what I think is a positive thing to be teaching young people.

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Note how they have used the same font as Primary Games Arena in their headings.  Also look at the ad on the left hand site..  Oh dear…

The only good fix for this is that Primary Games Arena has more links in than this dodgy website so please help by logging into your website/blog and adding a link to Primary Games Arena.  The URL for Primary Games Arena is http://primarygamesarena.com


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