The power of on-line quizzing and games Noel Erskine- Technology Coordinator, Norris Schools

There are many benefits of online quizzing and games:

• Motivating
• Easy to manage…. including changing order, changing questions, etc….
• Easy to grade (It is done for you!)
• Access from home and other locations

A few things to keep in mind:

• Students can easily cheat on this just link a take home assignment
• Not everyone has access at home
• Just like a student forgetting a book… the Internet could be down the day you need it!

Recommended sites for on-line quizzes and games:

Quia (http://www.quia.com) and FAQ (http://www.quia.com/faq.html)

• Offers pre-made quizzes and activities you could use
• Can setup a classroom home page (View a sample at: http://www.quia.com/pages/physics.html) Take a sample quiz: http://www.quia.com/session.html and enter doaneinservice as the session name.
• Can setup quizzes with many options. (Can even offer quizzes in French, German or Spanish!) Can include pictures in quizzes. (As long as pic is already on the web.)
• Has many activities/games including flash cards, hangman, Jeopardy style challenge board and more!

FunBrain (http://www.funbrain.com/)

• Offers excellent pre-made games and activities
• Has an excellent calendar feature
• Can setup a classroom home page with email to a teacher message board
• Can setup student and parent email lists
• Offers on-lines quizzing, grade book and attendance

Quia wins with… More customized games and better quiz features, multi-lingual support, and more flexibility

FunBrain wins with… Better pre-made games, email features, class calendar, and grade book features.