Card Games as an Educational Tool for ESL Learners

Review of: Reese, Curt, and Terri Wells. 2007. “Teaching Academic Discussion Skills with a Card Game.” Simulation & Gaming 38, no. 4: 546-555. ERIC, EBSCOhost (accessed May 21, 2014). Review by Amy Cobos Can Card Games Be Educational?             Gamification within classroom has become the hottest new craze in the educational realm. Many schools are …

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Dive on in to Clue With The Simpson’s!

Amy Cobos Clue: The Simpson’s Edition Clue is a game created by Hasbro that I already knew how to play coming into HY 300 History of Games. It is an epic game full of mystery and adventure that people of all ages will enjoy playing. It has a storytelling theme of uncovering a murder that …

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Catch the Fun Virus! Play Pandemic!

Amy Cobos Pandemic!             Pandemic was a new game, published by Z-Man games, which I learned to play while in HY 300-001 History of Games. It was my favorite game we played during class and had a lot of different elements of gaming combined into one fun experience. Pandemic is a game full of team …

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