Purposegames - Easy to make image-based quizzes

Previously I emailed around about a useful site for creating image-based labelling quizzes: purposegames.com. This site is excellent for subjects like Biology, Geography and PE and I'm sure can be useful to any subject area with creative use!

There are many good quizzes already available to use and it is very easy to create your own - particular the 'Dot quizzes'. Games can be collected into playlists or included in Tournaments to get a competitive aspect.

The screenshot shows an example of how the quizzes are presented:

You can check out the playlist I have created for AS Applied Science, including the example above: HERE. This playlist consists of Dot quizzes created by me or found in the existing library.

Here are some examples of the other types of game you can find or create:

• The countries of Europe (Shape Quiz)
• Integers (Multiple Choice Quiz)
• Famous Renaissance Paintings (Dot Quiz)

Drillster: an interactive learning and test application

Drillster is one of my favourite eLearning tools - it is essentially a flash-card type of learning or revision resource that has an adaptive aspect by use of an alogrithm to monitor progress - for full details see the Drillster info page.

Drillster is incredibly easy to use when creating Drills and can include text, images or both. Drillster is ideal for learning names and definitions and would work well for any vocabulary learning in any subject. Drills work well on mobile devices and tablets (at least on my Android devices).

Drills can be embedded into a web page, or you can just provide a weblink to the Drill itself. A free account is required to create Drills (although you can login using a Google or Facebook account) but no account is necessary for students to use a Drill. If students do set up an account Drills become far more effective by monitoring their progress over time and the algorithm will act to 'top-up' their learning more effectively.

Examples I have created are included below and there are many more available on the 'Drill Store' although a number are foreign-language.

• Hydrocarbons
• Exam command words
• Database terminology
• Hazards, symbols and risks