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Password game show words3/7/2024 ![]() The entire class is potentially involved throughout the game. For these reasons, it is not just the players in the front of the room that gain the most from playing the game. Everyone in the class listens to the clue too and is able to judge its value. The Password classroom game is engaging because students must come up with creative clues to get the players to guess the word. Password is based on an old television show of the same name that first aired during the 1960’s where a person was given clues about a word on a card to get points. In many ways this game is similar to the Pictionary review game or Guesstures review game I’ve written about in the past. It doesn’t take long to explain and it is very easy to set up. While searching for new games this week, I came across a game called the Password Review Game. The measure of success of a given review game is based on how much each student is engaged, not how much each student is entertained. ![]() My philosophy on games has always been focus on engagement over entertainment. ![]() I was happy to play more games with them as long as the games were effective at reinforcing what students had learned. They would ask me almost daily if they could play games. When I first started teaching, I had a group of students who were very into sports and games. I’m always on the lookout for fun review games to play with my students. ![]()
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