Jerry England

Posted on 9/23/09

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I teach high school English, Computer Science, and Web
Design and one of my favorite games is Boggle. Over the
years, I have learned to embed my vocabulary words in games
of Boggle, and then have the students compete against other
students for fun and practice in class. The definitions are
clues as to which words might be found in the game, so they
have to know the defintions in order to play competitively.
I used to create the games using Excel and display them on
overhead transparencies. Later, I switched to Powerpoint
and displayed games on a projection screen. I just finished
programming a teacher utility that does the same thing, and
I would appreciate having teachers test it and give me some
feedback on its use. It is appropriate for all subject
areas and all grade levels (as long as students have
learned to read) but it only works on a PC right now, not a
MAC. It can be downloaded from my classroom demonstration
website at http://www.customdbdesigns.com/vocabuwary and in
exchange for your feedback (send to jengland@cart.org),
I'll make sure that you receive a free copy of it if it
ever goes commercial.

VocabuWary

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