Mobile learning is an educational strategy that uses mobile technologies in order to promote and enable learning. Mobile learning also encompasses efforts to support broad educational goals across numerous fields as it caters to the effective administration of learning systems and more improved communication between educational institutions,…

This is a package of classroom games for the elementary grades. They cover the basic subject areas and are adaptable to various ages and numbers of players. Included are two pages of puzzles ready to be duplicated and given to students. (SJL)

The objective of this board game is for players to travel to all the planets with the winner being the first to return to Earth. Students are required to use their knowledge of the planets for the game. (JRH)

Presents ideas for several games to use in teaching metrics to elementary school students. (JMB)

Presents ideas designed to perk up classroom spirits. Examples include such activities as an ambidextrous club, joke day, and secret pal week. (JMB)

Games and word activities give children another way to integrate their learning and reinforce their literacy skills. They provide different and enjoyable contexts in which children can apply what they are learning. This booklet offers activities which provide a sampling of "fun" ways for tutors to support and supplement their tutees'…

A "Listening Word Concentration Game" for use by teachers to help children develop listening concentration skills is described. (STS)

Sixth-grade students relive the history of the fall of Rome in a simulation game. An example of student comparisons of Roman and Barbarian strategic advantages indicates how the game increased their understanding of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire. (AM)

A collection of elementary games and activities dealing with word origins and derivations, changing meanings, rhymes, compounds, neologisms, and names. (Author/SJL)

Suggests using games to teach students how to ask effective questions. Games include "I've Got a Secret,""What's My Career,""To Tell the Truth,""Jeopardy,""Stump the Teacher,""Ten Q," and "Question Circle." (KC)

Games to develop mathematics skills for elementary school children are described. (JD)

Presents ideas for a variety of learning activities, many with a February theme. Includes such things as valentine games, word games, ideas for new uses for old books, Lincoln and Washington activities, a shapes game, ideas for how to use skill cares, and activities for teaching syllables. (JMB)

Dramatic play games emphasizing creative thinking and listening skills offer an emotional outlet for the entire class. Games involving pantomime, musical instruments, and communication are described. (CB)

Presented are several word and sentence puzzles, both simple and complex, for student use. All involve various-shaped grids made up of squares for letter or word fill-ins. (Author/SJL)

Several teachers contribute games and teaching strategies for improving students' critical thinking skills through the use of higher-order questions. A short quiz for teachers on questioning is included. (SJL)