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Classroom games

Classroom games for the board: a crossword, a word search, bingo, flashcards or a quick quiz from your own words, large enough for the class to play together. It needs a free teacher account.

This is the Games from OpenEduCat Board, where it sits next to everything else you use in a lesson.

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The Games after sign-in: a crossword, a word search, bingo, flashcards or a quick quiz from your words.

Key facts

Games
Crossword, word search, bingo, flashcards and a quick quiz
Words
Your own, one per line, up to 100
Grid
Up to 13 squares a side
Where it runs
This page and OpenEduCat Board
Languages
English
Price
Free
Account
A free teacher account; students never sign in

Ways teachers use it

  • A crossword of the week's spelling words, solved together at the board.English
  • Bingo with the times tables, the next number drawn with Draw.Maths
  • Flashcards of new words, turned one by one before a reading.
  • A quick quiz of five questions to end a science lesson.Science

How to use it

  1. Add Games from More widgets.
  2. Open the settings and choose a game.
  3. Type your words, one per line. For a crossword, put a colon and the clue after each word.
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OpenEduCat Board puts this game on one page with a timer, a scoreboard and a name picker, for the projector.

Free account. Sign in once on each device; the board then works offline. The words you type here travel with you.

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  • No student accounts.
  • No ads.
  • Data-processing agreement on request.
For schools

Questions

Which classroom games can I play on the board?

Five: a crossword, a word search, bingo, flashcards and a quick quiz. Each one runs from the words you type in the settings, one per line.

Can I use the words from a crossword I made?

Yes. On the crossword, word search, bingo and flashcard pages, Play on the board brings your words to the Games.

How large is the grid?

A crossword or a word search has 9 to 13 squares a side on the board, so the class can read every letter. Words that do not fit are counted under the grid.

How does the quick quiz work?

Type each question, a colon, then the right answer and 1 to 3 wrong ones with commas between. Tap Show the answer, then Next question.

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