This Tip identifies useful training resources, including sites for crossword puzzles, free training information, and excellent books.
Crossword puzzles are easy to create using the following sites. You just enter the word and the clue sentence and the site makes the crossword for you. Crosswords are good ways to check learner retention of specific words relevant to the learning content.
8. If you would like to create crossword puzzles, these sites are free:
- http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/create.htm
- http://www.edhelper.com/puzzles.htm
- http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/crossword/crosswordpuzzlemaker.html
- http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/
The websites below offer different learning activities, research findings, and reference information.
9. The following websites offer free teaching and training information for useful training resources:
This site offers many kinesthetic learning activities, among others. Sharon Bowman also provides information about brain research and how brain functions affect learning.
This site offers many accelerated learning activities
Thiagi offers great free games for learning.
- http://www.bobpike.com
Bob Pike offers a large variety of creative interactive learning activities.
Guila Muir offers lots of interactive learning activities.
My own website provides Laurel Learning Tips that cover a wide range of brain research findings, learning activities, experiential curriculum design, and much more.
10. Excellent books include:
- Sharon Bowman: The Ten-Minute Trainer!
- C. Leslie Charles/Chris Clarke Epstein: The Instant Trainer
- David Meier: The Accelerated Learning Handbook
- Bob Pike: Creative Training Techniques Handbook
- Mel Silberman: 101 Ways to Make Training Active
- Harold Stolovitch: Telling Ain’t Training
- Steven Sugar: Games That Teach
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