Yesterday I posted about QToro, a neat new game where players answer questions about various topics and create the questions, too.  I wrote that it would be great if there was some way students could choose to answer questions from another particular user, so they could answer questions that one of their classmates had created.  I shared that I would contact the site with this idea and let people know what they said.

Well, the site’s creators got back to me quite quickly and apparently this kind of interaction can indeed happen.  Here is what they wrote:

Thanks so much for writing in. Yes, in fact you can play questions written by just one person. To do this, you type www.qtoro.com/by/USERNAME  — for example, to play my questions, you would type www.qtoro.com/by/Ben

Also, I’m really thrilled that you are helping to spread the word to teachers. This was actually one of our goals when my friends and I created the site, and we are rolling out some new features to make the game more ‘teacher friendly’. For instance, we’ll support the ability to create a discrete quiz that students can use to study.

Ben

QToro is a game where short questions, hard and easy, are asked in relatively simple English.  The player is then given several choices from which to pick the correct answer, and scores points.

You can type in the subject you want the questions to cover.  The questions and answers are actually contributed by players, and after the correct answer is shown you are shown a link where, if you want, you can go to find out more information.

It’s a neat game, one where students can be both “consumers” and “producers” of questions.

I’ve sent an email to the site asking if they can make a way that players can just pick questions written by particular people.  That way, students can answer questions developed just by their peers.  I’ll post if and when they respond.

I’ve placed the link on my Intermediate English page under Word and Video Games.

Carrie The Caregiver Game is yet one more online video game I’ve found that supports English Language development.  In this game, Carrie has to take care of a number of infants.

The game itself does not provide much of an opportunity to further English skills.  However, the practice game is fairly lengthy, and is a series of written instructions with visual support about what they mean and how the player has to perform them.

I’ve placed the game on my Intermediate English page at the bottom of Word Games.