[B-Greek] Pedagogical toys for Biblical Greek

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Oct 23 05:42:29 EDT 2008


On Oct 22, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Carl Thomas wrote:

> Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>> Teachers of Biblical Greek  who would like to supplement classroom
>> conversational practice in Koine with some pedagogical toys -- or  
>> play
>> with them rather than doing classroom conversational practice --  
>> might
>> look at the stuff noted at the Biblical Studies and Technological
>> Tools blog for today (http://bibleandtech.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-tools-for-learning-greek.html
>> = http://tinyurl.com/5s8x22).
>> There's a link to another blog-entry by Nijay Gupta featuring a  
>> KUKLOS
>> EUDAIMONIAS ("Wheel of Fortune") gamemaintained at
>> http://nijaygupta.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/teaching-tools-making-greek-more-interesting/
>> = http://tinyurl.com/596hhn

> Thanks Carl for these very interesting links. Is there a link where  
> one
> can down load the game "Wheel of Fortune" I couldn't find a link on
> either of these pages?
>
> Carl Thomas

The KUKLOS EUDAIMONIAS game is not a computer game; rather it is a  
classroom practice game that is described in the above-referenced  
Nijay Gupta blog. It reminds me of one of the most extraordinary  
Beginning Greek classes I ever had: one that was practically student- 
taught. I walked into class one morning and found one of my students  
at the blackboard using a "Hangman" game to go over the vocabulary of  
the current lesson. This was a class that took it upon themselves to  
organize weekly review meetings of the class conducted by a different  
class-member each time.  Teachers can be superfluous -- except perhaps  
as a resource -- when the passion for learning is deep within the  
students.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Ret)




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