[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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