The Perfect Recipe 
Martyne Rea, Savannah Christian Preparatory School, Savannah, Georgia
Robin Sewell’s presentation, “Beating XBOX at Its Own Game” showcased a selection of interactive games, Power Pak Pro, designed by FTC Publishing. The game templates are designed to integrate with Microsoft Power Point. The teacher can choose one of twenty-four game templates to create an interactive game that will support her curriculum. Game styles include Jeopardy, Monday Night Football (very cool), Pyramid, and many others. This was a very informative and fun presentation, and all disciplines could benefit from and enjoy this program. We not only listened, but actively participated in several games, becoming a very animated and verbal audience.
I was so impressed with this program, I asked our technology department to purchase Power Pak Pro K-12. I used the Jeopardy game when reviewing my 6th grade science class for an exam, and the students really enjoyed it. The only drawback is that it takes time to create a bank of questions and put them into game format. A possible solution to this would be to let students create the questions and insert them in the template. This alone could act as a review, it would help develop critical thinking skills since questions have to increase in difficulty as points increase, and it would involve the students technologically. This is a perfect recipe for success.
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