A PowerPoint Game Created by Jeff Ertzberger
Instructions for all office versions prior to Office 2007
Overview: This game is designed for whole class participation. Participants are divided into teams or may work as individuals. For best results use an LCD projector or TV to display the game to students
How to Play
1. You can divide your class into teams, or you can let each individual play. You can have up to six teams or individuals participate in the game.
2. Have your vocabulary, review test, or topical questions in your hand.
3. Open Finders Keepers Mine. Click on the “Slide Show Menu” tab at the top, and then choose “View Show”. This will begin your PowerPoint game.
4. If you see a Security Alert when starting the game – Choose Enable this Content.
5. Choose the board you wish to play (1-8). Try not to use one that you have used before, as students may remember where some of the stones were hiding last time.
6. Ask students to select 4 spaces behind which they believe there are lots of gems. (This will speed up the game and prevent students from taking “years” to decide which box to look behind once they have gotten a correct answer.)
7. Each team or individual is asked a question. If they answer correctly, the students can pick one circle. The teacher will then click on that circle, and reveals any gems. Then the teacher adds that number of gems to the teams total at the bottom.
8. If you run out of spots to dig before you run out of questions, simply note the team’s scores, go back to the beginning and choose a different board. Transfer the scores of the teams to the bottom of this new board, and then continue play.
Note: If you are using a version of Microsoft Office prior to Office 2000 some of the functions in these games may not function properly. It is advised that you do your editing of the slides in the older version that you are using but use a PowerPoint viewer for actual game play. A link to the PowerPoint 2007 viewer is below:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&displaylang=en
Finders Keepers Mine Instructions – p.1