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cyberjoek:
every time we've used Who Wants To Be A Millionare it has worked great, if you want your kids to think more have them each write a stack of 15 questions.
-Joe Kavanagh

JasonA1:
I, like Mike, knew about this in summer, and even was given a brochure on it from somebody who works at the school. It's pricey ($400) but it comes with pre-made test games and cartridges to store your own.

Now if you haven't clicked the link already, the package comes with a WebTV-esque base unit and a keyboard. These are used to type up your own games and store them on the included or additionally bought cartridges. The unit comes with a scoring display tied into the base. It has three 5-digit LED vane font displays with a dry erase nameplate above each one. Three handheld buzzers are included, each resembling a modern joystick with a built-in hand grip. A master controller is also included for the host to indicate correct/incorrect and so on.

When I can, I'll scan the brochure and post it somewheres. It's really interesting.

-Jason

uncamark:
[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Sep 23 2003, 11:32 PM\']Without sending this thread way off-topic, I would be interested to hear how educators (Matt, Adam, and anybody else I'm forgetting) incorporate game shows and games in general into the classroom.  I won't start teaching for another year but I am interested in ways to add some games (and fun in general) to a bland subject, my field--high school math.  Jeopardy is an idea but it isn't a very math-friendly game and the preparation time would be hours.[/quote]
I'm not an educator, and the show was designed for grade schoolers, but the legit games (not the staged ones) on \"Square One TV\" might be worth looking at--since Mark Goodson's people developed the games, you know that the kinks got worked out of them.  You could try to adapt them to high school math.

Unfortunately, since the show doesn't fit the identity of either the 2003 Noggin or The N (and the license they have to air Sesame Workshop [CTW] shows other than the Noggin/N originals is about to run out, anyway), you can't just set the VCR on Noggin every night to catch the shows these days.

Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Sep 24 2003, 06:01 AM\'] I, like Mike, knew about this in summer, and even was given a brochure on it from somebody who works at the school. It's pricey ($400) but it comes with pre-made test games and cartridges to store your own.

Now if you haven't clicked the link already, the package comes with a WebTV-esque base unit and a keyboard. These are used to type up your own games and store them on the included or additionally bought cartridges. The unit comes with a scoring display tied into the base. It has three 5-digit LED vane font displays with a dry erase nameplate above each one. Three handheld buzzers are included, each resembling a modern joystick with a built-in hand grip. A master controller is also included for the host to indicate correct/incorrect and so on.

When I can, I'll scan the brochure and post it somewheres. It's really interesting.

-Jason [/quote]
 Jason, do you know if this unit has a lockout on it?

JasonA1:
Indeed it does Don - the thing acts as a timer, plays the Daily Double cues, FJ music, et al. I don't remember if the site's pictures were as good as the brochure's, but both are worth a look.

-Jason

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