Classroom Jeopardy!

[TimK2003]

I saw J! promote it's Classroom Jeopardy! edition tonight.  After seeing the short video description of the game, I had a coupla questions about it:

1)  Has anyone seen it in person, or has anyone bought it?  Reviews???

2)  Can the signalling/scoring devices be used for other games not associated with Classroom Jeopardy?  Or can these devices be used without a TV hookup?

3)  Does Classroom J! allow you to create your own questions and feed them into the system?

I have a couple of Educational Supply stores around here that probably sell it., but I wanted to see if it was worth the trip.

[davemackey]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Oct 11 2005, 09:19 PM\']I saw J! promote it's Classroom Jeopardy! edition tonight.  After seeing the short video description of the game, I had a coupla questions about it:

1)  Has anyone seen it in person, or has anyone bought it?  Reviews???

2)  Can the signalling/scoring devices be used for other games not associated with Classroom Jeopardy?  Or can these devices be used without a TV hookup?

3)  Does Classroom J! allow you to create your own questions and feed them into the system?

I have a couple of Educational Supply stores around here that probably sell it., but I wanted to see if it was worth the trip.

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The answer to #3 is yes! You can create and load your own Jeopardy! games, geared to whatever you teach.

Over the summer I took a Microsoft Office in the Classroom class and one of the neat things I got was a PowerPoint template which simulated a Jeopardy! game complete with scorekeeping and the like. The only drawback is that the creator of the template used pictures of Alex Trebek to dress it up, and he got a C&D from Sony to knock it off.

[DrBear]

That beats what we had in high school history class, where the teacher actually drew a J! board on the chalkboard and x'd out each category in turn.

(Not to brag, but we started the year with the class divided in half; by the end of the semester, it was me against the rest of the class.)

[gameshowhost1]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Oct 11 2005, 08:19 PM\']I saw J! promote it's Classroom Jeopardy! edition tonight.  After seeing the short video description of the game, I had a coupla questions about it:

1)  Has anyone seen it in person, or has anyone bought it?  Reviews???
Yes, I have the clone:  Host Your Own Jeopardy!
2)  Can the signalling/scoring devices be used for other games not associated with Classroom Jeopardy?  Or can these devices be used without a TV hookup?
The devices are connected to this game only and must have a TV hookup

3)  Does Classroom J! allow you to create your own questions and feed them into the system?
Yes.  For more information, go to educationalinsights.com
My son was at a conference and saw it and bought it for me.  It is fabulous and worth the price.

I have a couple of Educational Supply stores around here that probably sell it., but I wanted to see if it was worth the trip.

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[clemon79]

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That just about says it all!