TinyTap

 

What is TinyTap?

TinyTap (https://www.tinytap.com) offers educational games created by teachers, including types like math games, language and spelling activities, puzzles, and interactive soundboards. Users can also create their own games using tools for adding questions, recording audio, tracing shapes, and embedding videos from YouTube, allowing for activities like Jeopardy-style questions or fill-in-the-blank exercises. 

TinyTap Tools Overview

Game types available on TinyTap

·      Math games: Practice skills like counting and addition, often using the "talk or type" feature for number entry.

·      Language and spelling games: Exercises for practicing spelling by listening to words and typing them, or creating longer written responses.

·      Puzzles: Create puzzles by tracing shapes or assembling images.

·      Interactive soundboards: Link sounds to objects, which can be used to create activities like an interactive periodic table or a find-and-seek game.

·      Question and answer games: Ask questions and require users to select the correct answer or type/speak it. 

 Examples of how to create games

·      Jeopardy-style games: Use the "talk or type" feature to create games where players must phrase their answers as questions.

·      Spelling practice: Create a game where you say a word and the player must spell it correctly.

·      Interactive lessons: Build a lesson with soundboards, embedded videos, and questions to guide a learning process.

·      Personalized content: Use your own images and recordings to make a game that is tailored to a child's specific needs. 

Tutorials

1. Create Educational Games with TinyTap

2. How to Create an Educational Game With TinyTap's Free iPad App

3. Talk or Type - Create an Educational Game on TinyTap