This week, I combined my knowledge of country names and locations to practise in a super fun way. Instead of simply taking quizzes, I got to play a game! The game is called Globle. There is a secret country and you have to guess it. You enter the name of a country and the colour it lights up will show you how close or far it is the the actual secret country. For example, if their secret country is Spain and you guess Russia, Russia will light up on the map a white-ish colour. If you guess France, France will light up on the globe dark red. So, you can see why it helps to have a good knowledge of countries names and places!
Here’s what a game looks like:
I guessed
- Ukraine
- Italy
- Algeria
- Germany
- Albania (was adjacent to the correct answer, so I guess Bosnia, because I thought they bordered each other)
- Bosnia
- North Macedonia (Here, I thought of what else actually borders Albania)
- Greece!
I remember playing his game last summer with my friend, when I had far less understanding of the world map. I was so naive, I really thought that my little knowledge was impressive, LOL!. I would absolutely crush my past self in a game of Globle.
Likes and Dislikes
There aren’t very many dislikes this week –shocking, I know. Its a very fun game that is only enhanced by my learning of the world map. This game is definitely more fun when are not stuck on Oceania because you don’t know the names of the islands (happened to me last summer). This game really will choose any country as its secret country. It’s NOT only restricted to the countries that ARE ACTUALLY VISIBLE ON A MAP.
Did it help me learn?
Yes, it did. I had to recall my knowledge of which countries were adjacent to each other. Although it is a fun game, I was still testing and expanding upon my knowledge. It wasn’t just a little vacation week for me.
Would I recommend it to others?
Yes, I would definitely recommend this game to others. It was the perfect third resource to add into my goal of learning the whole world map. Although it would be better to do what I did and set out to learn the names and locations first, I can see someone being able to learn a significant amount from this game alone. It got really fun as I got better at the game, as I got the secret country correct in fewer and fewer guess. This is because I started to become aware of which countries border each other. It’s one thing to know generally where they are, but it’s another to keep track of which countries actually share a border. Your guesses would only show up that super dark red colour if it was actually touching the secret country.
My rating out of 5 for this game: 4.5 stars
I wonder, would you ever try this game? If so, how do you think you would do?
I found this game from word of mouth, have you heard of it before?
Hi Amalia,
The resource you found this week sounds super interesting. I have not heard of it before, but I will defiantly have to try it out. When I do in fact test it out I know I will not do very well… I need to also work on my world map skills! What grade do you think you would use this resource with? Thanks for sharing this week, I look forward to seeing what you try next week.
Hey Amalia!
In the very beginning of the blog post, you stated, “This week, I combined my knowledge of country names and locations to practice in a super fun way. Instead of simply taking quizzes, I got to play a game! The game is called Globle.” I really like how you took the time and effort to engage in a new format of learning. From my own perspective, quizzes are useful to further enhance the memorization of course material and concepts. This is a great way to retain information. I do appreciate the fact that you, again, engaged in a new format of learning. A game is great! During my time at the placement block, I had the opportunity to collaborate with great individuals. At the placement, there was a free one hour period called, Genius Hour. This “genius hour” acted more so as a free time period. Here, a group of individuals were playing a geography game that involved a world globe. The game consisted of the following rules: one individual is in charge of taking care of the globe. The individual spinning the globe then points and lands on a continent. Afterwards, the individual who is taking care of the globe will state the name of the continent or region he/she pointed to with their finger. Then the other players of the game will state a country that belongs to that continent or region of the world. Whoever names a country that was already named in the previous round, looses and is disqualified. The purpose of that unique game was to attempt to learn new countries around the globe.
The reason I wanted to discuss the above-mentioned game, is because I personally clicked onto the globle game you provided. I then logged onto the website and after doing so, I saw a globe. There is also a search engine tool bar on the game for individuals to search new countries. This is quite unique.
With regards to your blog post specifically Amalia, I kindly appreciate how you provided a hyperlink to the game you used. Thanks for doing this kindly. A new thing that I noticed is how you shared the reflection component of “likes and dislikes.” This was also great as this component kindly acted more so as a pros and cons list as well. Thank you for sharing Amalia. I appreciate it.
– Muhammad