Here’s a fun game I thought up the other day that I call the Google Doc Anagram Game. I realized that my Google Apps for Education docs display the first letters of 7 student names as they open the document which naturally made me think of anagrams…

1. Create a list of letters of your students’ first names. I used a text document and did all three of my daily classes.

2. Use an Anagram Generator to create a list of possible anagrams. This one allows you to set a minimum of 7 letter words (http://www.a2zwordfinder.com/anagram.html)

3. Pick a good one and write it on the board before the students arrive. And hope they all attend that day.

4. Share a document with the class and challenge them to recreate the anagram on the board by opening the Google doc in the right order.

It’s a fun way to get settled into class and to build a little collaboration in the room.
-Pete