I may just lack some of the experience of the others in this class, but I see great potential in the games if you allow them to start in the class say a farm and then allow them access to this as a reward. But stop and think if you set goals for them to follow as they played. Like they have to have some many of this or that by working out and algebra equation. Reward and work all at the same time. Make them set up a school account and you control by the passwords, just an idea.
Another cool tool would be the language translator. Basically awesome if you teach foreign language, but what about just finding out what a word is another language during just about any lesson.
The calendar would be great if you had a classroom controlled account for your students set up that they would only be allowed to use during the school day as a reward, but you could post grades or assign homework.
My biggest regret is that many schools block the Facebook use during the day. So you would have to have a pretty solid movement with lessons for this to be unblocked.
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