Below are a list of online games from our ‘Awesome Fun Outreach Zoom-Cast! Experience it, then run it!’ FAM Training session with Eric Thurston (MTS Director of Training) on 22nd May 2020. NB: Some games assume that you’ll be using the Zoom videoconferencing platform.
- What movie/tv show am I in? Use the Zoom Virtual Backgrounds feature to put up an image from a movie or television show, and ask the group to guess the correct answer!
- Pictionary: Use the Zoom Whiteboard to play a few rounds of online Pictionary
- Scattergories
- I Saw That!
- Play the following Mr Bean video via screenshare: Charles Trénet’s ‘La Mer’ from “Mr. Bean’s Holiday”
- Download the accompanying slideshow here to reveal answers as you ask the following questions:
- In the 1st scene, what weird thing was in the pillar?
- What odd picture was on the truck he walked out on?
- What was the second truck he walked on carrying?
- What colour hat was the scooter driver wearing?
- What colour was the peddle boat?
- What was on the bonnet of the sand car?
- What was physically wrong with the guy in the leather jacket and sunglasses (William Dafoe)?
- Name 4 instruments in the band
- In the last scene, what was the girl in the mint green dress holding?
- Tabu: Only available on the Apple Store
- Boggle
- Zoom Karaoke
- Smule
- Karaoke
- 全民K歌-唱歌录歌首选 (Chinese app)
- Zoom Charades
Additional suggestions from attendees:
- Kahoot!
- Who Done It? (on Zoom – hear Gavin’s explanation at 39:21)
- Codenames (create your own group by generating a unique identifier)
- Legomasters (hear Jemima’s explanation at 41:02)
- Speed Friending (hear Emma’s explanation at 41:56)
- Pictionary (Skribbl.io, Drawasaurus.org or whiteboard feature mentioned above)
- Church-wide Family Challenge (hear Meagan’s explanation at 42:44)
- Photo scavenger hunt (on Zoom – hear Gavin’s explanation at 43:35)
- Extensive list of browser-based games
- Playing Cards