Hi Everyone,
Here's a great little game that is free to use in your class and will help your students learn new concepts:
Prodigy Math Game
I'm a huge fan of this game as both a teacher and someone who loves video games. The game itself plays very similar to Pokemon which sees the players collect monsters that can be used to battle against one another all the while having students complete math equations!
Great for any classroom!
Dante G
Dante,
ReplyDeleteThe biggest problem I've found with Prodigy is it doesn't provide feedback or teach strategies like Dreambox or mPower and students can become increasingly frustrated when they get stuck on a question. I do like the feedback you get on student progress.
Not sure if you've ever come across a Math Prodigy game that is more appropriate for high school or looks at high school mathematical concepts?
ReplyDeleteHi Dante,
ReplyDeleteNot sure if anyone has posted about Kahoot on here. I know we've all discussed its value to the classroom as a measure of assessment. It's advantageous to the classroom such that you can assess what students know, and where their gaps which can help guide your future lessons/review. This is a great tool for assessment FOR, AS, and OF learning. It's good review for the students as they practise the question/answer relationships and they thoroughly enjoy the competition with one another. Moreover, you can use kahoot for any level, so it's quite versatile. I was introduced to Kahoot during my advanced Statistics class at Florida Gulf Coast University, a few years ago. I'm not used to using technology in the classroom so it was slightly uncomfortable to begin with, but by the time we finished the game I wondered why we haven't implemented this in the math classroom year ago! Another great way to utilize technology in the classroom!
https://getkahoot.com/