I feel one of the more challenging issues for some teachers is to wrap their heads around the idea that video games and educational. I know that is a broad statement, but I am basing it on the people I work with and the views I have heard from them. Video games seem to be aftem seen as a time filler more than an educational tool. I happen to love video games and I happen to love math so I was exited when I read this blog posting
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/03/10-ideas-for-innovative-math.html?spref=tw
This is one of my favorite educational blogs, and in thi post the author talks about a downloadable video game that can be used to practive math facts. I immediately downloaded the game and tried out the pretest. You essentially roam around a dungeon as an alien-like creature. You progress through closed doors by finding math symbols and answer facts that seem to be tailored to your math level. So far it seems cool and I will be trying it out this week with some of my grade 5 students who are struggling getting their facts.
The game is called Timez Attack and it is a free download!
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