Thursday, April 5, 2012

Web 2.0 Tool Review

I went to http://www.abcya.com/ and reviewed the Numbers games for fourth grade. I think video games are a great supplemental tool to reinforce math applications. The jet ski game allowed practice on quick recall of math facts which is good if you feel speed is important. The Math Man game similiar to Pac Man was not as good. The player has to "eat a question" first and then eat the ghost with the correct answer. The questions were too few and far between that unless you are really adept at video games, you never get to practice your math. The other application I liked was the Math Quiz. Students log in and click on Math Quiz and random quizzes are given. A great way to assess mastery at individual pace. Students can print their scores to turn in for recording. Overall this site was ok but not an excellent site. I probably would only use it  as a secondary site in the event a student needed extra work or practice.

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