Arcademic Skill Builders is an educational website where students can play video games to reinforce basic math skills, language arts skills, vocabulary and thinking skills. The site has research-based and standards-aligned free educational games that are intended to engage, motivate, and help teach students. Students can play free multi-player and single-player games, choosing whether to play against other players or play alone.
The site states that students are completely safe while playing the games. In the multi-player games, if the student starts a 'private' game, then only players that know the password (created by the student) can join the game. All other players are not allowed to join that game. If the student starts a 'public' game, then any player from outside can join the game, but there is no contact between outside players and the student. Player ID's are not stored. Player names are monitored and inappropriate names created by a student are blocked.
Turn your student's love of video games into an educational experience at Arcademic Skill Builders.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Edutopia Resources
I have subscribed to Edutopia for a number of years but have to admit that life is so busy I don't always spend the time I would like on this site. There are a number of helpful resources educators can find here including:
Technology Integration - K-5
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-k-6
Educators share best practices at this site. There are some wonderful resources that teachers are creating, integrating and offering feedback for.
Middle School Discussion - what works and what doesn't can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/groups/middle-school. Discussion topics include free/open source software, must-see websites, free resource site for math teacher, bullying in the middle school and more. It takes a special person to be a middle school teacher. If you are a middle school teacher, you will find good company here.
Technology Integration - High School Discussions can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-high-school. This groups discusses teaching and learning in the 21st Century.
If you have an interest in project-based learning, Edutopia has resources for you. Visit their Free Resources and Downloads for Project Learning page at http://www.edutopia.org/maine-project-learning-free-resources-and-tools. Educators from Maine have shared their resources for all grade levels, elementary through high school.
Technology Integration - K-5
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-k-6
Educators share best practices at this site. There are some wonderful resources that teachers are creating, integrating and offering feedback for.
Middle School Discussion - what works and what doesn't can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/groups/middle-school. Discussion topics include free/open source software, must-see websites, free resource site for math teacher, bullying in the middle school and more. It takes a special person to be a middle school teacher. If you are a middle school teacher, you will find good company here.
Technology Integration - High School Discussions can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-high-school. This groups discusses teaching and learning in the 21st Century.
If you have an interest in project-based learning, Edutopia has resources for you. Visit their Free Resources and Downloads for Project Learning page at http://www.edutopia.org/maine-project-learning-free-resources-and-tools. Educators from Maine have shared their resources for all grade levels, elementary through high school.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
IXL (translated I excel)
As I was looking for math websites to help elementary students, I found this site - IXL. The site is a product of the Quia corporation. If you are not familiar with Quia, it is an educational site where users can create learning activities and share them with other educators and students. The IXL site focuses on math review. IXL calls itself, "The Web's #1 Math Practice Site".
The IXL site is easy to navigate and should appeal to children because the site is colorful and uses illustrations of smiling kids. The site is very inviting and child friendly.
Math skills are listed by grade level (PreK-6) and then organized into categories. There are over 100 skills listed for each grade level except PreK which has less than 100. Some of the category names you will find include: Numbers and Counting, Fractions, Time, Measurement, Money, Adding and Subtracting, to name a few. Skills are aligned to state standards.
Teachers or parents can purchase a subscription and keep track of student progress. There is an option for monthly or yearly pricing and for multiple children if you are purchasing a subscription for home. If you want to preview the site, you can practice and answer 20 questions for free each day. When your 20 questions are used up you still view samples from each grade level by hovering over the links.
If your child is struggling with math or hates the paper and pencil reviews, check out IXL. They might just decide that math isn't too bad after all.
The IXL site is easy to navigate and should appeal to children because the site is colorful and uses illustrations of smiling kids. The site is very inviting and child friendly.
Math skills are listed by grade level (PreK-6) and then organized into categories. There are over 100 skills listed for each grade level except PreK which has less than 100. Some of the category names you will find include: Numbers and Counting, Fractions, Time, Measurement, Money, Adding and Subtracting, to name a few. Skills are aligned to state standards.
Teachers or parents can purchase a subscription and keep track of student progress. There is an option for monthly or yearly pricing and for multiple children if you are purchasing a subscription for home. If you want to preview the site, you can practice and answer 20 questions for free each day. When your 20 questions are used up you still view samples from each grade level by hovering over the links.
If your child is struggling with math or hates the paper and pencil reviews, check out IXL. They might just decide that math isn't too bad after all.
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