That is a rhetorical question, because I know.
I used www.sumdog.com for the first time yesterday with my maths set, just to warm up their brains on some division questions. I decided that I liked the look of the junk pile game which involves answering questions and being given random objects to stack in a junk pile.
This continues my love (and the childrens) for games in learning. I think we all learn best when what we are learning has a bit of challenge and a bit fun thrown in to boot.... oooo blog post about this I think coming soon...
Once signed up (quick & free) I was able to access the training section to choose the types of question that I wanted to share with the children - this was the best part (for me), I was in control of the questions that came up, but didn't have to create all the questions myself.
We chose to play against a computer from the middle section and then clicked on play. The children swapped over when their junk pile fell down.
The best part for the children? The proper graphics. It felt like a proper game, with a proper budget and a proper level of detail. Some of the other maths games available achieve highly on the maths side but none of the children want to play them because of their graphics.
I know it must have been a success, the children wrote down the web address in their diaries and keep pestering me to sign them up...
Happy days. ICT makes another impact on learning.
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