Online Games for Students

At the conference in West Des Moines I also attended a session about gaming in the classroom. Where I listened to Diane Royer, a speaker, who talk about how she uses on line games in her classroom. When I first heard about this notion the first thing that I thought about was video machines, but to my surprise these games actually were online and educational. Being an educator I found it interesting how teachers could actually supervise the students without sitting behind them. These games allowed the teacher to view there progress online and there conversations between fellow students. It also allowed the students to work at home and to ask the teacher questions. These games required the students to use reading, math, and problem solving skills to move further along in the games. These games are all free and can be used by anyone. There are ways to set them up so students can use fake names and use false e-mail addresses. I felt these games were inspirational. I plan to use these games in my classroom.
For further information about these games you can view her slides at:  http://drop.io/ipodmath

Some of the game locations, that involved math, that were talked about can be found at:

1. http://calculationnation.nctm.org/
2. http://www.mangahigh.com/en_gb/
3. http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mathgames.htm
4. http://resources.oswego.org/games/

This picture was taken by Jennifer Jensen and was downloaded from pics4learning, which in turn gives me permission to use it.
Diane Royer gives permission for anyone to use her slides under the share button located at http://drop.io/ipodmath.