Steen, 2007
There are many ways to organize curricula. The challenge, now rarely met, is to avoid those that distort mathematics and turn off students.
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Affinity Bundle: Online Math Games
Description: On this website, you will find a collection of Online Math Games that are suitable for the upper elementary and middle school (before algebra) students. There are currently 55 games, but the author will work to update the page as she learns of new games.
Purpose: Teachers and parents can easily locate FREE online games to meet the needs of their students. They can see which Common Core State Standards each game targets. They can also see how "good" each games is - according to evaluation tool.
Organization: For each free online game, there is a short description ofthe directions along with a list of the content, standards, evident and a rating score out of 20. The 55 games can be sorted for you both by overall rating, content topic, or title.
Call to Action: Students are living and learning in an age of new media – where they give constant attention to what the latest scoop is on TV, the hottest music for their iPods or newest games for their game systems, instantaneous updates in the online communities and social networks, and, they have mobile apps to manage all of these interests simultaneously, Students are constantly (an average of 7.5 hours a day!) interacting with media – more than ANY other activity besides (maybe) sleeping, according to a popular report, compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
This age of new media also implies an implication to teaching and learning. Traditional methods of teachings may not be engaging today's learners who are used to these interactive platforms. Since these new media forms have altered how youth socialize and learn, how are we altering how we teach?
Contact: Comments? Questions? Know of a game that should be added to this collection of free online math games? Please contact the author of this webpage directly as the email listed below.