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May 6, 2014
Addicting word game: An interesting spin on Tetris!
I really liked how excited my students were about this game. I will continue to use this game on the classroom iPad to give students who are finished with work early an opportunity to play a language-boosting game. I will not, however, use it for every student, because of the multi-layer challenges (you need to complete the Tetris-style block puzzle and THEN create the words, while more blocks are still dropping). As a young adult, I was pleased that the directions and choices were given in "kid talk" (for instance, to end the game a player will choose "Rage Quit"), but it bordered on a line of confusion for students with language deficits (common in our school). I also liked how there are different challenges for each level, and that at the end of each game the app allows you to define the words you found.
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