Lots of games but not the most educational

Submitted 11 years ago
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My Take

There are lots of great math games but my experience is that students choose games that are more a game experience than a math experience. Many choose to play the Run game, they control a player that runs on blocks, or Bloon's Tower Defense, students watch balloons pop, rather than other great math games that would increase their math skills and knowledge.

How I Use It

Only as reward/free choice time. The students don't often choose the more challenging games and opt for the goofier, flashier, noisier games unless prompted to do so.