Prior to Thanksgiving, I spent the month of November reading blogs about some new apps that had come out lately. I made a list of the apps and used my holiday break to check out some of them. I have to admit I am most excited about the math apps because they are going to be perfect for my "out of the box thinkers" as my friend Joyce says.
Math Bingo costs .99 and is a bingo game that the students can practice all four basic facts at three different levels. The highest level was impossible to do without paper and pencil which I like because it is a timed game. The fun part is that before they play they get to choose an Avatar to represent them. As they get the correct answer, a bug is placed on the board and there is some strategy because at the lower levels, the answer is repeated, so choosing the correct answer is important because of the time element. After each game, the players earn bugs to play Bingo Bug Bungee which is a fun eye hand coordinated game. It kind of drove me crazy the but kids will love it.
Nine Gaps is addicting, fun and free! It is an electronic Sodoku but much more fun. You are given a set game board with missing digits. Using the operations in the game, you place the numbers to make the columns and rows mathematically correct. It is fun because of the thinking involved to use the number already given and when you think you know the correct answer you just click and drag the number. There are 5 difficult levels, and it has unlimited puzzles. The games are timed, and I love how each time you play a level it encourages the player to try the next level. I just finished Order of Operations and my class class is going to crazy with this app.
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