The interest in maths websites which allow teachers to 'assign' a game or topic to be completed as homework or in class has grown considerably in the past year or two.
The purpose of this post is to name some maths websites where teachers can 'add their class' and monitor their students progress as they play fun, free, educational games!
- Prodigy Games A GUARANTEED hit with the class! This is a fantastic maths website where the children can play mathematical games against their classmates and other pupils around the globe. FREE and very simple for teachers to use and generate a class. Teachers can assign homework tasks based on different areas of the curriculum and decide on the number of questions. Give it a go!
- Khan Academy Another fantastic free resource. This is slightly different to other maths websites such as prodigy maths (above), mangahigh, mathletics etc. Children are assigned a mission to complete with a variety of maths problems and questions to complete. The beauty of this website is that there are online videos which the children can watch to help them solve a problem if they get stuck. The children can also work at their own pace, therefore catering for differentiation needs within the classroom. A detailed break down of the children's success rates is available to the teacher, as well as the amount of time the child spends online and the areas in which they are struggling.
- This is fantastic as it allows the teacher an opportunity to pinpoint an area the child is having difficulty with and the chance to work on this. This website is a little more fiddley to navigate and set up the class. However, bare with it! It is a wonderful tool when put in place.
Why not give a some or all of these a go! I will keep the list updated as I make more discoveries. Feel free to comment with others you may have found, or indeed your experience of the following examples.
Yvonne
