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Educational Game for 7-9 year olds

by Matthew Simmons

Jan 19, 2010

Hi Teachers!

I am a university student in the UK studying Games Development and Artificial Intelligence. My big final year project is coming up and I want to create an educational game for school children. I think kids in the age range of 7-9 will be old enough to be able to play a simple game on the PC.

At this stage that is re...See More

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Amy HI Matthew! That sounds like a fun final project. I work with 4th graders (9/10 year olds) I also share a room w/ the 3rd grade Title Teacher so I have some knowledge of what they're learning at 8 and 9 years old. 4th grade studies Ohio History but I think that any game that would help students understand functions of their state/local government w...See More

Jan 21, 2010

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Matthew Simmons Hi Amy, thanks very much for the response.

The ideas and design tips are all fantastic and very much appreciated!

I'll keep racking my brains for an interesting way to get kids learning while still having fun. hehe

Matthe

Jan 21, 2010

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Wikispaces

by Amy

Jan 21, 2010

Hi Everyone! I'm new to teachers.net and was prompted to come here for a course I'm taking in Instructional Technology. I was just wondering if anyone has used a wikispace to help motivate students, post lessons, use the discussion boards etc? I have created several wikispaces for my students and so far, they seem to be very engaged and excited abo...See More

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KidPix and Pixie

by AJH

Jan 27, 2010

We use Kid Pix in our district, although we need to do updates to the new version as Stickers and animations no longer work, but I digress!

Does anyone use Pixie by Tech4Learning? I've seen demos and it seems to combine KidPix and Kidspiration. I'd love to add it to our software. Just don't have lots of funds and wondered what people thou...See More

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Mucho Math

by Jake Enfield

Jan 27, 2010

Mucho Math is an online math resource to help students build math vocabulary and basic math skills. You can create a teacher account and add one student for free to try it out. Additional students cost $1 each. The program is ideal for ESL students as well as 2nd/3rd grade students.

Hope this is helpful. Jake

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Any experiences with Quizinator?

by ITK

Feb 14, 2010

I've been looking for something online to help me organize my lessons and worksheets etc. and I came across Quizinator at [link removed].

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reading software

by Jered Allgren

Feb 22, 2010

I am in the IT dept at a community action program in Ohio. We are looking for software that will help our afterschool program and are not sure what programs are best. We need a program that will allow us to track the student's progress. The age of the students will be from 9 to 12 years of age but we have no information of their reading level. We a...See More

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Mark Heath On 2/22/10, Jered Allgren wrote: > I am in the IT dept at a community action program in Ohio. > We are looking for software that will help our afterschool > program and are not sure what programs are best. We need a > program that will allow us to track the student's progress. > The age of the students will be from 9 to 12 years of a...See More

Nov 15, 2010

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Adam On > I am in the IT dept at a community action program in Ohio. > We are looking for software that will help our afterschool > program and are not sure what programs are best. We need a > program that will allow us to track the student's progress. > The age of the students will be from 9 to 12 years of age > but we have no informa...See More

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Free interactive online math activities

by Jason Joyce

Feb 27, 2010

Some free animated lessons and interactive activities for middle school teachers and students.

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New Anti-bully DVD

by Johnny

Mar 6, 2010

Hi Everyone, My names Johnny and recently i completed a new DVD to help primary children. Its a performance DVD about bullying. The main element of the DVD is the music video with the anti-bully song. The children watch this video and that in itself opens up discussion on the subject but then once that has been done the children can then learn the ...See More

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Curriculum Development and Management

by ED-MAN

Mar 11, 2010

I am interested to know the extent to which teachers are using Microsoft Office or other programs to create curriculum. (Lesson plans, presentations and other resources.) Anyone still enjoy building the ideal lesson module?

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