AMathGameforChildrenonTouchScreenDevices

EdLabProposal

Whyistouchscreengoodforgamesoflearning?•  Overview•  IntuiEve,hands‐on,innovaEve– AngryBirds– 18montholdpaKernrecogniEon

•  Casual,social– MpadwithiPhonecontrollers

– DigitalarcadegamewithMicrosoLSurface

iPhone/iPadmathgamereview

•  Types– Simpledrills

– MorecomplexmentalacEviEes

ArithmeTick iMathsBrain

KidsMath

MathTour

MathNinja

MindFire

NameTheNumber

Summary

•  Shortcomings–  GameplayacEviEesirrelevanttolearning–  Nottakingadvantageofthetouchscreen–  NocogniEvesupport

•  ThegameIwanttopropose–  Gameplayisrelevanttomathlearning–  Scaffoldsstrategydevelopment–  Brain‐fingercoordinaEonontouchscreen–  Flexibleplay,adapEvelearninggoals–  Assessment–  AKracEveforchildren

Mathconcept:Regrouping

•  Old(procedural)wayofteachingaddiEonandsubtracEon– Carrying– Borrowing

•  New(conceptual)way:numberregrouping

GamecustomizaEon

•  OperaEon– CounEng– AddiEon– SubtracEon

•  Numberranges

•  Speed(maxEmetoanswerasinglequesEon)

Gamedesign:AddiEon

Gamedesign:CounEng/SubtracEon

Otherfeatures

•  SimplebutcuteinterfacetoaKractchildren•  OpEonalintelligentagenttoscaffoldstrategydevelopment

•  Adddollarbillstoplaylargernumbers•  Designedfortheschoolse\ngs

–  Teachercancreateaclassandinvolvestudents–  Teachercancustomizegamesforstudents–  Studentsplaystatsarekeptonlinesothatteachercanmonitortheirprogress

•  Socialplay–  Twostudentscompeteonthesameordifferentdevice–  HallofFame/TopTenScores

Feedback

•  Pla^orm:iPhone/iPadVSPC–  iPhone/iPad

•  BesttechnologynaEvesupport•  Mobiletrend

•  Easytodistribute– PC

•  Availability•  Ourowncontrol

•  Resources,teammates