Math: Fun and Games?

Hey everyone,

I know what your thinking, math is fun and games? It can't be can it? Well The answer is yes it can be fun and games. What makes it fun is learning short cuts and tricks to learn things about it. Like for order of operations we use PEMDAS, or Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, which stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction. Teachers can make math more interesting by just making games out of it, you know take what they need to know and fit it with what they are interested in. That's how they can make it fun. Here is a website call A+ Math, It is educational, because it has a wide variety of ways to study things: http://aplusmath.com/. Since I was talking about PEMDAS, or order of operations earlier, here is a video about that:

It's All About The Game...

Hey everyone,

This week has been a long and tiring one. I mean really, I had cheer practice on Monday, a game on Tuesday, basketball practice then had to cheer for the boys' game on Wednesday, and game on Thursday, and practice today which is Friday. One crazy week huh? Well Mr. Lester isn't here today and he didn't give us a blog, so he just said to look at our last 3 and write about them. Well the most recent one is about math games, which is what we are creating. Math games can actually be fun when you get them. The blog before that was about my big family and how many people where in it. My family is huge, but I'm glad it's big, because it's just more people to care. The blog before that was about working with navigation. Navigation was very confusing but it helps a lot with the game. Globaloria is one f the most fun but most challenging classes I have, but I love it. Well I guess that is all for now. Talk to you guys next week.

Here is the link to our team page: http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/Team:The_Lean_Mean_Gaming_Machines

And here is our paper prototype of our game "Addition Man" :

Math Video Games

Wow, video games that help you learn. Who ever thought of that must have been very bored or very smart, because it was a very good idea. Video games are fun and you need to learn so educational video games was a great idea. Mr. Lester had us play Transtar yesterday, the game was so addicting after you figured it out and started playing it. We can use the whole idea of being in outer space to our game since it is about a super hero who saves lives. In my opinion math games will improve math motivation. My favorite game was Transtar, because I found it fun, easy to get, and I learned alot. I really learned my transitions playing this game. Here is the link to where you can play Tanstar: http://www.mangahigh.com/en_us/games/transtar
Here is a math app for the iPhone:

My BIG Family

Hey Everyone,

Wow, it's hard to believe it's Thanksgiving already. But, I'm so glad it is, beacause Thanksgiving means seeing my very large family. Most of the time I have to go to 2 dinners. My mom's side of the family usually has the biggest dinner compared to my dad's. I have family come in from all over the place, on my mom's side my family from North Carolina comes in and on my dad's sometimes the relatives from Texas, or "The Texans" as my brother calls them, come in. I mean we have aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, brothers, and sisters all come in. There are only 2 times everyone, well for the most part, come in and it's Thanksgiving and Christmas. So, I'm always glad when this season rolls around. When I get home from school, we will start cleaning the house, so someothers can stay there, and I will start helping mom cook dinner, because it will take 2 days to cook for our bunch. Well I guess I better go.

-Alexis

Working With Adding Navigation

Wow, in what little time we have learned so much. Our most recent thing we worked with was Adding Navigation. Adding Navigation is like working with buttons to go to page to page, like when you click a play button it takes you to the start of level 1. It was hard that's for sure, but it was also fun. This topic is a very important, because it is 1 thing we will use throughout the entire game. I am so glad we are learning this, because it is manditory for us and our game. Addition Man uses a lot of buttons so we really need to pay attention and understand this topic. We hope the kindergarten students that are going to play this game will like it. I know we've worked hard on our rough draft of the game already. Here is a video about the laws of addition:

Good Luck Iaeger

Hello All Iaeger Fans!

Tomorrow Iaeger is heading to Wirt County for the Play-offs. I think we can win. Because there is no pride like Cub Pride. Way to go Iaeger for make our last season a great one. With a 7-2 season we rocked Fanning Field and all the others we played on. You really have the town waiting for the score. I know I am. Keep up the good work so we can go to the next round. Let's show the teams why we are in the Play-offs and what we represent. We will go all the way. Here is our Alumni Band Half Time Show from our Final Homecoming. Long Live Cub Pride.

Educational Gaming?

Everyone knows what video games are right? Right, then you may also know they can be educational. Can you believe it, an educational video game? Yes, in fact video games are how parents and teachers are getting their students to learn. In out school we use websites such as http://www.studyisland.com/ which has different games you can play as you answer questions. Educational gaming is a great thing for younger kids, because they don't realize they are learning. I think this way will make the future better. Here is our paper prototype for our educational game: