For this integration exercise, I visited a site called Primary Games. They had numerous games geared toward elementary-age kids that were supposed to make language arts fun and exciting. The site had games for other school subjects as well. The language arts games were pretty neat. There was a typing test to see how fast and accurate the students typed; there was a crossword puzzle game and a harder version called the Clueless Crossword Puzzle. There were so many games on the first page alone. Each game had a theme. One was barnyard, another was ghosts, another was sharks. The games would clearly engage younger students. They were pretty fun. I excelled at the typing test J.
It can be difficult to know what websites are really appropriate for school, so the fact that this site had all these great, kid-friendly games in one place was really helpful. The games were very fun and creative, and I can see how they can get kids excited about learning. Being able to grant kids play time on the computer and knowing that they are still learning something is a really neat thing.
I love games. :D All the educational games. Any website with educational games on it is automatically great half the time. Plus the idea of a clueless crossword puzzle seems like fun. The typing test is also great because typing is so important! I'm so happy I went to a school where they taught that.
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