Sumdog

Here is a computer screen shot of the
most popular game amongst Room 13 - Dress Down

Room 13 have started using an interactive internet site called Sumdog.  Sumdog has lots of different maths games and problem solving tasks on it. You can also create an avatar and make virtual friends with people in your class or school. You have a home page that changes depending on the games you play. You can play games with your virtual friends as well as people from around the world who are online. There are different stages (which are named after animals) depending on how many games you have played. I asked some Room 13 students about their Sumdog experience:

"It's really cool and really fun. I have lots of virtual friends" - Zak

"It's a really fun game. I like it a lot" - Brydie

When the teacher signed Room 13 up for Sumdog there was a NZ competition running for all NZ Sumdog users. Sadly Room 13 didn't have enough people going onto Sumdog on a regular basis, so we weren't shown on the scoreboard. However, Room 13's Sumdog accounts still exist, so you're likely to find a few of the class laptops in use!!! Good luck with the next competition (if there are enough players to enter)!!!

By Georgie

A maths game we tried

Rhea from Room 12 in action

On Tuesday the Room 13 maths class (which combines some of the students from Room 12) played a game on the Interactive Whiteboard to help the students with their subtracting. The problems were written on the board and the students had to "fill in the blanks" on the board using the Interactive Whiteboard marker. Most of the students hadn't used the whiteboard before so it was quite an exciting experience. I spoke to Olivia (one of the Room 12 students who comes through to Room 13 for maths) about the game:

"The game was fun but it was quite a challenge" she told us. "I didn't get to use the Interactive Whiteboard but it was fun seeing my friend Lucy have a go with it."

I also spoke to Room 13 student Zak:

"The game was quite fun - and I got to use the Interactive Whiteboard pen which was fun too."

Connor of Room 13 tries out the
Interactive Whiteboard

The game not only helped the students with their subtracting; it helped them with their "tidy number"
knowledge too. The game sounds pretty fun, yet at the same time you're learning about subtracting tidy numbers! Sounds like this game was a success!!!

By Georgie