So I recently received a comment on my post “Inevitable Technology” from a user named Pete on WordPress.
“This is a great post! We recently co-founded CarrotSticks (http://www.carrotsticks.com) to help make math practice more fun and social for young students. The response we’ve gotten from classrooms has been phenomenal–it’s great to see kids engaging with each other and getting excited about math!
We’re also big fans of Dreambox, HeyMath and SmartyCard!”
Of course this intrigued me; hence I checked his recently created website.
I did a little demo version that was free. I was able to create and personalize my own little character and then we went on to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems together. Each of the four categories is divided into 25 levels “designed by doctoral students at the Stanford School of Education to emphasize specific skills and concepts” (www.carrotsticks.com). The games are mostly geared towards 2nd to 4th graders and involve “solving math problems, step by step, in a uniform way. Through repeated practice, CarrotSticks kids build valuable speed and ‘muscle memory,’ both of which are keys to success in mathematics” (www.carrotsticks.com ). There is also an option to challenge other students online. But everything is safe and child-friendly. Participants do not disclose their full names and there is no option to “chat” with other users. It is a fun way for kids to get excited about math, just like Pete said in his comment. The website is also suggested to parents for the summer instead of hiring a math tutor for their children. Unlimited play is only $19.00 dollars. The best part- teachers can use this website for free in their classrooms. So for all you teachers (and future teachers like me) out there, keep this website in mind!
Above blog used www.carrotsticks.com for reference.
Thanks Pete!
Carrotsticks game for students
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So I recently received a comment on my post “Inevitable Technology” from a user named Pete on WordPress.
“This is a great post! We recently co-founded CarrotSticks (http://www.carrotsticks.com) to help make math practice more fun and social for young students. The response we’ve gotten from classrooms has been phenomenal–it’s great to see kids engaging with each other and getting excited about math!
We’re also big fans of Dreambox, HeyMath and SmartyCard!”
Of course this intrigued me; hence I checked his recently created website.
I did a little demo version that was free. I was able to create and personalize my own little character and then we went on to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems together. Each of the four categories is divided into 25 levels “designed by doctoral students at the Stanford School of Education to emphasize specific skills and concepts” (www.carrotsticks.com). The games are mostly geared towards 2nd to 4th graders and involve “solving math problems, step by step, in a uniform way. Through repeated practice, CarrotSticks kids build valuable speed and ‘muscle memory,’ both of which are keys to success in mathematics” (www.carrotsticks.com ). There is also an option to challenge other students online. But everything is safe and child-friendly. Participants do not disclose their full names and there is no option to “chat” with other users. It is a fun way for kids to get excited about math, just like Pete said in his comment. The website is also suggested to parents for the summer instead of hiring a math tutor for their children. Unlimited play is only $19.00 dollars. The best part- teachers can use this website for free in their classrooms. So for all you teachers (and future teachers like me) out there, keep this website in mind!
Above blog used www.carrotsticks.com for reference.
Thanks Pete!
Carrotsticks game for students
picture taken from http://21.media.tumblr.com/ScMIYqIPFpq2l99lnHS1LqJMo1_500.png