Educational Game: Math Lines

Math Lines

The game of Math Lines would be a good tool to use to help lower level math students (mainly elementary school) how to add simple math. In this game there are lines of balls with numbers on them. You can shoot the ball that's in the center and add it to the line; when the number beside it adds up to 10, the balls will be destroyed. You can also use the center ball to destroy a group of same numbered balls. The balls are moving around a track, and if the balls fall in a hole before you get them all destroyed, then that level was failed. Using technology and the computer would be more fun than using paper and pencil. I believe that this game can get kids engaged into what their doing without it seeming like they're doing math. The quote, "Media Literacy is a 21st century approach to education. It provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate, create and participate with messages in a variety of forms — from print to video to the Internet. Media literacy builds an understanding of the role of media in society as well as essential skills of inquiry and self-expression necessary for citizens of a democracy" describes that the media is the newest approach to teaching/learning and comes in many forms. 

Math Lines goes with Content Standard One in the ISTE Standards for Teachers because this game is a fun and creative way to get the children thinking, and is a 21st Century problem solver. Described below is Standard One that I feel is most appropriate.
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity.
       a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
       b. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
       c. Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative process.
       d. Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.

The link below will take you to a website that offers all kinds of projects for math students of all ages. Click on the "projects by age group" over on the left hand side and select a grade level. Then a list of all the projects for that grade level will come up.

Link --> Math Projects