Cooperative educational Gaming experience


I decided to play the game called "Drag Race Division" on www.coolmath4kids.com  with my boyfriend as a 2 player game but there was an option for up to 4 players so the other 2 players were computers. I'm very familiar with this website because I used it all the time as a child inside and outside of school. I found this specific game because I'm always looking for ways to work on multiplication and this game does exactly that. It basically creates a race between you and a computer or you and up to 3 other friends as a multiplayer game. You can create a "private game" with a password so that the friends you select can enter into the game on their own computer with the password.


It displays multiplication problems and when you answer one correct you move forward. So whoever gets the most correct, the fastest is going to beat you to the finish line. It can be a great motivator for students who need more practice with multiplication. Then being able to play it with friends or classmates makes it a little more competitive for the students on who can win and get the highest score. When in reality they are all learning by practicing those multiplication problems over and over. 






















This type of game could be incorporated into a classroom very easily to create a more interactive and engaging learning experience. You could create a game similar to this with an entire class where students are split into groups to see who can answer multiplication problems, division, adding or subtracting. It could also be used individually in class or at home to create the repetitive practice a student needs when memorizing multiplication tables. The elements of gaming, competition, give students the engagement and interactive will to learn. It keeps an overall interactive, energetic but  comfortable environment within a classroom. The skill of cooperation is learned because even though it is a multiplayer game and you are racing against each other, you have to maintain your focus on answering the problems in order to win. As well as using this game in a group setting you have to use life skills by working together to compete against the other groups in your class. 
















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