"Gamification" in the development of Geometry

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As I previously established on my Introductory entry, I pretend to make the readers of this blog think on the importance of Geometry in Primary Education but, appart from them, make you concious of the variety of ways in which we can teach Geometry to our students.

When we are general teachers, but specifically as Geometry teachers, we should try to arouse our students interest, make them learn in a funny way and guarantee that the classes are enjoyable and assure the learning process. 

Considering all the statements before... Why don't you follow the advices I am going to give you?

The actual curriculum of Primary Education is based on the acquisition of competences, not being the contents the only thing considered. Attending to this specification and trying to make the learning process enjoyable for the student we have a really new method discovered which is the...

"GAMIFICATION".


If we want to be active teachers, help our students to learn and be motivated... we should use new methodologies and promote the cooperative work in the classroom. Through this new method, the gamification, we apply the digital games in the classroom to delevop the subject (without considering the subject as a game, that means using games to carry out the subject) 

Gamification is starting to be a really common method in the schools. Since the technology has arrived to our lifes, we cannot live without them. Students are addicted and spend most of their day with these ITC decives.. Why don't we bring the technology to our class to make students learn in a real-world context and with items of their reality?

Now, and as a way to facilitate you resources to work with the gamification methodology to improve our students abilities in geometry, I am going to do a TOP 5 useful games:

1. knowre: It is a platform which includes challenges of geometry to compliment the classes for Primary teachers & students. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnwhF7--ivM

2. Cerebriti: It is a platform in which teachers or students can create game or play games previously created by other people. It allows them to practice will they play.

3. El rey de las matemáticas: In this game students have to answer some challenges to improve and go up in levels until reach the end. It is not specific for geometry, but it includes challenges of it.

4. Angry Birds: Something as simple as the angry birds game can help you to explain student geometrical figures. Moreover, you can explain them the dimensions using the different tipologies of the game.

5. GeoCraft: It is an idea developed in Spain. With a mixture of Minecraft and the possibilities in the citites, children will work with geometrical forms and the representantion of these forms in the city, making it with a real context according to their surroundings.

Those are just ideas to work in the classroom and improve children's knowledge about Geometry....

Why don't you try to apply it in your classes?









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