Prodigy
As a former second grade teacher, I know how important it is to have engaging tools for students to use while working independent. Prodigy is a math game to do just the job. Prodigy can be integrated into the math workshop model. As the teacher is meeting with small groups, the teacher can assign a set number of students to work on an assigned lesson in Prodigy to reinforce previous skills mastered or skill that may need extra practice.
What is Prodigy? Prodigy is a free, Pokemon-style math game that has been proven to improve student scores and confidence! Prodigy was designed with three primary goals in mind:
1. To create deep engagement so students double their math practice time at school and home.
2. To equip teachers with reports and assessment tools to inform their instruction.
3. To provide curriculum aligned content for free, regardless of a student’s demographic.
It takes teachers less than 5 minutes to sign up and get started:
1. Visit (https://www.prodigygame.com/) and click on the “Register for Free” button
2. Click “Create an Account” and enter your information to register for a free account
3. Watch the video (optional) and click “Set up my class”
4. For each of your students, enter their first name, last initial, and a desired password
5. Print your student’s account info for safekeeping and click on the orange “Play Now!” button to log into the game with one of your newly created ‘student accounts’.
Click on the links below for helpful tips and to get started today.
Quick start guide: Using Assignments
How to: Add a student with an existing account to a new class with the class code.
Resources
Zoan,
ReplyDeleteProdigy is a great resource. Many of the 2nd grade teachers at my school use this program. At the beginning of each year, when I get my new students from 2nd grade, they always ask if they can go on Prodigy. I always let them for the first few weeks of school and then I transition them in Dreambox, which is also a math program in a game format. I like the Classroom Management Strategies link, especially strategy #3 Don’t let your mutually-respected guidelines go forgotten. Students once they get involved with a program have a tendency to forget the established rules.
Everyone at my school now uses Dreambox. I just remembered how my youngest would come home talking about Prodigy and asking to play it at home when she was in second grade. She does not ever mention Dreambox, so I don't think is has the same interest as Prodigy did for her that year, and her math scores reached an amazing level that year vs now.
DeleteWe are using Dreambox at my school as well. I am not familiar with Prodigy but see if it is in Self Service. Students will like creating an avatar and choosing a world. I like that they begin by taking a diagnostic test ( and they do not know it!). I will be sharing Prodigy with the teachers at my school. I think the students will really enjoy it! Your videos were very informative!
DeleteI am not familiar with this resource - is it possible to use this with older students as well? Students even in my non-math classes always ask to play Cool Math Games, a site I have grown to loathe, and I would love to have something like this to offer students in the library when they are sent out of classes (something that seems to happen frequently). I used to direct them to FreeRice, but that site is experiencing a bit of difficulty lately. I will have to check out Prodigy and share it with our Math Interventionist, too! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI never used Prodigy in my class, but when I was tutoring the older students (3rd - 5th) used to beg to let me sign in and play. They seemed to really like it and kept them engaged. It also allowed me to assist students on specific problems they were working on. I thought the questions were challenging enough. It's a great enrichment tool to utilize.
ReplyDeleteWe've used Dreambox, Redbird, Reflex, and Prodigy. The students absolutely love Prodigy! I did not know too much about it but the kids kept asking if they could use it. I finally went on and checked it out myself and I have to admit it is pretty fun!
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