Fractions+ Lite vs Lecture Racing. Teacher

Fun Educational Apps says "it's downright addicting. I had to force myself to put the app down to write this review!” “Who would have thought fractions would be this fun?” Steve Lai at teachingwithipad.org. “This app is not just for students: It is great for adults to review what they learned in math class those many years ago. Highly recommended for everyone!” --Steve Lai. Fractions+ is build on the Mathtopia+ game architecture. Mathtopia+ won the Children’s Technology Review’s 2013 Editor’s Choice Award for Excellence in Design. Fractions+ users master everyday fractions and their equivalents, including halves, fourths, and eighths; thirds and sixths; and fifths and tenths. Fractions+ Lite contains all the Fractions+ mini-lessons and six practice levels. Fun and addicting, Fractions+ builds mastery through repetitive matching of related concepts. Rewards and achievements encourage speed and accuracy. Game play consists of a matching game, followed by solving a tile-swapping puzzle to advance. The puzzle game is similar to popular jewel swapping games but with multi-touch swap, enabling more complicated and challenging matching for addicts of tile-matching puzzlers. Fractions+ isn’t just for kids. Like all tile-swapping puzzle games it is a great way to reduce stress. With Fractions+ has the added benefit of keeping your brain sharp. Mini-lessons teach each concept and can be reviewed, skipped or repeated. Lessons and content are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Here are the Common Core State Standards covered by Fractions+: CCSS.Math.Content.2.NF.A.1 (Grade 3) Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.2 (Grade 3) Understand a fraction as a number on the number line. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.2a (Grade 3) Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3 (Grade 3) Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3a (Grade 3) Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3b (Grade 3) Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3c (Grade 3) Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.C.6 (Grade 4) Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10. Our goal is to create easy to play, educational, and engaging educational games. Applying research into motivation and brain science, our games provide immediate feedback, discourage random selection, and use intermittent rewards to keep players playing until they’ve mastered concepts. Adults and children alike can benefit from using Omega Labs apps, such as Fractions+, Mathtopia+ or its buy as you go alternative Mathtopia, and our Roman Numerals game. Our star achievement system shows when a user has attained the ability to recall information automatically without thinking. Three stars equal automaticity. Two stars signals that with practice the user is on the way to achieving automaticity. One star indicates the user is just beginning to practice the concept and needs lots more practice. For those who like instructions, the apps comes with interactive tutorials, but most users can jump right in and learn as they go. Fractions+ animations are powered by the Sparrow Framework.

Application for teachers It is a unique tool for quizzes on lectures and classes. No need to prepare the quizzes ahead, you can do it in real time! The class turns into a competition, a race – who is the best?! It engages the students and makes them pay attention. How is that achieved? Everything is done on the fly, no preparation required! The teacher asks a question about the slide on a projector, and students mark their answers on the same slide on their devices. Then, the teacher encircles the correct answers using his tablet or smartphone. After that, the app analyzes the results and creates a student rating that can be transferred back to the projector or to the personal device. The students and the teacher can use various devices including tablets, smartphones, laptops, and personal computers. The system Lecture racing includes an application for students Lecture Racing.student, an application for the projector Lecture Racing.projector, and a support website http://lectureracing.com/. Features: 1) Conducting tests and quizzes on lectures and classes without preparation, in real time 2) Racing competition, who is the best?! 3) The students receive badges based on results of the tests and quizzes. The answers given faster get higher score. 4) Presentation control tools, laser pointer, and drawing 5) Conducting quizzes, analyzing answers, and presenting the results 6) Three types of student rating 7) Presentation slides can be uploaded beforehand at http://lectureracing.com/. 8) Support for presentation formats PPT, PPTX and PDF 9) Several types of Auto-renewable subscription: - Small lectures (1-50 students) - one month($1.99), six months($9.99), one year($17.99) - Large lectures (1-150 students) - one month($4.99), six months($24.99), one year($41.99) Your subscription will renew automatically each month and payment will be charged to your iTunes Account within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of your subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Terms of use http://lectureracing.com/termsofuse.html