Imagine being able to teach Mathematics via a curriculum-aligned, online game-based learning platform.  An application where learning experiences are gained through an interactive game in which success depends solely on the student answering correctly to the skill-building math’s question.

Enter Prodigy! The no-cost math game that is loved by millions of teachers and students around the globe!! Prodigy is a new tool that has revolutionized the way in which math’s teaching is approached.  This math’s application is curriculum-aligned, adaptive and features over 50 000 math’s questions spanning from Grade 1up until Grade 8.

 

How Does Prodigy Work to Engage Students?

 

This game is all about students watching their very own wizard get stronger, learn new spells and acquire new equipment while fighting even more powerful opponents. Players are able to earn rewards, go on quests and play with their friends all while learning new math’s skills!

 

Prodigy’s content is tailor made so as to support every players strengths and weaknesses and is always connected to the classroom allowing students to learn new math’s skills. With Prodigy math homework is disguised as a video game that is totally customized towards your child’s needs!

 

Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27A1nNrrwVw to view Prodigy’s most updated tutorial.

 

A Sigh of Relief for Parents

 

With Prodigy parents are able to connect to an account so that they are able to see what math’s practice their child is working. This will help the parent to monitor their child’s understanding and progress.  As a parent, you are then able to set goals and reward your child for their achievements in the game.

To sign up for your free parent account you can visit: prodigygame.com

 

The Benefits of Prodigy

 

1)    It’s for Free

 

Access to Prodigy is free for teachers, parents and students.  There is an optional membership option for game features that include character clothing, but this membership has no impact on Prodigy’s educational quality.

 

2)    Keeps Students Motivated and Engaged

 

Prodigy was designed so as to enable the student to learn new skills while they navigate through a fantasy world filled with adventure.  It was built with the intention of captivating and motivating students to want to learn more every time they play the game.

 

In the Prodigy game, the ultimate success depends on the student’s ability to practice and master more than 1400 key math skills. Most students who have started playing the Prodigy game end up playing it for longer periods at home than they do at school!

 

It is an amazing tool that can teach students how to interact as they learn, get instant feedback and stay on top of their maths game.  Thereafter the student is rewarded for important achievements and milestones that they have managed to reach.

 

3)    Totally Curriculum-Aligned

 

Prodigy is aligned with TEKS, Common Core as well as various other Australian, Canadian and UK based curriculum standards.  All of the questions in the game map to specific outcomes which empowers teachers to reinforce and assess the key concepts of the curriculum as well as the ability to find the students strengths and weaknesses.

 

The game content is created with mapped building blocks that are used to present all the key maths concepts in the correct order so as to enable fluency in all core maths topics.

 

4)    Learning Is Personalised

 

Prodigy gives teachers the ability to align their in-class lessons with the Prodigy app.  This is done by using in-game assignment as well as test preparation templates to differentiate between the ability of each and ever individual student level.

 

If the teacher decides not to use this feature, then the Prodigy algorithms will automatically differentiate the ability of the students while following the teacher’s curriculum standards.  This leads to the ultimate learning experience and is able to create the best outcomes.

 

Placement testing is used to determine the appropriate starting grade of the child and then ongoing assessments are used to find and correct any knowledge gaps that may be found.  There is also an automatic scaffolding which is used to address the student’s skill deficits and trouble areas.

 

Another plus, excuse the pun, is that addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and various other skills are embedded into the game.  With all of these ready to use and available resources students are able to grow from strength to strength.  Comprehensive math’s education is adapted to meet all of your child’s needs and requirements through proprietary algorithms.

 

 

 

 

 

5)    Prodigy is Research Supported

 

Research has suggested that Prodigy is able to improve a student’s maths scores and assist to effectively supplement student growth.

 

In a study that took place amongst 171 schools in the USA the following was found:

 

• Consistent outperformance compared to schools that do not use Prodigy when being tested on standardised assessments.
• Significantly improved test scores than those schools that do not use Prodigy.
• 75% more students were able to obtain pass levels.
• 40% of students were able to reach the highest levels of achievement.

6)    Dedicated Support for Teachers

 

The team at Prodigy promises to make every step of the Prodigy implementation easy for its users.  They will meet with district and school-level administrators to try and understand what it is that you require from the program.  They will also customize your plans, review your data and track progress as well as help you to adjust any policies or teacher support that is needed.

 

School leaders have access to resources including:

 

• Free training
• Access to all school and district tournaments
• Guides, videos, tutorials and other materials

 

All maths questions are fully aligned with state-level curricula, and Prodigy is always connected to the classroom allowing for customization to align to region, district and school board.

 

 

7)    Receive Progress Reports

 

Student growth can be tracked by the use of automatic diagnostic tests and progress reports.  These reports measure and quantify everything that is done on the app, including how long the student has been playing for, how they have performed on assignments and where they have made mistakes.

 

School leaders are then able to access this on their private dashboards to retrieve important data illustrating student growth, performance and engagement.

 

Why Progress Reports are Important

 

• Progress reports gauge student preparation for standardized testing
• Inform teacher instruction in order to drive student achievement
• Pinpoint the students working grade levels
• Pinpoint each student’s levels on key strands

 

For a full list of the math skills Prodigy supports visit prodigygame.com/math/skills.

 

8)    Your Childs Safety

 

Safety first is critical when it comes to your child being online.  Prodigy comes with the guarantee of the following safety compliance certifications:

 

• iKeepSafe FERPA Certification
• iKeepSafe COPPA Safe Harbor Certification
• 2018 Top Pick for Learning from Common Sense Education
• A candidate of the American Association of School Librarians’ Best Websites for Teaching and Learning in 2018

Let’s Sum this Up

 

Prodigy can be successfully used to turn play time into education time, and the best part is that the students are willing to play along!  There is no doubt that maths can be a pretty tricky subject for a lot of people but with Prodigy your child is able to change their maths woes into maths fun and fantasy.

 

To sign up to Prodigy visit: prodigygame.com/membership.