Math Forum @ Drexel: EDUC475, DGIM465, and CS480

Educational Game Design
EDUC475, DGIM465, and CS480

Flash Math Project

Purpose

Create a Flash activity for middle school students to use in math class.

Assigned Groups

Group 1: Sam, Matt, Major, Ryan

Group 2: Alex, Jon, Aaron, Melissa

Group 3: Greg, Russell, AJ

Group 4: Josh, Jim, Gwen

Group 5: Bob, Iris, Stephen

Description

Each group will create one Flash activity. The topic of the activity is proportional reasoning. For this group project these are the requirements:

October 17: a one-page PDF document submitted by one person per group to include: proposed name of game, group members, math topic, concept of game, target audience
October 17: group presentation of document in class
October 19, 5:00 pm: running beta version of Flash activity [WebCT submission]
October 24: half the class will visit classrooms [their revision is due October 31]
October 26: half the class will visit classrooms [their revision is due November 2]
October 31 or November 2: PDF document submitted by one person per group: consensus of how classroom visits informed revision of Flash activity
November 7: final presentation of Flash Math Project in class

Value/Rubric

20 percent of total grade

Due Date

various due dates listed above

Questions/comments, please contact Suzanne Alejandre.

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