Extra Credit Blog 3.5 Matt Kwong

1.) http://www.mathplayground.com/

Mathplayground is a free popular learning math site. It has lots of math games, logic games, word problems and math videos which are fun and challenging. Teachers or students can use this website for getting the correct math concepts or having some fun with those games. Also, teachers may use it during class.

Skills:

Basic reading and computer skills

Different math skills according to different games they play. For example, basic algebra, linear equations and angles and velocity.

I think this website would be appropriate for students from early childhood to grade school, or even high school. It provides concept that students need in their math class and they can also play those games as a revision.

I would recommend this website to students who are not interest in reading a long text book but want to know more about some math concept.

2.) http://www.math.com/

Math.com is a website that students can get lots of math knowledge from it. There are subjects like basic math, algebra, statistics, calculus, etc. Math.com also provides practices, calculators and games.

Skills:

Basic reading and computer skills

Math knowledge depends on what practice or subject students are looking for.

I believe this website is appropriate from kindergarten to high school, college kids may not interest in it but it helps. The website has different techniques for each math subject. This gives a chance for students from different level to use this website.

I would recommend this website to all students and teachers. It can be a useful tool for them. Teacher can add things to their teacher resources from the website. Students can do review from the website or play some games to exercise their brain.

3.) http://www.mathsisfun.com/

Mathisfun.com is fun website to learn math. Just as its name, it is fun! The website is colorful and the texts are easy to read. It gives tools for student to use so that students can learn easily. The website has different math topics, such as index, date, measurement, and most important it has games.

Skills:

Basic reading and computer skills

Basic math concepts (students can learn more from the website.)

This site is appropriate from Kindergarten to High school. It is a good site to get general explanations for some math words because it has a dictionary in it. Also, students can look up math formulas which help their homework or study.

This website can use as a review section for students. When students are trying to finish their homework or study for test, student can use this as an extra resource.

4.) http://www.coolmath.com/

Coolmath.com is a attractive, colorful and interesting math website to visit. Students can play lots of math games in this site. Learning and playing at the same time is always better to have a lecture. Just as it says in its front page, bored with math? Confused by math? Hate math? Coolmath can fix it.

Skills:

Basic reading and computer skills

Basic math skills, students can learn more from this site.

This site is for ages 13 to 100. But I think kids under 13 can still use this site under parents or adults help.

I would recommend this site to all students that enjoy playing more than learning. This site can do both things at the same time. So, why don't take a visit to coolmath.com? This site can be a extra resources and an extension of school.