Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Oregon Trail

Get it here
Cost: 4.99



UDL Guideline 8.2 Vary demands and resources to optimize challenge
Oregon Trial is an excellent app for varying demands and resources to optimize challenge. This app allow students to engage in risk-taking, decision-making, and problem-solving fun while learning historical facts and concepts. Students are able to differentiate the degree of difficulty throughout gameplay, and this app emphasizes competition and rigor.

General Critique:
Students using this app are active in their learning process. They can manipulate their journey during gameplay and connect the concepts to real-world experiences and problems. Finally, students can connect and collaborate via Facebook during and after gameplay.

No comments:

Post a Comment