Cyberchase Fractions Quest

For the past five years I've been working in collaboration with the WNET/Channel 13 and the game development folks at Fablevision to help create Cyberchase Fractions Quest. It's an online game to help kids in grades 3 - 5 learn fractions.

Those of you who know me, know I love teaching fractions and I love Cyberchase, where I work as math advisor to the program. A lot of my excitement for and what I know about fractions learning I was able to channel here in this new game. It's great for in-class or remote learning and works well with individuals, partners, or whole class instruction. The game structure features leveling, scaffolding, and a multi-game story adventure context.

I'm sharing this now because three of us presented a webinar this week on Cyberchase Fractions Quest and it includes a free trial that you might want to check out. Here's a link to the webinar. On the first page you come to set up an EdWeb account which is free. They have lots of other professional development opportunities as well. Hope you enjoy it!

https://home.edweb.net/webinar/mathskills20201201/

Best,

Bob

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