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Lessons that support Online Communication

Perhaps one of the most important aspects of allowing your students to participate in an online gaming platform such as this, is first teaching them how to appropriately interact with each other online​. Click on the picture to be taken to commonsensemedia.org; a website with lesson plans designed to help you teach digital citizenship in the classroom. 

Prodigy allows students to communicate with one another through the game. It is important to teach students what that proper communication should look like, so I began the process with this lesson on cyberbullying.  
Links to embedded materials:
~ Hero's Journey
~ Common Sense Media Lesson Plan

An Introduction to the Game and Prodigy Resources

A video which shows multiple ways to differentiate your classroom instruction using Prodigy.  
Take a look at many of the other ways we can incorporate digital tools into our classrooms

21st Century C's

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Each of the 4 C's are addressed by using Prodigy in the classroom in a number of ways, but here is just a few:
  • Communication - With one another and with the teacher. Instant feedback towards the standards.
  • Collaboration - Students can work individually or with a partner to solve equations.
  • Critical Thinking - When given the curriculum as part of a game, students begin to see it from a different perspective.
  • Creativity - The introduction of 21st century skills to support learning.    
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References:
​Coleman, L. (2016, July 16). Teachers Give Teachers. Retrieved January 27, 2018, from https://hyperdocs.co/node/99

Cyberbullying: Be Upstanding (6-8). (2017, December 19). Retrieved January 27, 2018, from https://www.commonsense.org/education/lesson/cyberbullying-be-upstanding-6-8

​Prodigygame. (n.d.) Teacher Tutorials. Retrieved July 7,2018, from https://www.youtube.com/user/SMARTeacherCA