Lost Function

The Lost Function is a fascinating 3D Math adventure game in a virtual world that is launching a Kickstarter campaign to add voice-over to their game.  This is a game where students interact w/ other characters while trying to solve Math equations/problems to advance in the storyline.  Right now the game consists of a wide variety of Math topics such as: fractions, decimals, graphing, and more.  Also, this game relates to Common Core Standards and uses a wide variety of questions types (ie, fill in the blank, multiple choice, etc.).

"The Kickstarter campaign is to help students with vision impairments, emotional/behavior disorders, dyslexia, autism, ADD/ADHD, struggling readers, and English as a second language (ESL/ELL)."

I recommend checking out their campaign by clicking here, which goes live Tuesday.

To view/download the game click here.

For a brief demo view the video....

World of Classcraft

World of Classcraft is an ambitious Kickstarter project by Shawn Young.  A Kickstarter is a way for companies to find funding from donations of others in a limited amount of time.  I really like these as it helps get some excellent startup companies noticed.

World of Classcraft is an innovative idea of bringing the mega-popular online role-playing game into the classroom.  The way this work is students would pick a character from one of three classes: mage, warrior, healer.  The students then progress through real-life situations and helping out others/collaborating to gain experience points.  From this they can gain rewards, level up, etc.  Bad behavior or doing bad on homework or tests can result in loss of experience/health points, and the player can even die (ie, Saturday detention).

For more information on World of Classcraft click here!!