Prodigy

CATEGORY: Content-area Tool (math, ELA) 

DESCRIPTION: adaptive, gamified math/ELA practice–students are playing an adventure game where the tasks and challenges and enemies can only be confronted by solving problems or answering content questions; collects/tracks data for students; uses placement tests to align tasks with student abilities/skills 

COMMON USES: teachers allow students to play after completing other tasks, often used as a reward for finishing work early or as a station in a station-rotation approach 

PLATFORM: web-based, app 

ACCESS: FREE (for educators/students)