This document is a presentation about using the Nintendo Wii gaming console for math instruction. It discusses engaging students in fractions, decimals, and other math concepts through Wii games. Various math lessons incorporating the Wii are presented, along with student interactions and discussions of the math concepts. The presenters encourage participants to think about student engagement and learning when using gaming technology in the classroom.

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Post your Name,
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3. WiiLEARNING
Engaging
Students
Through Gaming
Technology
withMeghanHearn
+ Matthew Winner
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Introductions
Meghan Matthew
math support teacher librarian
Howard County Howard County
Public Schools Public Schools
Ellicott City, MD Columbia, MD
http://vesmhearn. @MatthewWinner
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5. WiiStories
Meghan had a whole lot of luck.
Matthew found the right
person to ask.

6. Rate your
comfort level using the
Wii
BEGINNER – New to me, but the
students can probably help.
NOVICE – Sounds fun. I’m in!
EXPERT – BRING IT ON!
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7. Consider the
following:
What does it mean to be
engaged in mathematics
instruction?
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8. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
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9. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Anybody want
to go first?

10. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Make sure you
hold the
controller the
right way.

11. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Make the
yellow. MAKE
THE YELLOW!
Make sure you tally
for your color. Keep
track of the points
AND misses.

12. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Blue has a point.
Mark it down. Yellow
has a miss. Mark it
down.
The red!
The
RED!
BLUE!

13. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
So… 5 red points
scored. Two misses.
What fraction
would we use to
represent this?
Five
sevenths?

14. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Man,
he’s
good!

15. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Wow! Great
It’s three score!
ninths.
No, it was
FOUR
ninths.

16. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
So what’s the
lowest common
denominator of 6
and 7?
42.
Really? And how
did you determine
that?

17. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
42/30
simplifies to
1 and 2/5.

18. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Great job!
Who wants to
have the next
turn?

19. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators

20. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Samantha Student 5W
IIII
xx

21. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Samantha Student 5W
IIII 4
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xx 6

22. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Samantha Student 5W
IIII 4
___ II 2
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xx 6 xxx 5

23. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Samantha Student 5W
IIII 4
___ II 2
___
xx 6 xxx 5
20
____ 12
____ 32
____
30 30 30

24. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Samantha Student 5W
IIII 4
___ II 2
___
xx 6 xxx 5
20
____
30
12
____
30
32
____
30 = 130 = 115
2
___ 1
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25. 5th Adding Fractions with
Grade unlike denominators
Wii Fit Plus (5.NF.1)
Let’s Look at the Math:
5.NF.1. Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed
numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to
produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For
example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)
4+
______ 6
Fraction of all red scored: = ____
(a mistake becomes an understanding) 2 11
6+
Improper fractions and mixed numbers 5
Ordering Fractions on a number line

26. THINK : SHARE : STARE
(our webinar version of think:Pair:share)
What is the level of engagement
1 in this classroom?
What do your observe about
2 the student learning?
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27. Standards for
Mathematical Practice
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

28. 3rd
Grade
Bowling with decimals
WiiSports and Resort

29. 3rd
Grade
Bowling with decimals
WiiSports and Resort(CC3)
Let’s Look at the Math:
What is the number name for:
0.4 + ____ = 1
0.5
0.6 + 0.7 = ____
0.64
0.8 (>, <, or =) 0.18 0.09

30. 3rd
Ski Slalom with decimals
Grade
Wii Fit Plus
VIDEO

31. 3rd
Ski Slalom with decimals
Grade
Wii Fit Plus (CC3/4)
Let’s Look at the Math:
23.87 seconds 25.61 seconds
Which time is faster?
How much faster is it?
Which number has more tenths? Hundredths?
VIDEO

32. 2nd Table tennis repeated
Grade addition
WiiSports Resort (2.OA.1)

33. 2nd Table tennis repeated
Grade addition
WiiSports Resort (CC2)
Let’s Look at the Math:
Scores from the ORANGE Table:
25 , 14 , 76 , 51
How many did this table have altogether?
How does this compare with the totals from other tables?

34. Grade
K Step Patterns
Wii Fit Plus
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VIDEO

35. Grade
K Step Patterns
Wii Fit Plus(CCK)
Let’s Look at the Math:
Describe a pattern that you saw while (Name) was
playing.
Can you identify the unit being repeated?
Can you create a step pattern of your own?
VIDEO

36. 5th
Grade Does iT Divide?
WiiSports Resort
VIDEO

37. 5th
Grade Does iT Divide?
WiiSports Resort (CC5)
Let’s Look at the Math:
Student scores:
327 , 725 , 511
Which score is divisible by 2? 3? 5? 10? 25?
Explain how you know.
VIDEO

38. Standards for
Mathematical Practice
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

39. Welcome Home
tinyurl.com/wiimath

40. On the horizon
More to come at the
Wii Instructional Network
including:
• Lessons and lesson ideas
from educators like YOU
• Resources and support for
using the Wii in the classroom

41. On the horizon
Coming soon from ISTE:
Wii Learning: Engaging
Students Through Gaming
Technology (working title)
• CC Math Standards-aligned
lessons for grades K-7

42. On the horizon
Join us at ISTE!
Wii MathWorkshop
• Saturday, June 23rd (8:30-
11:30am)
• Hands-on opportunity to develop
lessons and be inspired!

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Thanks for joining
us!
Meghan Matthew
meghanhearn matthewwinner
@gmail.com @gmail.com
@MatthewWinner
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