What better way to start the new term by letting you know about a new and updated resource. LGfL schools have access to the Just2Easy tool suite and J2Blast has now been updated to include Spelling!
The new Spell Blast encourages pupils to learn spellings while they do what comes naturally; play and compete against each other. As they progress through the levels, the words automatically adjust to the pupils’ ability so that they never find them too easy or too difficult. There is always a challenge, if no other live players are waiting for a game, robots take over, so it always appears that there are multiple players. The scoreboard shows your place in the class, school and world.
Feedback is built into this tool and teachers can see detailed information about the achievements of their pupils as well as which aspects they have found difficult. A word cloud shows commenly mis-spelt words.
As the users progress, they earn points which unlock new premium Pirate based characters. This makes learning fun and increases motivation.
You can find out more about spell blast and the features including being able to add your own word lists in the video below:
J2Blast has been renamed as Tt Blast,Tt blast encourages pupils to learn maths while they do what comes naturally; play and compete against each other. As they progress through the levels, the questions automatically adjust to the pupils’ ability so that they never find them too easy or too difficult.
Again feedback is built in,teachers can see detailed information about the achievements of their pupils as well as which aspects they have found difficult.
The final tool in the blast series is SATs blast, this builds on the success of TT blast, SATs blast encourages pupils to learn the maths elements of SATA test for KS1 and KS2 in a games based context. With the same feedback involved in both Tt Blast and Spell blast.
So why not use these new and updated tools to blast your students into the New Year.
Remember as ever, if you use these tools i in your classroom we would love to hear from you, let us know using the hashtag #Blast #J2e on LGfL’s twitter or Facebook