Len, Mark, and Björnke
Thank you for the feedback.
I apologize for the fiasco with the website. I had updated it from
work and obviously messed it up.
I've now loaded the programs again and double-checked the Mac
versions which now seem to work as expected. I don't have access to a
PC at home, so I can't check them -- other than they do download as
expected.
So, as your time allows, please give it another shot at http://
homepage.mac.com/iowahengst
Len, a puzzle I made of the contiguous US, I included a "hint" button
that would show the outlines of the states. I'll do something along
those lines for regions version. I also plan to create a puzzle for
each of the 5 regions as organized in my son's social studies text.
When completed, the opening screen will be a US map with each region
shaded. The user will click the region to practice. So, it will be
more obvious that the puzzle is for only one region.
I like your idea to add the star for the capital name in the matching
game. My context for this specific version was my son's needs. He
knew the names of the states, but not the postal abbreviations or
capitals. So, he recognized that the capital name wasn't a state when
he began.
I've never messed with revBrowser. I'll play with some ideas for
including links.
Let me know how your 5th grader did.
take care,
randy
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On Dec 3, 2007, at 4:44 PM, Len Morgan wrote:
Randy,
I tried to use the "Send me a message" button on the web site you
list but it's not working. So I'll comment here.
I liked the program but was probably exceptionally dense at the
time. The first state that came up was Kentucky and I could not
for the life of me place it correctly. I KNOW where its supposed
to go but I was using the "blank" map and thinking it was the whole
US so I was putting it in the middle. Well, of course, I was only
looking at 1/4 of the US and once I got that through my head, I got
it right on the first shot. Perhaps a small map in the upper
corner showing the 1/4 I'm working with highlighted would have
helped. Maybe an elementary student would have made the mental
leap that I couldn't.
When I was playing the "Match" game, it didn't occur to me that you
were also displaying capitals (I DID know they were cities). It
might be nice (and helpful) if you could put a little star next to
the name (like you do on the finished map to indicate that it's a
capital city.
If you really wanted to expand the possibilities with this program
as a learning tool, you might be able to use the revBrowser and
have a link for each state and capital to a web page or Google
search about that state/capital.
Thanks for the chance to try this out. I'm going see if my 5th
grader does any better than I did.
Len Morgan
Randy Hengst wrote:
Hi All,
I've been lurking for about a year and a half now on the list --
I've made only a couple attempts at responding to questions. I'd
place myself in the "serious hobbyist" category. In other words, I
pretty much always have a rev project going.
My focus has been making things to help my kids in school. My
youngest is in 4th grade and is now studying US states and
capitals. I've just posted the southeast puzzle/matching game I
made for him to practice that region to my website: http://
homepage.mac.com/iowahengst
I'd appreciate any thoughts you'd be willing to share.
take care,
randy
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