MathBoard

    Addition is a huge part of the mathematical curriculum in the grades of kindergarten to second grade. The students start off learning their numbers, then how to add numbers within ten, then fifty, and so on as they advance in their grade levels.  The MathBoard App is geared specifically towards addition.  When you open this app it gives you six different options to choose from.  There is an activity tab that gives a student four different math activities to play.  There is a learn tab that teaches addition tables.  There is also a speech tab that lets you choose the language being used and also pronounces the vocabulary that will be used in the app.  One of the coolest things is that you can create different accounts for each student and by doing this you can watch their progress and see how they are doing in different addition aspects.
    This app is easy to use and could be easily navigated (with a short tutorial from the teacher) by a younger student.  It could be a bit advanced for kindergarten use but it would not be a bad learning center/extra time activity to help challenge the student.  The lessons it teaches can also help the student understand how to do something without needing a teachers assistance.
    I played around on this app yesterday because it looked fun and tested my math skills.  I hate to admit that the quick math that is required by a timer took me longer than I thought it would so if it can challenge me I know it would be able to challenge my students.  This app was fun and time consuming and did not really feel as if I was learning anything, but just playing a game that raced against a timer.
    MathBoard could be used in a classroom to help introduce new math problems, be used as a learning center or extra time activity, a way of testing number recognition, and speed math.  Since the language can be changed it can also be helpful for an ESOL student.  The different activities change so even if a student does this activity a bunch of times, it is still challenging them by giving them new problems and sequence orders of the problems.