Wonderful product, excited for the future
Community Review for Prodigy English
My Take
Once Prodigy English expands to cover more content, it will be a wonderful resource for both reviewing and learning new concepts. Some questions are currently too easy for students as the choices are often obvious due to the only having a few possible answers. I would love to see either open-ended questions or questions with multiple-choice answers that require students to think more. Resource gathering can also be too distracting and take up too much play time compared to the amount of time that it takes to answer questions. The overall concept of the game is magnificent, however.
The students love it regardless of any flaws, and it is a great reward when a teacher needs to catch up on some work or take a break for a bit. Students love to personalize their characters, and both Prodigy Math and English are the first choice for some of them when they go home and have free time after school. Any time we have an eLearning day, I give students the time to play some Prodigy, and engagement rate of work completion skyrockets compared to almost any other online program that I offer to students.
Prodigy Math and English have helped my students receive some of the highest test scores in the country even without constantly tracking their data like most schools do nowadays. My love of gaming and their love of gaming are able to come together in a friendly, educational way to help them build necessary skills for their futures.
How I Use It
I used it to engage my students during Fun Friday each Friday. They enjoyed getting to personalize their characters and did not mind answering questions at all.