As a college student, I find lots of ways to procrastinate. Facebook, email, tetris, and most recently, freerice.com. Free Rice is a fairly new website that tests your vocabulary. For every word that you correctly match to the meaning, sponsors donate 20 grains of rice through the UN to help end hunger in developing countries. It's a triple win situation; not only are you entertained, but you're also challenged to reach a higher vocabulary level and you're helping a legitimate charity end world hunger.
I never thought to bring Free Rice into the classroom, but it would be an awesome tool for any level of student. At the lower levels, Free Rice uses very simple words, like "mama" and "sea". It would be perfect for children just learning to read or English language learners. As students learn, they move up through the levels; the site automatically adjusts to challenge any student. Compassion is also a great lesson to learn, and the children will feel accomplished not only because of their vocabulary level, but also because they can see how much they are doing for people in need.
1 comment:
Freerice.com seems like a really great way to enforce the idea that having fun and doing good things for others can be a part of education. I think that use of this website in the classroom can have many positive benefits, such as improving students spelling skills and informing them of the poverty in our world while still keeping them entertained. Overall, this is a really great website that teachers should really consider using in their classrooms.
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