Eight Interesting Ways* to use a Nintendo Wii in the Classroom *and tips This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike 3.0 License.Creative Commons WiiWii by Ramen Junkie

#1 - Wii Golf Subtraction 4 Player round Start by making a note of the length of the hole you are about to play (A). Choose someone to come out and tee off. When their ball comes to a rest it will show how far to the hole (B). It does not show the length of their shot – so complete the subtraction with the class A – B = C (shot length) We repeated this for the other three players. More Pic: Look at Mii golf!

#2 - Explaining 2D and 3D with Super Paper Mario If/when all else fails the character can flip between 2d and 3d to see the area in a totally different perspective.

#3 - To keep fit

#4 - Use as a Reward/Incentive Use the Wii as part of a reward or incentive program to motivate students in reading, comprehension, or other subject area. For information on a specific program using the Wii (Wii Read), click here.here Wii

#5 - Number bonds to 10 Use Wii Sports Bowling with younger children to practice number bonds to 10. Write down the number of pins knocked down and those left standing to create a number sentence. Some children could be extended by writing down a three part sum with the second ball. Even very young children can bowl on the Wii and this activity practices lots of other early maths skills, such as one to one correspondence and counting small

#6 - Mario Kart Descriptive Language Use Mario Kart to explore different tracks / worlds (links to "Stories set in imaginary worlds" on Primary Framework). Descriptive writing of settings. Create new Mario characters then more descriptive

#7 - Wii in the ESL Classroom Use the Check Mii Out Channel to introduce appearance vocabulary. - each student creates a mii in their own likeness - collect appearance words - review at ESL Tower - worksheet Lisa Robertson at

#8 - Wii in the Maths Classroom Bowling for Data - Data Collection used in determining mean, median, mode, range Lisa Robertson at

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