On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 and Wednesday, March 6, 2013, more than 100 OCM BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) students at the Irvin E. Henry Education Campus in Syracuse, are participating in online World Math Day activities with millions of others from across the world. This is the first year that OCM BOCES students have participated in the event, which is part of 3P Learning’s World Education Games.
The games allow students to compete online with others from across the world. According to a press release, students from 236 countries and territories are expected to compete in the 2013 World Education Games.
Each student registered receives a unique username and password allowing them to play whenever they are available during the official game period. When students sign-in, the program picks real opponents from around the world for them to compete against. Each game lasts just 60 seconds with the goal of answering as many math questions correctly as possible.
The actual Math Day competition takes place whenever the date anywhere in the world is March 6. For students at OCM BOCES, that means competition can begin at 5:00 AM on Tuesday, March 5 and will continue through 5:00 AM on Thursday, March 7. OCM BOCES CTE students will compete as part of their applied math classes on Tuesday, March 5, and Wednesday, March 6, 2013 from 9:30 AM to 10:15 AM and from 1:30 PM to 2:15 PM each day.
Teachers at OCM BOCES are excited about participating in the games this year saying, “Participating allows students to have fun doing math and helps address the need for mental math practice so students aren’t always reaching for their calculator to do basic math computations.”
During the competition on March 5, students from OCM BOCES answered almost 12,000 questions correctly, which is more than all the questions they answered correctly during the previous two weeks of practice! Great job!
During the competition on March 5, students from OCM BOCES answered almost 12,000 questions correctly, which is more than all the questions they answered correctly during the previous two weeks of practice! Great job!
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| OCM BOCES students compete in the World Math Day competition on March 5, 2013. |
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| Students use a map to select their opponents from around the world. |
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| Each competition lasts for 60 seconds with students answering as many questions as possible before selecting new opponents. |
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| Students are able to see their progress in comparison to their opponents as they answer questions. |
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