Week 1- Osmo

Osmo is an iPad game that is played with real-world pieces and a stand that redirects the iPads front-facing camera to the game pieces as students interact with them in person. There are many games including vocabulary, math, coding, games, shape practice, and art.

Examples of available games
Coding
Coding Awbie- You control Awbie a character who loves Strawberries. Students need to use coding commands to guide Awbie around the game to find more fruit.
Coding Jam- Students use coding to create music.
Numbers- Students arrange physical tiles , which include dots and digits to make numbers and complete levels. Students add by putting my tiles, subtract by removing and multiply by connecting tiles together.
Words- Guess the secret word and zoom letter tiles to spell the answer. When the letters are moved in person then show up on the iPad screen.

As part of my program I have two sets of the stands and games. While I have not tried them with my students I have began looking into trying them out. The reason I haven't tried it out is because each set is around $100 and I have 10 students. I have enough iPads, but not enough stands. I am working at figuring out a way to have two or 3 students work on them at a time. This week I would really like to try getting things set up to use because I really think my students would love it!!

Comments

  1. Rachel LaSotaJanuary 22, 2018 at 4:41 PM

    I've always wanted to try out Osmo. I think the 1st and Kindergarten teachers use it. Do you know if it is suitable for all age-groups? What is your favorite game to play? Do you think they are worth the cost?

    I know finding enough tech with you have a limited budget is always rough. Have you thought about using rotations so you can accommodate your group of students?

    Beautiful Blog!
    Rachel

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    1. Erika ApathyJanuary 24, 2018 at 12:40 PM

      I think there are different games that focus on older age kids. Yesterday I have my students do the number game and it asked the age of the student. I believe it went up to 12 years old, so it appears the program differentiates the games for different ages.
      I am still working on getting things set up so they are all trained on how to use the iPad and stand, but eventually I would like to do stations with them.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 22, 2018 at 6:42 PM

    I would be interested to see if the game is suitable for middle school. By your description, I can think of some ways to use it in my English classroom with my 6th and 7th graders, specifically the vocabulary and spelling games.

    I feel like you could make it work in your room with only two or three students working on it at a time; maybe set up stations and make it a station. I would be interested to see how your lessons with it this week go!

    Samantha

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    1. Erika ApathyJanuary 24, 2018 at 12:41 PM

      As I was looking at the application it appears that each can be set for older kiddos.

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  3. NorskiJanuary 24, 2018 at 8:07 PM

    Cool. I went to ASTE last year and was able to play with an OSMO station at a workshop. I would love to get them as a station for my class.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2018 at 7:02 PM

    I have never heard of OSMO, but I am going to check it out. My students have Chromebooks and we don't have access to iPads, but I have a teacher iPad so I could show them OSMO and allow them to use their Class Dojo points to play it. I know they would love it. My students love music, so I am sure the Coding Jam would be a hit! Thank you for sharing it!

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  5. UnknownJanuary 27, 2018 at 3:58 PM

    I have never heard of OSMO either. Is this the type of thing that would work well for group work? That might help solve the problem of not having enough stands. -Valerie

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  6. UnknownFebruary 18, 2018 at 9:17 PM

    Erika - I think I may have solved the mystery of why I haven't been able to post on your posts - I had to open a separate window and login to my UA Google. This looks super cute. I am at the other end of the spectrum - in amazement and awe that kindergarten teachers can handle all of that noise! Tracy

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