{"id":1766,"date":"2011-10-27T13:31:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2011-10-27T16:39:08","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T23:39:08","slug":"the-future-of-educational-games-sifteo-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/the-future-of-educational-games-sifteo-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Educational Games &#8211; Sifteo Cubes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The future is NOW!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I came across an article a few weeks back on some amazing new technology for games and educational apps called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sifteo.com\/product\" target=\"_blank\">Sifteo Cubes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/imagefromWeb1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1768\" title=\"imagefromWeb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/imagefromWeb1-e1319746488717.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/imagefromWeb.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>*image taken from the Sifteo website<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I could see potential without even touching them! \u00a0 I ordered a set (they come with three cubes) and they came right away. Within the first day I knew I had to have all six cubes, so I ordered a second to get down to the business of seeing what the full set could really do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Right now there are not a lot of apps for the cubes, but anyone can download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sifteo.com\/developers\" target=\"_blank\">Sifteo SDK<\/a> and create their own apps for the cubes.\u00a0\u00a0 I think I have found a couple game programmers who are willing to work towards creating some educational apps that I have in mind to reinforce fractions and algebra concepts.\u00a0\u00a0 These cubes will be really amazing for math!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I created a short video of some of my favorite apps so you can see\u00a0 how the cubes work.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aOS0ojl1svY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you decide to get a set, please write me and let me know how you plan on using them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'The Future of Educational Games &amp;#8211; Sifteo Cubes',url: 'https:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/the-future-of-educational-games-sifteo-blocks\/',contentID: 'post-1766',suggestTags: 'algebra,future,games,hands-on,interactive,logic,tactile,Technology',providerName: 'Teaching Math and Music with Technology',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future is NOW! 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