Kerileanne99 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 They are returning in October, and have started registration for those interested: http://www.3plearning.com/worldeducationgames/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 DD is excited-and determined to make it into medal contention for science this year :). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 So the format is just online games? Is that right? Is there anything special homeschoolers need to do to register? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Not really. Homeschoolers are placed in "Team USA" or whatever your country is, and compete under that label rather than a school name. If you have a current account for Mathletics, Spellodrome, or IntoScience (and maybe Reading Eggs) your child can just use their log in credentials from there and you don't need to register separately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 And yes, the format is online games. I think they may have lowered the number-there are 20 rounds in each this year, and I thought that it was 50 in 2013. They'll open the site for practice beforehand. It's very, very speed dependent. DD discovered the first year she did it that having 100% accuracy was a good way to lose because you were better off just hitting enter fast if you didn't know, and getting a new question. (You are allowed three mistakes per round in math and reading/spelling)') 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Not really. Homeschoolers are placed in "Team USA" or whatever your country is, and compete under that label rather than a school name. If you have a current account for Mathletics, Spellodrome, or IntoScience (and maybe Reading Eggs) your child can just use their log in credentials from there and you don't need to register separately. I wondered how that worked because if you simply register your homeschool name with, as in our case, a single student, the results would be severely skewed! It looks like they take an average to generate the score? So if the total points is 2500 and there are 25 students the school has a 100 points. But with one student...not really fair:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 There is a minimum number of students in a given grade/class to be calculated as a school and be eligible for school awards. A lot of homeschool friendly competitions work the same way-you can compete as an individual if you're a homeschooler, but not as a school without the minimum number. If you check the standings, there are whole countries that sometimes have fewer participants than some big schools. One suggestion I have-keep a reference map of the world and of flags of the world nearby. We get a lot of geography practice during the world games (and to a lesser extent, on Mathletics and IntoScience) because of looking up exactly where an interesting place name/flag/school is from. DD got to do a round against a Prince from the UAE, who we were able to google and find out more about, and that was very exciting to her. (She was a little disappointed to discover that kids from Egypt weren't spelling in heiroglyphics. I guess for a 5 yr old doing SOTW I it's a natural mistake). I will say that I wouldn't count on it going quickly. We have taken all day to do 50 one minute rounds-which may be why it's 20 this year! Computer lags, scores not being registered, lock-ups, and so on can really delay it. Take breaks and be willing to stop if your child is completely and utterly done. Finally, don't expect to win. It's very speed driven, and there are some really, really fast typists out there (and who also must have very, very fast internet). This is definitely a "do your best and celebrate your accomplishments" competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Thanks for the info, dmmetler! I was thinking a competition would be fun for DD to participate in, but if it's speed-driven maybe not so much. She is a very deliberate kid, and I can see something like this being much more frustrating than fun for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 The good news is that it's free, so you can sign up, try it out during the practice period, and decide if you want to do the competition or not-or start the competition and stop when it gets too frustrating. That free element makes it a really, really good first competition, as does the "do it at home" element. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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