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Ultimate Hangman Go

Mindprint Rating

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ELA: Writing ELA: Reading All Ages iOS App

Skills

Flexible Thinking Verbal Reasoning

Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • The entertaining animations will keep students interested.
  • The categories and words provided are good choices for students of all ages.

Considerations

  • Rather than being constantly accessible, the dictionary is only available when one does not guess the word.
  • There is no accompanying audio to teach students proper word pronunciation.

Mindprint Expert Review

This is a fantastic hangman app for students who are not disturbed by the cartoon violence. Hangman can be a great option for students to work on their spelling, vocabulary and flexible thinking skills. This free version provides the same functionality as the paid version and allows students to pick from a variety of interesting topics including sports, countries, human bodies or just random. The paid upgrade will give access to 73 word categories, including including SAT vocabulary and foreign languages. Students can chose to play against each other and make up their own words. What makes the app so great are the animated visuals and changing backgrounds which the majority of students will find quite entertaining. However, some students could feel insulted by the verbal jabs or cartoon violence when they lose.

Academic Benefits

Improves academic skills

  • Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
  • Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
  • Presents educational concepts accurately
  • Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
  • Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
  • Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
  • Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
  • Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
  • Visually appealing to children in the target age range
  • Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
  • Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
  • Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
  • Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Has a free or trial version
  • Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
  • Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
  • Student should be able to use independently after first use
  • Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
  • Multiple users can save a profile
  • Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
  • Can play without sound and not distract others
  • Students can save work between sessions
  • Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
  • Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
  • Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
  • Overall - Easy to use

Cognitive Concerns

May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs

  • Anxiety
    • Themes that might disturb sensitive students (death, blood, slime)
    • Gives negative feedback (red X's, buzzer)
  • Self-regulation
    • Promotes purchases or upgrades to students
    • Themes that might disturb sensitive students (death, blood, slime)
    • Gives negative feedback (red X's, buzzer)

Manufacturer Description

Ultimate Hangman Go is a must have hangman game with 4 awesome themes (Doodle Hangman, Chillin' Chalk, Christmas Snowman and Flower Power), 11 great songs and 73 word categories including 7 random modes.

There is also 2 player mode so you can enter your own words and play with a friend!

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the hangman drawing came alive? That is just what happens in our Doodle Hangman theme. It has multiple animations per sequence so you never know what he will do next. Special escape animations occurs if you guess word when on ninth letter. Chillin' Chalk is our school house chalkboard theme where you get to play in landscape mode. Christmas Snowman has a snowman that disappears as wrong letters are chosen and Flower Power has flowers with parts that fly away. These last 2 themes provide for relaxing hangman play without the violence. :)

English categories include: Vocabulary Words 1, Vocabulary Words 2, Vocabulary Words 3, Vocabulary Words 4, Vocabulary Words 5, Adjectives, Verbs, Animals, Christmas & Winter, Clothes, Countries, Elements, Foods, Fruits & Veggies, Human Body, Kings & Pirates, Plants & Trees, Sports, Basic English Random, SAT I, SAT II, SAT III, SAT IV, SAT V and SAT Random.
Dutch categories include: Cars & Countries, Fruits & Vegetables and Dutch Random.
Spanish categories include: Vocabulary Words 1, Vocabulary Words 2, Adjectives, Verbs, Animals, Foods, Plants & Trees, Sports and Spanish Random.
Portuguese categories include: Animals, Christmas & Winter, Clothes, Countries, Elements, Foods, Fruits & Veggies, Human Body, Kings & Pirates, Plants & Trees, Sports and Portuguese Random.
German categories include: Animals, Christmas & Winter, Clothes, Countries, Elements, Foods, Fruits & Veggies, Human Body, Kings & Pirates, Plants & Trees, Sports and German Random.
French categories include: Animals, Christmas & Winter, Clothes, Countries, Elements, Foods, Fruits & Veggies, Human Body, Kings & Pirates, Plants & Trees, Sports and French Random.

Expand your vocabulary! In app dictionary lookups from 1 of 6 reference sites allows you to learn more about words you did not know. This is really great for those SAT word lists.

Features:
- 4 different themes to choose from.
- 73 word categories including 7 random modes with advanced engine to avoid repeats.
- Both 1 player and 2 player modes.
- In 2 player mode one player enters a word for the other to guess.
- Play as long as you can, after each correct word a new scene and word appears.
- Helps increase both vocabulary and spelling ability.
- Great background music and sound effects.
- Fun and educational at the same.
- Auto-save when you close it or answer call during game play so you can continue where you left off.

We hope you enjoy Ultimate Hangman Go!

◄◄◄ Please check out our other great FREE games as well! Just type “ensenasoft” into iTunes search box to get a list and download them all. We have FREE versions of Mahjong, Backgammon, Reversi, Chess, Checkers, Minesweeper, Gomoku, Sudoku, Four In A Row, Mancala, Tic Tac Toe, Word Search, Hangman and Solitaire! ►►►