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1010! Block Puzzle Game

Mindprint Rating

Tags

^21st Century Skills All Ages iOS App

Skills

Flexible Thinking Abstract Reasoning Spatial Perception

Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • The game is relaxing with no timer and no reading.
  • Good for players with a broad range of skill levels to continue to develop visual reasoning, spatial perception and pattern analysis.

Considerations

  • While the pieces are easy to move, players with weaker fine motor skills could get frustrated by accidentally dropping a piece in an unintended spot.
  • The game abruptly ends and does not allow players to re-examine the board to see if they could have made a better move.

Mindprint Expert Review

This simple yet engaging visual puzzle game can appeal to a broad range of ages and spatial abilities. Players are presented with an empty 10x10 grid and three puzzle pieces of different sizes and shapes at a time. They must make the puzzle pieces fit together on the board without overlapping to complete rows and columns. Once completed, the row and/or column disappears making room for additional pieces. However, if a player cannot fit the piece on the board, the game abruptly ends. The app has no timer, giving players as much time as they need to examine the puzzle and sequence their moves with the distinct shapes. Players with strong abstract reasoning and spatial perception might find the game easy at first, but challenge themselves to get the highest score possible. Students with weaker skills can develop their sense of how to plan ahead and begin to see recurring patterns. Overall, an enjoyable game that can be suited for a broad audience.

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

  • Fine Motor Skills
    • Requires challenging finger movements, motor precision or physical manipulation

Manufacturer Description

1010! is a wildly addicting brain teaser - a simple puzzle game that will challenge you, while also training your brain. Put your puzzle skills to the test with this exciting title - we dare you to try and put it down.

Not only is 1010! a blast to play, but it will help you develop logic, and train your mental capacity. The concept is simple - on a 10X10 board, combine puzzle blocks and clear the board by placing them strategically to create lines. Play alongside your friends, and enjoy the mental gymnastics 1010! force you to do!

There’s no limit to play, no color matching, and no match three repetition - just fill the grid with shapes, clear the play area, and see if you can beat your high score. Plus, now try out special game themes to keep your gameplay endlessly exciting.

Check out special in game features and skins to make your 1010! experience even more exciting!

Use of this application is governed by Zynga’s Terms of Service, found at www.zynga.com/legal/terms-of-service.