Mindprint Expert Review
Pros
- Website makes it easy to find specific topics.
Considerations
- Students must watch multiple video ads before they can see a lesson, and the ads may be inappropriate for audience (alcohol, etc.)
- Design makes it difficult to choose an appropriate video.
- Students cannot track the videos they have watched.
Mindprint Expert Review
This website seems easy to navigate at first but may not be a good choice for most students. Students can easily drill down by age and topic to find what they need. However, once they are in the topic, it is difficult to make a good choice from the options given since the main feature on the page is a large video ad. The screenshots for the lessons are small and difficult to scroll. Once a student selects a video, they must wait for another video ad to play before they can download and watch the video.
Academic Benefits
Improves academic skills
- Includes quizzes that assess mastery of the lesson content
- Lessons presented or vetted by qualified teachers
- Provides multiple options to learn each topic
- Provides explanations to quiz answers or directs students back to the appropriate point in the lesson
- Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
- Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
- Lessons organized by Common Core Standards
- Provides consistency across lessons
- Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)
Fun
Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range
- Instructors are engaging
- Instructors explain topics clearly and concisely
- Videos and graphics are visually appealing and interesting
- Site includes text or visuals to reinforce spoken concepts
- Videos are the appropriate length for the target age group
- 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
- Student should be able to use independently after first use
- Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
- Students can save work between sessions
- Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
- Specific topics/lessons are easy to find
- Requires registration before using the first time
- Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
- Provides ratings of specific lessons to help students make a selection
- Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
- Overall - Easy to use