Professor Garfield is primarily concerned with literacy in
the United States. The goal of the website is to provide literacy support to
kids in grades K-8.Through games and stories, kids are exposed to various
elements of literacy. There is a teacher page which outlines the details of
what element of literacy each game is addressing. Ball State University is one
of the major backers of the site. It is free to use, and most of it can be used
without registering.
I’m not sure that Garfield is going to be “cool” to kids in
middle school, but I could see this being useful at home for parents. If I used
it in a school setting, I might use it as a reward site for students to go on
when they have met a goal. I would maybe use it in reading centers, but really rarely.
I would recommend it to teachers of young students or those
who need to catch up on literacy skills, but probably not to middle school
teachers. It was definitely easy to use, and it’s free, so it is worth having
as a back-up for elementary teachers.
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