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This Section provides access to an Online database of:
• The best educational Videogames and mobile apps available on the market
• The most suitable Videogames and Apps that, even if not specifically designed for educational purpose, can be used as teaching or learning tools with students

Videogames and apps are categorized, analyzed and assessed in order to provide the teachers with all the necessary information and hints to make full use of the Videogames and Apps in teaching contexts.

Partners' Institution
Xano Channel
Author
Ignacio Pachés Giner

APPS/VIDEOGAMES

Product type
Leisure App with educational potential
Name of the videogame/app
Elevate
Name of the producer
Elevate Labs
Year
2014
How to find it
Freemium
Direct link if available
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wonder
Main technical requirements
Ios, Android
Native Virtual Reality Support
No
Single/Multiplayer
Single
Type
Educational
Target Audience
12-17 years, 18+ years
Augmented Reality
PEGI Clasification
PEGI 3

Use in Educational contexts

Degree of required tutoring
Autonomous use by students
Subjects involved
Math, Languages, Literature
Special needs
Visual impairment, Physical disability
Educational Potential
Elevate is a brain training app based on questions for which the player has to quickly provide answers.
This app has elements from a game and also from an educational app, but still can be thought as a leisure app because of the nature of the questions.
The educational potential comes from the goal of this app: to improve several key abilities:
Speed processing
Focus
speaking Skills
Memory
Math skills
And the app aims to keep the player entertained by setting out several different tests, which are easy to play (most of the time you just have to make a choice but no writting is required). Unlike other similar apps, Elevate stresses on comprehension of written texts and speaking. The player is trained to use the best word for the meaning he wants to express.

This can be one of the few apps that tries to improve the linguistic ability of players while keeping the fun of play.
This app is riskless for the player
Learning Object / Suggested activities with students
The main learning object is reading comprehension and expression improvement. Therefore it can be used in many subjects and levels as a quick tool to heat up your mind or check your ability.

Skills and competences

Skills and competences acquired
Written and spoken language comprehension and expression
Vocabulary
Logical thinking
Maths skills
Soft skills
Critical thinking, Resilience, Time management
Other
Mental speed, memory, concentration

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