Leapfrog Didj Educational Gaming System - Features and Tools
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Besides the learning content itself, Didj users can customize the unit as well. If style is important, Didj users have the option to customize their system with a variety of different skins and jellies to create their own original look. Users can also create their own avatars and use them to play in the games to become more immersed in the experience.
Over time, children can accumulate points while playing and conquering different challenges. They can then use these points online to “purchase” different downloads that allow for even further customization of their system. For instance, they can now add specific backgrounds, music, moves, and color schemes for a completely customized learning and gaming experience.
One great tool on the Didj is called the Learning Path. Learning Path is more geared towards parents who wish to track their child’s learning. By simply hooking up the Didj to a computer, data is transferred that gives detailed tracking of the child’s gameplay. You can see what your child has worked on the most, the difficulty levels that your child has played, and even specific questions that your child has answered. You can even request to have periodic emails sent to you regarding all the data. This is truly a great feature for parents to have as it gives them actual specific data that really lets them measure their child’s strengths and weaknesses, which in turn allows them to attack any deficiencies in learning.
Now that the system and its features have been reviewed, let’s take a look at some of the games released so far for the Leapfrog Didj. The first is a classic in the form of Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic the Hedgehog focuses on the language arts, specifically compound words, plural words, contractions, and consonant and vowel blends. There are four different zones in the game where Sonic collects rings in order to free his captured animal friends from his enemy, Dr. Eggman. Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends teaches kids language arts and hits the areas of subject and predicate, punctuation, nouns, pronouns, and parts of speech. There are over ten mini games in this title.
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