Mathletics (educational software)
Mathletics is an online, educational website launched in 2005. The website places an emphasis upon Web 2.0 technologies to teach an interactive learning style which is designed to replicate the use of a personal tutor as to "address the balance between teacher-led instruction and independent, student-driven learning". Mathletics operates through a subscription-based system, offering access at an individual level as well as collectively as a school. Online users, acknowledged by the website as 'Mathletes', have access to math quizzes and challenges, and can participate in a real-time networked competition known as 'Live Mathletics'. Mathletics provides a customisable avatar for each individual user, which visually represents the player in the 'Live Mathletics' competitions. Alongside these learning interfaces, Mathletics grants individual users with the capacity to customise their avatar's clothing and general aesthetics are fueled by credits awarded to the user through the completion of quizzes and tasks. Since 2007, Mathletics started World Maths Day to make maths exciting and engaging for all school-aged children. In 2010, World Maths Day created a Guinness World Record for the Largest Online Maths Competition. The upcoming World Maths Day will take place on March 23, 2022. As of 2018, Mathletics caters to 4.1 million users worldwide and 17,000 schools. (Wikipedia).
