Buddy,

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to just play on the internet. That was pretty cool However, I was really tired when I was done. I logged on a little before 11:00 P.M. and didn’t log off until after 1:00 A.M. The games were hard because I was a beginner, but they were also addicting. However, I did make some progress as I learned how to play. I didn’t want to quit until I won. For some games, that didn’t happen.

I first logged onto http://games.yahoo.com. This is where I created an account with yahoo in order to play games. The first site that I went to was http://games.yahoo.com/games/ante?room=pool_82&prof_id=chat_pf_1 This is where I played “POOL.” The setup of the game was really interesting. You could choose the type of game that you wanted to play. They had games that had time limits or no time limits. You could play 8 ball or 9 ball, or training. You could also select the type of table that you wanted to play on, public or private. Public meant that anyone could join your game. Private meant that you were up against the person who joined you, or who you invited. You could IM the person as you were playing. I played about five different games of pool. The opponents were very good. I went from making no balls on the first game to making four balls on the last game. I could see how this could help students work on “angles” during a geometry lesson. The hardest aspect of this game was that I couldn’t find any help or directions to play the game. I basically had to teach myself. Overall, it was a good game to experience.

The second site that I went to was

http://games.yahoo.com/games/ante?room=checkers_social_c&prof_id=chat_pf_1 At this site, I played “CHECKERS.” It took a while to get used to the strategies and how to move the pieces. Overall, it was much easier than pool. I actually won a game I ended up beating my opponent by 7 checkers. After the victory, I hung up the games for the night. This is a good game for problem solving and thinking ahead before you do something. I know that my students love the board game. They would love the computer application of checkers.