PapaC's ELL Vocabulary App
Empowers Caregivers
by VocaBiTclassroom
First of all
English Vocabulary Intervention
With the PapaC App, you can help your student master English vocabulary and improve their grades. Our app is tailored to students in grades 3-12, providing age-appropriate lessons and activities to keep learning engaging and fun.
Intervention Learning
The PapaC App empowers caregivers to provide academic support to students who need it most. Our Android app makes it easy to improve vocabulary and other key skills, with no need for phone or Wi-Fi services after the initial install. Give your child the tools she/he needs to succeed today!
Cognitive Skill Development
VocaBit Build uses two games, Bingo and 3D Tic Tac Toe structures, to stimulate cognitive skill development for the purpose of improving vocabulary for students and adults.
· The first PapaC game is Bingo:
In the published work “Neuropsychol Dev Cogn ”, the publishers: Thomas M. Laudate, Sandy Neargarder, Tracy E. Dunne, Karen D. Sullivan, Pallavi Joshi, Grover C. Gilmore, Tatiana M. Riedel, and Alice Cronin-Golomba present their research on the game:
Bingo! Externally-Supported Performance Intervention for Deficient Visual Search …
The App has added visual complexity to Bingo by challenging players with the following:
Timed Word Search
The published work by Growingplay.com states:
“Word search is often underestimated; the benefits of word searches extend far beyond a way to pass the time. They offer numerous cognitive, educational, and mental health advantages for people of all ages. Such as: skill enhancement, language proficiency improvement, anxiety reduction, and promoting physical well-being.
The PapaC App has added visual complexity to Bingo by challenging players with the following: (continued)
Timed Vocabulary definition recognition/selection
In the published work: Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo
"Multiple choice tests can be an effective and simple way to measure learning ...."
Parents and other caregivers are able to toggle between English and one of the following 34 languages:
("English"), ("Khmer / ខ្មែរ"), ("Spanish / Español"), ("Arabic / عربى"), ("Korean / 한국인"), ("Spanish / Español"), ("Bengali / বাংলা"), ("Kurdish / Kurdî"), ("Swahili / kiswahili"), ("Czech / čeština"), ("Malay / Melayu"), ("Thai / ไทย"), ("French / français"), ("Nepali / नेपाली"), ("Traditional_Chinese / 繁體中文"), ("German / Deutsch"), ("Pashto / پښتو"), ("Turkish / Türkçe"), ("Haitian Creole / Kreyòl ayisyen"), ("Persian / فارسی"), ("Ukrainian / український"), ("Hindi / हिन्दी"), ("Portuguese / Português"), ("Urdu / اردو"), ("Igbo / Igbo"), ("Punjabi / ਪੰਜਾਬੀ"), ("Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt"), ("Italian / italiano"), ("Russian / русский"), ("Xhosa / isiXhosa"), ("Japanese / 日本"), ("Simplified_Chinese / 简体中文"), ("Yoruba / Xosa"), ("Javanese / basa jawa"), ("Somali / Soomaali"), ("Zulu / Zulu")
PapaC's sessions are self-scoring
In addition to presenting a game overview, the player also has the option of sending the assessment to anyone via Email
The second VocaBit Build game is 3D TicTacToe:
Publishers Michiel Van De Steeg, Madalina M Drugan and Marco A. Wiering state:
Temporal Difference Learning for the Game Tic-Tac-Toe 3D: Applying Structure to Neural Networks
“When reinforcement learning is applied to large state spaces, such as those occurring in playing board games, the use of a good function approximator to learn to approximate the value function is very important. In previous research, multi- layer perceptrons have often been quite successfully used as function approximator for learning to play particular games with temporal difference learning. ..."With the recent developments in deep learning. In this ...."
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The App has added visual complexity to the game 3D Tic Tac Toe by challenging players with the following:
Important Note: This version of the App functionality is the same as documented above under the game Bingo overview.
The App offers Social BINGO and Tic Tac Toe Games:
Number of players: 2 or more in a meeting room, up to 500 on Zoom and up to a 1,000+ using various social media networks.
Possible Player Clusters:
Parent/Caregiver Game Night example:
How about an ‘old school’ Friday BINGO night for all 5th grade caregivers? A community meeting location and/or Zoom could be used to extend the participation. This game would utilize the same set of vocabulary that the 5th grade students would be addressing in the upcoming week in class. All parents could participate because of the 34 languages that are supported in VocaBit Build. The objective would be to build natural cohorts of parents who can support each other while each of them provides intervention support to their own student (s).
•Vocabulary Trivia Friday
•Movie Trivia Saturday
•Bible Trivia Sunday
•Music Trivia Monday
•Terminology Tuesday
•Book Trivia Wednesday
•Etc.
Importatant Note: Any user can add a Trivia file to their personal device. They could also submit the trivia file to the community for wide distribution and inclusion in future games.
Note: The internet is not required for in person sessions. Example: In the community room.
And let's not forget
Intuitive and Easy to Use
PapaC's user-friendly interface is designed with parents and caregivers in mind. Whether you're a tech expert or a complete novice, VocaBit Build is easy to navigate and can be customized to your student's specific needs.
About VocaBit Build Apps
At VocaBiTclassroom, we believe that every student can succeed. Our app is designed to provide supplemental education opportunities for students who need a little extra support to achieve their full potential.
