Words With Friends Goes Back to School
July 26 2016 - 9:00AM
To celebrate the kickoff of the 2016 school year, Zynga
(NASDAQ:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, announced today the
launch of Words With Friends EDU. The free educational game, based
on the beloved gameplay of Words With Friends, is now available for
students, teachers and parents on the App Store for iPad, Google
Play for Android tablet and on the Web.
“Words With Friends EDU reimagines the Words With Friends
experience for a game that’s as entertaining as it’s effective for
students, whether they have an advanced vocabulary or are learning
English as their second language,” said Vaibhav Sahgal, General
Manager, Words With Friends. “Working collaboratively with teachers
and education experts enabled us to create a fun and engaging
experience that also increases students’ vocabulary and educational
outcomes. With students showing significant gains in the use of
academic words in their first six sessions of Words With Friends
EDU, we are proud to deliver this new learning tool to students,
teachers and parents as they start the school year.”
Launched in 2009, and named one of the App Store’s Top 10 free
games of all time, Words With Friends continues to be the world’s
most popular mobile word game with an estimated 55 million matches
being played at any given moment. Words With Friends EDU builds off
of the Words With Friends heritage by pairing engaging wordplay
with new educational features to help students in grades 4th
through 8th learn high-value academic words for success in the
classroom and beyond.
Innovative, new features of Words With Friends EDU include:
- Power Words: The ability for students to earn
bonus points through the use of high-value academic words,
including those frequently used in required reading, textbooks and
educational assessments.
- Definition Hints: Students can use hints to
access the definition of the highest-scoring Power Words to
meaningfully connect them to academic words and their
meanings.
- Badges and Avatars: Students earn badges for
reaching educational milestones as they play, and each badge
unlocks items to let them customize their avatars.
- Interactive Dashboard: Teachers and parents
can track students’ gameplay and learning through a dynamic
dashboard measuring individual achievements and signs that students
need help, as well as progress against Common Core Standards.
- Lesson Plans: Words With Friends EDU features
a curriculum-based suite of lesson plans for teachers to supplement
the game in their classrooms.
Words With Friends EDU was developed in partnership with
teachers and education experts to ensure gameplay and accompanying
curriculum and lesson plans drive deeper learning and alignment
with Common Core Standards. In addition to engaging teachers at
every step in the game’s development, Words With Friends EDU was
beta-tested in over 20 classrooms with more than 1,500
students.
“Words With Friends EDU is not only highly engaging for
students, it also provides teachers and parents with meaningful
insights into the vocabulary and language skills of individual
children,” said Jeff Brain, teacher, Del Mar Middle School. “In
working with the Words With Friends team on the development of
Words With Friends EDU, it was important that teachers and parents,
regardless of their level of technology proficiency, could maximize
the benefits of the game. Through easy-to-understand dashboards and
lesson plans, Words With Friends EDU delivers a truly unique
learning experience for students, teachers and parents.”
Words With Friends EDU is available to download and play for
free on the App Store for iPad, Google Play for Android tablet and
on the Web. For more information about Words With Friends EDU,
visit the game’s community channels on Facebook and Twitter.
Game logo and images can be found here:
https://zynga.box.com/s/vak1xuveub7zxzxnqpza1d00ly9du6u2
About Zynga Inc.Since its founding in 2007,
Zynga’s mission has been to connect the world through games.
To-date, more than 1 billion people have played Zynga’s games
across Web and mobile, including FarmVille, Zynga Poker, Words With
Friends, Hit it Rich! Slots and CSR Racing. Zynga’s games are
available on a number of global platforms including Apple iOS,
Google Android, Facebook and Zynga.com. The company is
headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., and has additional offices
in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland and India. Learn more about
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Zynga Contact:Erin Smith-Cheng(650)
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