iCivics is one of the first sites for civics and citizenship units, iCivics, Inc. The site offers personal games as apps for learners to learn how to be proactive, craft laws, create an executive order, win law arguments, run for the presidency, and so on. It is very interactive and is easily understood.

Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/icivics-inc/id915103251

What Users Love About the App

“Loved iCivics…the website has everything a teacher needs to use immediately. I have shared this with others when I present at workshops, and teachers are impressed. Complete lessons can be adjusted to meet your class needs. Questions are available as well.”

“In the class, I set the games up for the students to play after they completed the introduction and took notes on each step. Students were engaged in their learning and were excited to continue the games at home. One student actually asked why we were playing games since they were fun.”

“The material is sound and teachers have data on each of their students learning. The website is complete with lessons and suggestions to using the games. If you are interested in engaging your students in civics…this is a must use approach.”

“I feel the website is just a great go to especially living in a gaming world, it speaks the children’s language without leaving behind the instruction.”

“I like using iCivics with my classes regardless with they are special needs, ELL, or general education classes. I truly enjoyed the different projects presented for the educator to use, the easy platform in which the website was designed, and ease of use of the lessons with on the computer platform or a printed version.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“My only real complaint is that most of the games cannot be played on Android and iOS devices because they require Flash.”

“At times, I’ve found the websites’ organization and/or the content organization to be a bit confusing. It didn’t always match up naturally to Georgia’s Standards.”

“This is a great site. It is however not geared toward students who are in elementary school and I wish that they would develop a “junior” or “elementary” version so that younger students would benefit from the concepts. Requires good reading comprehension skills.”

“It seems to be sluggish when lots of students are on the games at the same time or it might be that it takes a large amount of bandwidth.”