There are so many tools out there to use for educational technology. I have enjoyed the last few days researching and playing around with so many different tech tools and I want to share some of those with you today. I am going to share my thoughts about three different specific tech tools and then dive further into one specific one that I found to be very useful and that I plan on using in my future as an educator.
The very first tool that I discovered when researching tech tools was Toytheater.com and it is a very hands-on tech tool that I enjoyed and felt would be a great asset to my classroom. It has things on it such as geoboards, dice, shapes, and many other fun things that you could incorporate into your lessons. I would use this tool in so many ways to help my students with engagement in the classroom. The second tool I discovered was roomrecess.com which also had dice, geoboards, and many other things as well. However, with this one it was a little less user friendly and so I didn't like it as much. I felt that with my four- and five-year-old students they may struggle with using this one. Finally, I discovered didax.com which had cubes, ten frames, dice, number lines, geoboards, and so many other things. This one was filled with great tools for any classroom that would help you incorporate technology into your lessons. This one was very user friendly, and I feel like this one had more options for teachers and would be the one that would benefit my students the most.
Didax.com was my favorite hands on virtual manipulative website that I found. It is very user friendly and has so many different manipulatives on it to enhance any lesson. This is an ad free virtual manipulative website that enhances learning either at home or at school. You use the mouse to drag and manipulate the tools within the app. This can help you teach a variety of concepts in very fun and engaging ways. I would use the dice manipulative for the students to roll the dice and then place items on a ten frame to practice that skill. I would use the unifix cubes for students to practice making patterns. I would use the ten-frames for students rolling dice and then adding the colored dots to the frame in order to learn to add and take away. I would use the pattern blocks to let the students practice manipulating shapes and creating pictures and then discuss how they used and moved the shapes to make their picture. The options are endless with this website, and I have just absolutely love that I discovered it. I am already planning on using it in my classroom and can't wait to see how it helps my students grow their knowledge in so many concepts.
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