Use Triptico For Stunning Manipulatives

Site: http://www.triptico.co.uk/

The collection of Tablet PC and SMART Board friendly tools at Triptico has expanded greatly.  There are over 30 manipulatives available for teaching and learning.

They are all worth checking out, but let me highlight some of my favorites that they offer.

1. The Scoreboard and Score Clicker

Use the scoreboard for class games and competitions. You can have up to six teams playing and this resource will help you easily keep up with the score of that review game. I like how easy it is to set up team names and the ability to give negative scores.

Use the Score Clicker for competitions between two players or teams.  This tool allows you to assign point values of 5, 10 and 20 at a time and has some kid-friendly sound effects.

2.  Number and Question Dice

Another option for rolling the dice. Use for probability illustration or for a quick math fact generators. The students will enjoy the three dimensional animation of the rolls.

3. Word Magnets

The word magnet tool allows you to create (type them in or copy them from elsewhere and paste them) individual word magnets that can be dragged around the screen for teaching purposes. I especially like the backgrounds that you can choose from. You have several options including many of the basic graphic organizers.  There is a newer version of the word magnets from triptico  that is available on a separate website, I intend to explore that one later.

In addition to the items above, there is a simple full screen calculator, several types of spinners and a timer that are all very hand