Answer & Explanation:Here is another reply for a list 100 words. Here is the post.I chose Pre-K-2 numbers and operations on the National Library of Virtual Manpulatives website.
The first Virtual Manipulative I chose was color patterns as one of
the topics that interested me the most because I think it is important
for students to be able to recognize similarities along with differences
when it comes to math and learning in general. It is important for
students to recognize patterns because they need to realize there is
consistency and how that applies to math. Math is very constant and is a
continuous learning block where everything builds upon itself. Color
patterns can be used in the classroom by using color coding assignments
that have to be put in order and anything that is consistent. Knowing
patterns and being able to see them is a life skill. Its important to
learn patterns because everything in life holds some kind of
consistency.Β
The other topic within t
he Pre-K-2 grade band under numbers and
operations I chose was Fraction-naming. Fraction-naming is important for
students to know and apply because fractions are always used and is
continually carried on while learning math. Another reason it stood out
to me is I think it also is important for students to learn because that
is how we divide things in life. You have to be able to see a pie or a
pizza and decipher the parts of it. If the pie has 10 slices and I eat 4
what is that fraction look like? And what is left over? This can be
used in the classroom because students need to be able to see parts of a
whole while looking at numbers and fractions.Β
Technology plays a huge role in todayΒs mathematics classrooms
because it is used much more frequently in society. Technology is in the
center of attention in classrooms world wide because technology is
starting to play a role in everything in our world. Anything we do now
is likely influenced by technology in some way.