Amy+Robnett

My name is Amy Robnett and I am from Columbia, SC. I am currently a Senior at Clemson University majoring in Special Education. I will be graduating in May of 2011 and will hopefully be entering the teaching world this time next year.

Technology has never been one of my strong points, but I am always willing to learn more. As a future teacher, I believe it is crucial that educators continually stay intuned with the ever-occuring advancement of technology in order to help our students succeed.

Here is me and my family :) I am on the far left.

This particular clip is from a manipulative from the NLVM site in the Grades Pre-K-2 section. I found this virtual activity very useful and helpful for students who are having difficulty counting money. It shows picturse of actual money and allows the student the opportunity to count money on their own. This is much needed skill that seems to be difficult especially for those with learning disabilities. This would be such a great activity to use in the classroom to help the students become familiar with money and counting money.
 * National Library of VIrtual Manipulatives (Grades Pre-K-2)**

This particular clip is from a manipulative from the NLVM site in the Grades Pre-K-2 section. I found this virtual activity very useful and helpful for students who are just learning fractions. This activity allows you to look at the fraction given and then make however many pieces of the whole are needed in the picture to the left and then are given the opportunity to fill in the boxes of how many pieces of the whole are being filled in. This is a great way to begin differentiating between numerators and denominators. This is a fun and engaging way to get students excited about learning about fractions. This is also a great way to review fractions with your students.