Manipulatives/Interactive Media Flashcards
refers to materials, programs, applications and the like that teachers and students use to formulate new information to aid learning through the use, analysis,evaluation and production of interactive and hands-on media
MANIPULATIVE INFORMATION AND MEDIA
Manipulative media is also known as
interactive media
is a method of communication in which the program’s outputs depend on the user’s inputs, and the user’s inputs in turn affect the program’s outputs.
Interactive Media
- An educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach
- First person who strongly believed and advocated the use of hands-on learning or manipulative
JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZI
- A student of Pestalozzi
- Laid the foundation for modern education “Father of kindergarten”
- Included geometric building blocks and pattern activity blocks
FRIEDRICH WILHELM AUGUST FRÖBEL
- An Italian physician and educator
- Developed the use of manipulative
- Goal “learn through personal investigation and exploration”
MARIA TECLA ARTEMESIA MONTESSORI
- Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher
- Says, children must first construct knowledge through “concrete operations” before moving on to “formal operations
JEAN PIAGET
2 TYPES OF MANIPULATIVE MEDIA
Traditional and digital manipulatives
- Concrete or physical object
- Present since the advent of computer
- These are objects from the real world that can be moved, assembled, disassembled, etc. to show a concept.
Traditional Manipulatives
Computer-aided objects and materials that also facilitate interactive learning.
Digital Manipulatives
EXAMPLES OF TRADITIONAL MANIPULATIVES
Currencies/ Money
Tools
3D Models
Field Trips
DIFFERENT PLATFORMS OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Mobile apps
3D TV
Video games
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG)
Interactive websites
Virtual reality and immersive environments
Social media
DIFFERENT PLATFORMS OF INTERACTING WITH THE INTERNET
Online shopping
Online gamin
Online classes
Chat
News and Information
Videos
advantages of manipulative media
-Hands on learning
-Increase confidence & motivation for learning
-Plenty of resources
-Engaging
-Attention grabber
-Flexible and easy access
-No clean up needed
limitations of interactive media
-Not available for everyone
-Distraction
-Dependence on them