Triptico

Here is a cool little gem sent to me by Miss Kristy McCoy who is always full of great resources. This is unique. It is a desktop application that you download from the Internet. Once downloaded, you no longer need the Internet to run it.

I am not sure if I can adequately describe the simplicity and coolness of this little application. It has more than 25 little tools that you can work with. Some are super simple, like a scoreboard for your classroom games. Others are more involved. Type in a list of words that the kids can click and move around, then choose one of 42 different backgrounds to use. You could do a venn diagram for example and have the kids sort the words.

You can make your own lists. Of students. Of vocabulary. You can use that list in some of the tools, like the spinner that chooses one at random. Can anyone say Kagan? There is also a text spinner you can create yourself. There is a timer. You get the idea. Check it out. It's nifty.

Click here to get the application.