3rd Grade Uses ThingLink App to Teach Fractions

ThingLink is a technology that can be used K-12 to add "hotspots" to images.  There is both an app as well as a website (https://www.thinglink.com/).  3rd grade recently used it for Math, specifically for fractions, in the following way.  Students wrote a fraction on their desk and took a picture of it for their main image.  Text hotspots were added to label the parts of the fraction (numerator/denominator), an image hotspot was added to their ThingLink by taking a picture representation of the fraction they had written.  A video hotspot was added that included an explanation of them speaking about their fraction, its parts and what it represented. The kids loved it and the teachers were able to assess the unit. This was a lead-in to us using it for their Kansas Communities project next week.  Check back to see those!  Check out ThingLink to see example projects or talk with me about how we could use it in your classroom!