Math Applets & Lessons — eNLVM

Authored by Utah State University and funded by the NSF, the eNLVM (National Library of Virtual Manipulatives) is an outstanding, standards based resource for instruction and guided math practice in the NCTM core areas of geometry, measurement, number and operations, algebra and data analysis and probability. The interactive applets are divided into  grade ranges: pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 (younger students may have difficulty in reading instructions) within the 5 main areas.

Registered teachers may set up their own courses including materials to be used by their students, customized by class. Materials may be organized into “learning units” which

 

students may access for instruction and practice. Teachers may edit their course content, manage students (including keeping track of online work through the module), view all student answers at once, select applicable mathlets for practice and even edit select applets.

Courses

Students really enjoy learning using the animated, interactive modules such as spinners, ladybugs for logic and sequence, tangrams, and money. 

Examples of Mathlets

To learn more about the project, view either the Quick Start Manual or the tutorial powerpoint presentation for teachers.

More Info. & Tutorials

As an added bonus, the applets and interface are also available in Spanish and French.

Digital Libraries for Schools — ICDL

The International Children’s Digital Library is a wonderful collection of over 2600+ digital books (ebooks) in almost 50 languages including Arabic, French, Spanish, English, Farsi and Mongolian.  The mission of the ICDL “is to support the world’s children in becoming effective members of the global community – who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas — by making the best in children’s literature available online free of charge.”

Through an advanced search, the continuously growin collection may be located by various attributes such as language, audience, subject, genre or appearance (e.g. “cover colors”). Some of the books, such as “Black Ear… Blonde Ear” are bilingual

Arabic/English Bilingual

An interesting and very useful feature is the ability to switch the language of the interface so that the library may be searched in a user’s primary language. Books are easily browsable for reading and it is possible to print pages as well. Students really like to use this resource and their feedback and ideas are solicited and welcomed 🙂 Teachers like it too because new and different foreign language materials are often hard to locate. In addition, there is a helpful “Teachers’ Manual.”