You can find more excellent math activities, printables and other resources by accessing my del.icio.us math links:
Apparently, with a Livescribe smartpen and paper, you can:
The Livescribe paper-based computing platform – a smartpen, paper, software applications, and development tools – will be available online beginning in Q4. The smartpen will be less than $200. Additional dot paper will be available at prices comparable to standard paper products.
The whimsical Math Cats web site offers tips and instructions for making and using your own “Math Toolbox” of free or low-cost math manipulatives, including
* Base Ten blocks
* tangrams
* egg carton math and more…
Make your own pattern blocks and base-ten blocks using these printable pages
www.frontiernet.net/~mmankus/Handson/manipulatives.htm#bd10
WikiBooks, whose motto is “Think free. Learn free.” has a special section called Wikijunior, a project aimed at producing full-color booklets for kids 8-11. The books are being developed and offered online (and some in pdf format). Some books may also go into print. One of the current complete titles is The Solar System. Other Wikijunior books will reportedly follow a similar format. In that these books are available in digital form, they move us toward universal design because the text can be manipulated, printed, or read aloud with text-to-speech.
