These manipulatives give students a chance to explore and test the mathematical concepts they are learning. However, many students with disabilities are unable to take advantage of these important learning tools. IntelliMathics provides students with disabilities the opportunity to work with on-screen manipulatives similar to those found in most classrooms. The program offers teachers a powerful tool for customizing manipulative-based activities for individual users. IntelliMathics also comes with many sample activities that are ready for immediate classroom use.
Students can print their work and save files within their own portfolios.
The use of virtual manipulatives in IntelliMathics encourages exploration and concept building. The program comes with a series of pre-designed activity templates to expose students to a wide variety of math topics. Students using IntelliMathics have access to a collection of virtual gear such as sorting bins, Venn circles, counting boxes, geoboards and grids that can be used to solve different types of problems. They can also easily open IntelliTalk II to write about their work. This hands-on workshop will focus on the activity templates in the IntelliMathics program as well as strategies for modifying them and creating extension activities.