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Abacus Internet Site Packet: Information for Visually Impaired Students

provided with permission of Janice Brown

Page links to text information about the abacus to be used while teaching Visually Impaired Students the abacus or learning to use their adaptive technology devices.

Correspondence course for Visually Impaired.

http://www.hadley-school.org/resources_list_detail.asp?resource=abacus

Adapted Abacus for the Visually Impaired Information Sites:

Cranmer Abacus

http://www.aph.org/products/abacus_cranmer.html

Video Cranmer Abacus

http://www.aph.org/products/handson.htm

 I love these sites referencing the development of the cranmer abacus as they show the invention process and what happens when someone is curious and asks what if.

History of the Cranmer Abacus by Fred Gissoni

http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/abacus.history.htm

The Abacus Index site

http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/

Hisotry, instructions, different types of abacus, resources.

Speaker Profile: Tim V Cranmer

http://www.jhuapl.edu/colloq/cranmer.htm

Abacus Discussion: TSBVI site

Abacus vs Talking calculator

http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/abacus.htm

Using the Abacus and the Counting Method

http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/archive/abacus.html

Books: Abacus

TSBVI - pub - Use of the Cranmer Abacus by Dr. Rita Livingston

http://www.tsbvi.edu/publications/abacus.htm

Book Searches: keyword - abacus

Large Print/Tape/ or Braille

Louis

http://www.aph.org

Print references to abacus

Barnes and Noble search

http://www.barnesandnoble.com

 General History of Abacus Sites:

Japanese soroban and Chiness suan pan

http://www.cut-the-knot.com/blue/Abacus.html

What is a soroban abacus

http://www.soroban.com/whats_soroban_eng.html

A Chronology of Computer History:

http://www.cyberstreet.com/hcs/museum/chron.htm

Schools

Montana teaches Soroban Abacus and has Teacher Training in summer

Hellgate Elementary School:
Link to Grade 3-5 then link to Abacus

http://www.hellgate.k12.mt.us/

Math Problem-solving

International abacus math competition

http://www.gcschool.org/pages/program/Abacus.html

History and Lesson Plans

PBS Mathline - Math in Asia - Activity I The Abacus 

Please give me feedback (Janice Brown) - on how these worked for you and your students.

ENJOY!

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