Over at R-Bloggers a few days ago day, I came across a post from Norm Matloff, professor of computer science at UC-Davis. The post, Good for TI, Good for Schools, Bad for Kids, Bad for Stat, had been reposted from his blog, the Mad (Data) Scientist. Throughout this post and the one that preceded it, Statistics: Losing Ground to CS, Image Among Students, Matloff made the case for R in the AP Statistics classroom.
Texas Instruments often does a cool back to school promotions, and they’ve got a great one this year. They are offering participants the chance to win a set of 30 TI-Nspire CX (or TI-84 Plus C) graphing calculators by having the best selfie. Contestants, who just have to be 13 years or older, need to post a picture of themselves using their favorite TI technology to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #TISelfieContest.
With my long silence here on Tech Powered Math, I’ve hardly mentioned the fact that there have been two upgrades to the TI-Nspire operating system, OS 3.6 and OS 3.9. These upgrades have been incremental, not earth shattering, but they have pleasantly changed some aesthetics throughout the TI-Nspire environment. There have also been some minor changes as to how users interact in a graphing window. As a result, it seemed like it was good time to update my TI-Nspire Tutorials series of Kindle books.
Looking to buy a TI-92 Plus? I recommend you find the best selection on a TI-92 on Ebay. When I started coaching our math team in 2007, I was shocked to find I’d inherited a closet full of TI-92’s just collecting dust. They were all in perfect working order despite being a decade old. Since it turned out they were allowed in our competitions, we set to work upgrading the operating systems, loading up apps, and training the kids on them.
In this post: The Best Scientific Calculator for School TI-30X IIS Review TI-30XS Multiview TI-30X IIS vs TI-30XS Multiview Comparison Best Scientific Calculator for School A graphing calculator isn’t a necessity for everyone’s mathematical needs. For many students, they just want the best scientific calculator they can get. But buyer beware; even though the most popular scientific calculators can usually be purchased for under $20, there’s a huge difference in the usability and capability of these calculators.
About two months ago, I made a major change. After a couple of years of using an iPad 2 as my daily tablet driver, I switched to a Windows 8 tablet, the Dell Venue 8 Pro. This was a big change in many respects. Instead of iOS, I now had Windows 8.1. Instead of a 10-inch screen, I had an 8-inch screen. Instead of being in a completely touch driven environment, I was now in one designed to be as much at ease with a mouse and keyboard as with touch.
New TI calculator chief Peter Balyta (left) On Friday, Texas Instruments announced a big change in leadership at the top of their calculator division. Melendy Lovett, who has been part of Texas Instruments for 20 years and has led the calculator division for a decade, is retiring. The new president of Texas Instruments’ Education Technology division is Peter Balyta. Balyta is just 43 years old but has been with Texas Instruments for 14 years, and spent all of that time within TI’s calculator division.
Math team season is upon us. I had an unusually large number of kids try out, and even after cuts, we had a record number of kids on the team, 32. When the start of the season nears, one of my preseason jobs is to get the team TI-Nspire CAS handhelds out of the closet, both to update to the latest OS, and to make sure they all still boot up.
I was watching The Amazing Spider-Man for the first time last night (yeah, I know, but with two small children, I don’t get out much any more). I just about flipped my lid when I saw Peter Parker in his bedroom with what appeared to be an HP 48GX, or a closely related model. As a University of Illinois freshman engineering major in 1995, this very model was my graphing calculator.
I’ve done a Dell Venue 8 Pro unboxing video and a Microsoft Wedge Keyboard unboxing video. The last video unboxing I’m planning for now is that of my new Microsoft Wedge Mouse. It’s a Bluetooth mouse that is optimized for Windows 8 and features Microsoft’s patented Bluetrack technology that is designed to work on just about any non-reflective surface.
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