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I wanted to give a shout out for a new project by Christopher Mitchell, or Kerm Martian as he’s known online. Mitchell is the man behind Cemetech, a site devoted to programming graphing calculators. He does magical things with graphing calculators, finding ways to use them that the engineers at Texas Instruments and Casio surely never expected them to be used. If you’ve followed Tech Powered Math for a while, you may remember my stories about some of Mitchell’s achievements, including Doom on the TI-Nspire and turning the TI-84+ into a web browser.

TI Points Earn a Free Navigator System

By Tech Powered Dad in calculators

September 20, 2012

For those of you that are teachers, I wanted to make you aware that Texas Instruments has a special promotion going on right now that allows schools to earn a free wireless Navigator system. By collecting 60 of the cards that come in a TI-Nspire CX or TI-Nspire CX CAS package, you can get a free Navigator. You need to collect the entire card, not just the “TI points.” The program runs until November 15, 2012, and does require some online Navigator training (see this PDF on the TI website for more details).

Marble Math Review

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

September 18, 2012

Operating System: iOS (iPad) Age range: 5-8 years old (Marble Math Junior) and 9-12 (Marble Math) Cost: $1.99 (as of 9/17/12) I haven’t done an app review in a while, but at the request of Artgig Studio, I’ve been taking a look at Marble Math. The simple concept behind this app reminds me a lot of the 1980’s classic game, Marble Madness. However, unlike that game, where you manipulated a marble through a series of obstacles with a trackball, this game requires you to guide your marble to whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and money in order to solve math problems.

(ENDED) TI-Nspire CX Contest Giveaway

By Tech Powered Dad in ebooks

September 3, 2012

The contest has ended, and the winner was Erica Carnes of Ellicott City, MD. Congrats, Erica, and thanks to all who entered. Please continue to follow Tech Powered Math on Facebook to learn about future contests. The last month has been exciting for me as a new author. The first week my book, TI-Nspire ™ Tutorials-Getting Started with the TI-Nspire Graphing Calculator. Volume 1, The TI-Nspire for Beginners, was on the market, it was downloaded over 800 times.

TI-89 Titanium Review

By Tech Powered Dad in calculator reviews

August 29, 2012

Click here to check the TI-89 Titanium Price on Amazon. It’s been almost 2 years since I first reviewed one of my favorite graphing calculators with a computer algebra system, the TI-89 Titanium. The original TI-89, a smaller version of the old TI-92, was released in 1998 after Texas Instruments realized people didn’t want to have to pack a suitcase to bring their calculator to class. The TI-92 was a great calculator, but it was huge and because it had a QWERTY keyboard, it was banned from almost every standardized test (because for some reason the College Board feels that allowing calculator manufacturers to place keys in QWERTY format gives students an insurmountable advantage on the SAT).

TI-89 vs. TI-Nspire CX CAS Review

By Tech Powered Dad in calculator reviews

August 22, 2012

Click here to see the TI-Nspire CX CAS price on Amazon. Once again a new school year is upon us, and that requires a fresh look at the TI-Nspire CX CAS vs. TI-89 Titanium debate. In addition to this article, you may want to check out my standalone TI-Nspire CX CAS Review and my TI-89 Titanium Review. I wrote a post on this topic a couple of years ago, but with each passing year it has to be updated.

TI-Nspire Tutorials Volume 2: Using the CAS Like a Champion

By Tech Powered Dad in ebooks

August 8, 2012

I am pleased to announce the official release of my second TI-Nspire Tutorials book, TI-Nspire Tutorials Volume 2: Using the CAS Like a Champion. As the title suggests, volume 2 is focused on CAS features. I’m excited to offer it to anyone who wants to learn more about any version of the TI-Nspire CAS, whether you have the TI-Nspire CAS in CX, Touchpad, or Clickpad (although button sequences will differ if you have the original Clickpad).

Nexus 7 Review and Book

By Tech Powered Dad in ebooks

August 1, 2012

The last month has been absolutely crazy for me, with trips across the country and moving into a new home. However, as the start of the new school year arrives, I hope to pick up the pace again. In the next few weeks, I’m planning to update my calculator recommendations for students, a post on the back to school sales on technology, and the release of my next couple of books.

Nexus 7 Tablet Unboxing

By Tech Powered Dad in featured

July 18, 2012

I’m one of the first to hop on board the Google Nexus 7 train. If you aren’t familiar with it, this is the first tablet from Google, manufactured by Asus. Over the last few years, Google has had a history of partnering with handset makers with its Nexus line of phones. The Nexus line always gets the best new operating system updates of Android first, and the Nexus 7 is no exception, as it ships with Android 4.

New Poll Question: Favorite eBook Format

By Tech Powered Dad in ebooks

July 13, 2012

I have a small favor to ask all of you who follow Tech Powered Math. I’ve added a new poll question to the sidebar (you’ll find it in the lower left corner), and it’d really help me out of you could take a couple of seconds to participate. I’m trying to get a handle on what eBook format most of you use. When my first book went to #2 on the Kindle best seller list for education books at one point last week, I realized there’s more interest in electronic resources for graphing calculators than I had been aware of.

TI-84 Programming Book

TI Points Earn a Free Navigator System

Marble Math Review

(ENDED) TI-Nspire CX Contest Giveaway

TI-89 Titanium Review

TI-89 vs. TI-Nspire CX CAS Review

TI-Nspire Tutorials Volume 2: Using the CAS Like a Champion

Nexus 7 Review and Book

Nexus 7 Tablet Unboxing

New Poll Question: Favorite eBook Format

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