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UPDATE: Since this post, I’ve done full Kaplan ACT & SAT Prep review. Kaplan has announced they are discounting their “Classroom Anywhere” classes for ACT and SAT prep in September and October. It is a $100 discount from their normal cost of $499. The discount ends on October, so you must enroll by October 31 to take advantage of the special price. You will also need to follow the link above and use the discount code “100AW” to get the discount.

NxtApp 4 Kids

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

September 20, 2011

Devices: iPad, iPhone Grades: Elementary Cost: $.99 After recently reviewing NxtApp for the iPad, I wanted to give another app by Icon a try, NxtApp 4 Kids. NxtApp 4 Kids was actually their first app, which has turned out to be very popular. It’s easy to see why it’s a hit. The same game play I enjoyed on NxtApp is featured on NxtApp 4 Kids, but with a few differences that make it more age appropriate for younger kids.

Desmos Online Graphing Calculator Gets Upgrade

By Tech Powered Dad in Featured

September 19, 2011

It’s been a couple of months since my original review of the Desmos graphing calculator. Desmos CEO Eli Luberoff was dropped me a line to let me know that his team has been hard at work, adding many of the features I was hopeful would show up soon after I wrote my original review. The calculator is so chocked full of features now that it’s honestly hard to keep track of which ones showed up when, so my apologies to the Desmos team if anything I mention was available prior to these latest upgrades.

Halloween Math

By Tech Powered Dad in ebooks

September 15, 2011

Here’s hoping all of you math teachers (and home school parents) out there have a very spooky Halloween with your classes. I know it’s one of the favorite holidays for many kids. I also wanted to alert you to a set of Halloween activity sheets that might help you out this Halloween season. Kids Halloween Activities is a set of printable math games and activities that is perfect for any elementary or middle school teacher or homeschooler.

World’s Largest Proof Wins Prize

By Tech Powered Dad in Fun stuff

September 14, 2011

I need to start this story with a disclaimer. While I learned a bit about groups during my abstract algebra class in my junior year of college, that class was definitely very abstract to me. In other words, I’m unlikely to be able to answer any questions in the comments for this one. That said, the story of one of the men behind the world’s largest proof on the New Scientist is an interesting one.

HMH Fuse App Gets Common Core Texts

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

September 12, 2011

HMH Fuse, the innovative textbook from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, now has more editions. Previously, HMH Fuse had both Algebra I and Geometry textbooks. Jump on over to the app store now, and you will find the Common Core editions of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II textbooks have been added to the lineup, bring the grand total of HMH Fuse titles to five. As was the case with the first two textbooks, you can find a full chapter available free to try out.

Doceri App

By Tech Powered Dad in Apps

September 9, 2011

Device: iPad Cost: Free App, $50 for software license for computer Grade Level: Any, app is designed for teachers This year, my school finally equipped my room with a Smart Board. As such, my interest in virtual whiteboards in education has increased quite a bit, so has my curiosity about alternatives. One such alternative is the Doceri app for the iPad. Essentially, Doceri turns your iPad into a remote screen for your computer.

NxtApp for iPad Review

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

September 8, 2011

Devices: iPad, iPhone Cost: $.99 Grade Level: Upper elementary through high school Here’s a simple but surprisingly fun app. NxtApp is aptly named. Your job is simply to solve the next number in a sequence of numbers. The app classifies the sequences as Add or Subtract, Multiply or Divide, Powers, and combinations of the previous categories. As a Pre-Calculus teacher, I feel like my students should be pretty comfortable with concepts like arithmetic and geometric sequences as well as simple sequences generated by quadratic equations before they ever make it to my class (at least informally).

TI-Nspire OS 3.1 Released

By Tech Powered Dad in news

September 7, 2011

Just got off the phone with a customer service representative at Texas Instruments headquarters in Dallas. I was trying to get help for a problem with press-to-test mode that’s plagued several of my students’ calculators already this year. Basically, taking the calculator out of press-to-test mode can, in some cases, cause a bootup error (you will know it if you see it by a triangle with an exclamation point). I’ve seen this happen three times so far this school year, always to older grayscale Nspires on OS 3.

ScreenChomp App

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

September 7, 2011

Device: iPad Grades: Elementary and up, especially targeted at teachers Cost: Free Here’s an app I got really excited about when I first realized what it was capable of. ScreenChomp is a very simple concept that’s actually quite powerful. It turns your iPad into a digital whiteboard, capable of recording not just what you draw on the iPad, but also the audio of what you are saying. While that’s nice enough, it’s what you can do with the video that’s very exciting.

Kaplan ACT/SAT Prep Classes Discounted Through October

NxtApp 4 Kids

Desmos Online Graphing Calculator Gets Upgrade

Halloween Math

World’s Largest Proof Wins Prize

HMH Fuse App Gets Common Core Texts

Doceri App

NxtApp for iPad Review

TI-Nspire OS 3.1 Released

ScreenChomp App

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