Just recently had up an article that the HP TouchPad was released without a calculator. Now PreCentral is reporting that TouchPad owners have nothing to worry about. The release of webOS 3.0.2 is on the way. By the end of July, the TouchPad will have apps for Amazon MP3, the Kindle, and, yep, a new native calculator app is on the way.
Apologies in advance if you are a “long time” TPM reader, but I’m going to be running a series of updates to old articles over the next couple of weeks. A lot of my articles that include information on the TI-Nspire have outdated information in them due to the release of TI-Nspire OS 3.0 and the CX versions, such as the TI-89 vs. TI-Nspire CAS article. These posts still get dozens of views each day, so I want them to have the most current information, and I’ll be updating the posts to reflect that as well as re-dating them when I republish.
Listen to what tech savvy consumers, students, teachers, and even graphing calculator designers are saying about today’s graphing calculators and there’s a common theme: Why are we buying graphing calculators when “there’s an app for that”? The iPad was just the start as we now have the HP Touchpad, Galaxy Tab, and Motorola Xoom just to name a few. There are already great calculators for Android and iOS, so why are we buying dedicated devices that can only do math?
Buy the LeapPad Tablet at Leapfrog.com. LeapFrog LeapPad Tablet Apparently, it’s tablet day here at TPM. While the HP TouchPad may be a toy for older kids, the LeapFrog LeapPad Tablet is one for the younger kiddos. I’ve been impressed by the reputation LeapFrog products have built in the past. They consistently put out electronic learning devices that have the video game or gadget feel, so they appeal to kids. On the other hand, the learning that goes on continues to earn LeapFrog top marks from educators.
HP Touchpad Buy the HP TouchPad on Amazon. HP has finally released their new tablet, the HP TouchPad. With Android and iOS dominating, WebOS (the OS of the HP TouchPad) has become for the forgotten mobile OS, and that’s unfortunate. I had a Palm Pre for about a week at the end of 2009 and enjoyed WebOS immensely. Unfortunately, the phone itself seemed flimsy and I returned it. HP bought out Palm in large part to get its hands on WebOS.
Visit the Virtual Nerd website to subscribe. While I was at the NCTM annual meeting in Indianapolis, I saw a whole host of online math programs touted as a way to improve student learning. There was one that stood out, Virtual Nerd. Once I saw it in action, I knew I had to do a Virtual Nerd Review. Virtual Nerd is free for teachers, so I recently signed up for a free teacher account myself to review Virtual Nerd’s features in more depth.
Please click here to buy your TI-Nspire CX on Amazon . UPDATE: My TI-Nspire CX CAS review is now up. Finally, the wait is over. My TI-Nspire CX CAS has arrived from the Bach Company. Tonight I put together a TI-Nspire CX unboxing video. I have to say that I don’t expect the majority of these calculators to arrive this way. Mine arrived packaged in a box, the same way some of our Texas Instruments equipment arrives at school when we make an official educational order.
It was announced that yesterday that Casio has named Clemson as its Center of Academic Training. Dr. Bob Horton will oversea Clemson’s involvement in the center. I got to meet “Dr. Bob” at the NCTM annual meeting in Indianapolis. He’s been very involved with Casio for years and could be described as a “Casio guru,” as both an advocate of and an expert in the use of Casio calculators in the classroom.
Wolfram announced the release of their Course Assistant Apps a couple of months back, designed to help students with their math and science courses. I was curious to see what was in these apps and how they might help a student, so I decided to pick a couple of the apps up on iTunes to take them for a test drive. As I am a high school teacher, I purchased the Algebra and Pre-Calculus Course Assistants since they seemed to be the courses I’d have the greatest familiarity with.
There’s a new online graphing calculator out there that I think may soon top the National Library of Virtual Manipulative graphing calculator for top browser based grapher. There are tons of graphing calculators online, but frankly, most of them aren’t worth much. They’re either incapable of more sophisticated graphs, difficult to use, or just plain ugly. Startup Desmos has launched a graphing calculator that offers a lot of power and flexibility, as well as being simple to use.
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