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If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know that I’ll be covering the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2011 Annual Meeting this week, April 13-16, in Indianapolis. I have never had the opportunity to attend the NCTM meeting before this year, and I’m excited to check out all it has to offer. NCTM’s meeting is an opportunity to catch up on the latest ideas and trends in math education while accumulating a number of those all important professional development credits necessary for recertification.

TI-Nspire OS 3.0 Released for Grayscale Nspire

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April 7, 2011

After about 6 weeks of hype, TI-Nspire OS 3.0 has finally arrived. I was a bit surprised when I learned Texas Instruments was going to release OS 3.0 before the new color TI-Nspire CX was available. I suppose it could make the CX release seem a bit anticlimactic. That said, I’m glad TI went this route. I appreciate when tech companies make the product available as soon as it’s ready to go.

TI-Nspire 3.0 Science Briefing and the “TI-Nspire Way”

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April 2, 2011

I recently had my second briefing about the TI-Nspire CX and Nspire OS 3.0 with Mark Fry, Texas Instruments’ product line strategy manager for the TI-Nspire. While my first briefing back in February focused on the announcement of the Nspire CX and the broad range of new capabilities coming to the Nspire line, this time Fry focused in on giving me an overview of the science capabilities of Nspire 3.

Autism Speaks: Light It Up Blue

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March 29, 2011

If you haven’t heard, World Autism Awareness Day is April 2. To raise awareness, the people behind Autism Speaks are having something called the Light It Up Blue campaign, which encourages people to help raise awareness of their efforts to diagnose and find answers to questions about this condition that is still not fully understood. If you want to participate, they are encouraging people to wear blue on Thursday and Friday, change a light at your home or place of business to blue, donate to the cause, or event just “like” their website on Facebook.

Thoughts from a Pre-AP Calculus Workshop

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March 17, 2011

Kind of a random post here, but I spent Tuesday at a pre-AP Calculus workshop hosted at Triton College in River Grove, IL. My school added AP Calculus a year ago. Obviously, we have been slow to the Advanced Placement party (not sure why the hesitation—definitely not coming from the math department). As a Pre-Calculus teacher, I was very interested to see what sorts of topics the College Board would emphasize in a Pre-AP conference.

Science Tools Announced for TI-Nspire CX and OS 3.0

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March 12, 2011

Texas Instruments didn’t stop with the announcement of the TI-Nspire CX. Now comes the announcement that users will have access to upgraded science tools for all TI-Nspire handhelds running OS 3.0. When the Nspire CX was announced a few weeks back, sharp eyed readers may have noticed a new icon at the bottom of the Nspire CX’s display, an Erlenmeyer flask. That addition is another new key feature, a fully dedicated app known as Vernier DataQuest, which allows users to collect data using a variety of scientific data collection devices.

MathTutorDVD.com’s Geometry DVD’s

By Tech Powered Dad in online Learning

March 3, 2011

For the best price on Jason Gibson’s Geometry DVD Tutor, click here. Continuing my series looking at the options available with the MathTutorDVD.com sequence of math DVD’s, I’m looking at the Geometry DVD. Geometry can be a tough subject for a lot of students. It’s a big change from algebra, involving more visual reasoning and logical thinking. As a result, a lot of parents find their child needs a little extra help with some geometry tutoring.

MathTutorDVD.com Algebra DVD’s

By Tech Powered Dad in Online Learning

March 1, 2011

For the best price on Jason Gibson’s award winning MathTutorDVD.com’s Algebra DVD’s, click here. Continuing with my profile of Jason Gibson’s Math Tutor DVD series, this post outlines the highlights of his Algebra DVD’s. There are actually several Algebra DVD courses in the Math Tutor DVD series: Algebra I, Algebra II, Advanced Algebra, and Matrix Algebra, which a lot of schools call Linear Algebra. MathTutorDVD.com’s Spectrum of Algebra DVD Courses That’s quite a range of courses.

MathTutorDVD.com Calculus DVD’s

By Tech Powered Dad in Online Learning

February 27, 2011

To get the best price on Jason’s Gibson’s Calculus DVD, click here. A while back, I wrote a Math Tutor DVD review of Jason Gibson’s math tutorial DVD series. Now, I’m going to try to get a few overviews of the individual math courses on DVD. First up is Math Tutor DVD’s calculus DVD. Whether you’re taking AP Calculus (AB or BC), or any of the standard college calculus courses, this calculus tutoring DVD series covers the lessons you’re going to learn.

Texas Instruments Strikes Back: Announces Color TI-Nspire CX

By Tech Powered Dad in calculator reviews

February 25, 2011

Please buy your TI-Nspire CX on Amazon . UPDATE: I have posted my TI-Nspire CX Review When I contacted Texas Instruments a few weeks back to ask about an FCC filing TI had made involving WiFi for the TI-Nspire Navigator system, I had no idea that my inquiry would lead me to a web conference with the product line strategy manager for the TI-Nspire, Mark Fry. What was being presented in the blogosphere as just an improvement to the TI-Nspire’s Navigator system turns out to be much, much more.

NCTM 2011 Annual Meeting Coverage

TI-Nspire OS 3.0 Released for Grayscale Nspire

TI-Nspire 3.0 Science Briefing and the “TI-Nspire Way”

Autism Speaks: Light It Up Blue

Thoughts from a Pre-AP Calculus Workshop

Science Tools Announced for TI-Nspire CX and OS 3.0

MathTutorDVD.com’s Geometry DVD’s

MathTutorDVD.com Algebra DVD’s

MathTutorDVD.com Calculus DVD’s

Texas Instruments Strikes Back: Announces Color TI-Nspire CX

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