This giveaway is now closed. Thank you for your participation.
The winner is Betty Green.
Congratulations!
Isn’t technology amazing?
Introducing a must-have for all high school students - the Texas Instrument’s TI-Npsire Graphing Calculator.
From the site: TI-Nspire handheld is the latest in learning technology from TI, creating a dynamic dimension for students to visualize concepts and take an engaging, interactive role in their learning. Features include:
Multiple Representations - you’re able to see multiple views of the same solution, giving you a different perspective on things.- Linking Representations - multiple representations can be linked together so that if you change one, it will reflect on all screens.
- Data and Statistics - allows teachers to input and organize statistical data for students to explore on their own.
- Grab-and-Move - “grab” a line and move it to see how it affects the overall outcome.
- Save and Review Work - you’re able to save your work and pick up where you left off at a later date.
- Press to Test - stop potential cheating by temporarily disabling all current documents and denying access to programming libraries.
These are just the basics of what this amazing gadget can accomplish. It also comes with an interchangable keyboard which makes this unit compatible with the TI-84 and is accepted when taking the SAT, ACT, PSAT/NMSQT and AP exams PLUS Praxis and IB exams when used with the TI-84 Plus Keypad.
Give your children an educational head-start by introducing them to the Texas Instruments TI-Nspire. Units may be purchased at almost any school supply store or purchased through Amazon.com for $125.00.
Cowgirl Critiques: As a parent, my favorite function of course is being able to check my son’s answers. I can type in the problem with his answer and it will say true or false. LOVE IT! Something that my husband found useful was being able to enter in sizes of boards and such and the size of what he wanted to build and it told him exactly how many boards he needed to build it.
SAHM Reviews: Let me say, the calculator itself is just phenomenal. As a former accountant, I had to be careful not to short it out with all my drool. The times of needing two different calculators are gone (IE scientific versus financial) with the TI nspire wrapping it into one - with interchangeable faceplates.
A Mom Speaks:
An Island Review: A while ago, I had the opportunity to review the TI-84 so I was glad to see that the TI-Nspire had an attachable keyboard that allows it to be used on exams that permit TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus family graphing calculators, such as SAT, ACT, PSAT and AP exams. I feel that if you’re going to spend a lot of money on something, it should be flexible in it’s usage.
Win it!
We have a Texas Instruments TI-Nspire unit to give away to one lucky person! To enter:
- Stop by Texas Instruments before midnight, Oct 11th and take a look around.
- Then come back and mention in comments what you find most interesting about the TI-Nspire. That’s it!
- A random winner will be selected and notified on Oct 12th.
- The winner will then have 3 days to claim their prize.
- Don’t forget to leave a way to contact you in case you win.
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This giveaway is open to US addresses. Good luck!
September 27th, 2008 at 5:33 am
I wish I had this when I was still in school! I like that it’s excepted for all standardized testing, and that it comes with the detachable keypad. That’s an awesome feature!
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September 27th, 2008 at 5:33 am
And I’m a subscriber.
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September 27th, 2008 at 6:30 am
it saves and reviews your work
September 27th, 2008 at 6:47 am
My daughter is in School and would use this for many different school projects
September 27th, 2008 at 6:49 am
I like the graphing capabilities
September 27th, 2008 at 7:32 am
i think it’s cool that you can now connect it to the teachers stuff with TI Connect-to-Class™ Teacher Software.
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September 27th, 2008 at 7:32 am
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September 27th, 2008 at 7:33 am
I’m a subscriber.
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September 27th, 2008 at 8:28 am
I wish I had these calculators when I was in school. I think having the multi-view options is really handy.
September 27th, 2008 at 8:36 am
I love the fact you can save the work..wow I feel old becuase when I was in school, only the rich had calculators and those were basic
September 27th, 2008 at 10:38 am
i got to say that this wayyyy more detailed than the ti83 that i had way back in college years ago. i love how they have a statistics section where you can do different types of graphs, box, scatter plots etc.. have to say it is way sophisticated would love to use it for statistics! thank a bunch!!
September 27th, 2008 at 10:43 am
The grab-and-move function is great!
September 27th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I really like the interchangeable keyboard and the updated features.
September 27th, 2008 at 11:57 am
enjoy the interchangable faceplate
September 27th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I like being able to save your work.
September 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I love that it has “the ability to create, edit, save and review problem solving in electronic documents similar to the word processing and file storage features of a computer.”
September 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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September 27th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I like the fact that students can continue work on projects outside of class, easily transferring documents between their handheld and computer.
September 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I like the multiple representations function. Very interesting.
September 27th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I like that the work is transferable.
September 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
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September 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
It reviews your work
September 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
these were the ‘first’ hand-held game i played, with.
September 27th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I love the idea that you can save your work and the interchangeable key board.
September 27th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Great statistical applications.
September 27th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I love that this can interact with your computer and that you can view multiple solutions. I’d love to win this for my oldest son. What a help this would be for him in school. Thanks for this wonderful giveaway.
September 27th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I like that you can save your work.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
You can save your work, that is great.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Wow! They sure have changed a lot since I was in school - I would have loved this. I really like that you can have multiple views of the same solution to help you better understand. That is amazing to me.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I love ALL the new features of this calculator, as a parent of a high school freshman, this is the perfect calculator to last for the coming years.
September 27th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I like being able to see multiple views of the same solution. Thanks! Would help in my Stats course!
September 27th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
saving your work and viewing multiple equations are both great!
September 27th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
this would be an awesome christmas gift for my son that is in 4th grade! love that is can graph!
thanks!
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September 27th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
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September 27th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
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September 27th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
With children in school this would be fantastic. I like the
Data and Statistics - allows teachers to input and organize statistical data for students to explore on their own.
September 27th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Great Prize - can’t find anything bad with it
September 27th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
I think the multiple representations and showing
the work is awesome!
September 27th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
I love the multiple screen views on one screen…very nice!
September 27th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Love that it’s compatible with my T1-84!
September 27th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
I think that the multi-view options are amazing and would be so useful. What a great product!
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September 27th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Im an engineering major and i’m constantly using my TI-89 but sadly it is dieing. A friend has one of these and i love it. It has almost every function imagineable
September 27th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Am I allowed to enter? : ) Phenomenal calculator!
I love that it can be used on standardized tests when used with the keypad!
September 27th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
i think my college student niece would have a vast use for this
September 27th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
I so love that teachers can organize and input data for the students - what a learning aspect!
September 27th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
The Press to Test feature is fantastic — very clever! Thanks for a great contest!
September 28th, 2008 at 12:35 am
I like that it can be used on various standardized tests
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September 28th, 2008 at 12:36 am
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September 28th, 2008 at 12:36 am
I am a subscriber!
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September 28th, 2008 at 12:37 am
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September 28th, 2008 at 12:51 am
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September 28th, 2008 at 2:07 am
The ability to save my work is a great selling point.
September 28th, 2008 at 5:40 am
The screen is so much clearer and eye-friendly than the old TI-8x series that I am familiar with.
September 28th, 2008 at 5:56 am
I am a math teacher. I would love to have one of these for my classroom. I love the fact that it can be used on standardized tests. The saving your work feature is also great.
September 28th, 2008 at 6:13 am
I like the grab and move feature - Gosh , I remember my first calculator had red numerals and that was it.
September 28th, 2008 at 6:26 am
I love the random number generator! I have to take a statistics class for school next semester (I am dreading it)and this feature would help.
September 28th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Being able to save your work is great!
September 28th, 2008 at 7:05 am
I like that it is accepted on all the exams. I searched for just the right one for my daughter and it was a TI-83. Now it’s my son’s turn, and he needs a new graphing calculator for his classes that will be accepted on the exams as well. It would be great to win one.
September 28th, 2008 at 7:08 am
you can do so much with this… it’s amazing
September 28th, 2008 at 7:19 am
I remember back in the 50’s when the first hand held calculators came out and my brother just had to have one of Texas Instruments first ones. It was sort of clunky but he loved it and we all marveled at it and it was terrily expensive for the day. Looking at the ti-inspire all I can say is “You’ve come a long way baby.” Think this will make a nice xmas gift for my older grandaughters and possibly the 5 year old also as she has to have everything her sister has.
September 28th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Multiple Representations
September 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
I like how you can do graphs for statistics.
September 28th, 2008 at 8:36 am
This is so cool. I like everything. It is great how it can save your work and the graphing interface is awesome and how you can do multiple functions.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:03 am
I love that it saves your work. Thank you!
September 28th, 2008 at 9:10 am
the connect to teacher and the removable keypad
September 28th, 2008 at 9:26 am
interchangable keyboard which makes this unit compatible with the TI-84 and is accepted when taking the SAT, ACT, PSAT/NMSQT and AP exams PLUS Praxis and IB exams when used with the TI-84 Plus Keypad.
September 28th, 2008 at 10:38 am
It does EVERYTHING!!!
September 28th, 2008 at 10:40 am
It’s COOL!
September 28th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I find the Grab-and-Move function to be the most interesting. Wish I had this computer when I was in calculus!
September 28th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
The Grab-and-Move would make Math more hands on and easier for those of us that grasp the visual better than the theory.
September 28th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
The graphing capabilities is the best…perfect for my high schooler. THANKS
September 28th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
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September 28th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
the keys are easy to use
September 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I like the graphing capabilities.
September 28th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
The detatchable keyboard is a pretty cool feature.
September 28th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
The keyboard is a really cool addition!
September 28th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
We’ll be ready when my daughter starts high school next year.
September 28th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I like the graphing capabilities
September 28th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
The interchangeable keyboard is an awesome feature!
September 28th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
The fact it is authorized during the SAT/ACT is great; give your young person the best during a key time in their life!
September 28th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
you can save the work and that is a plus
September 28th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I love the bigger screen, makes it easier to do all the cool functions!
September 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
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September 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
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September 28th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
The keyboard is a really nice.
September 28th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
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September 28th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I actually need a new calculator for work. We are required to buy some of our own supplies for my employment.
Thanks for this great and timely contest and prize!
September 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I like the save feature. Will come in very handy for my grandson
September 28th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Like the detachable keyboard feature.
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September 28th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
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September 28th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
abilty to use for more than just kids school work. My son can use it at school while I can use it to do my own DIY projects without the headaches I normally have. The ability to use a calculator to tell me how many boards I will need for a project is just awesome!
September 28th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Muliple views of the same solution. This would be so helpful for those of us who are math challenged.
September 28th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
I like the multi-screen views and that it saves the work.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:33 am
I love the ability to save your work, the interchangable keypads are cool too. Thanks for the giveaway!
September 29th, 2008 at 3:13 am
# Manipulate and explore data - watch how dynamic changes in data changes can affect the statistical analysis
September 29th, 2008 at 3:14 am
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September 29th, 2008 at 7:15 am
love that you can save your work feature!-ashley m
September 29th, 2008 at 7:47 am
The big screen
September 29th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I like that it’s okay to use for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, and AP.
September 29th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Love the multi-view options.
September 29th, 2008 at 11:55 am
The transferability is cool!
September 29th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I love the save and review work feature and that you can hook it up to your computer and transfer the work.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I find the detachable keyboard very fascinating.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I like the changeable keyboard and large screen.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
The keyboard is cool and being able to save your work makes it great.
September 29th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
It Saves your work?! Super cool, I’ll be king of the nerds!
Paul (father of Reno)
September 29th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
I like that u can save ur work for later.
September 29th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
I love the fact that they can connect up with the teacher’s and each other’s! So neat. A far cry from what we had in school just a few years ago!
September 30th, 2008 at 3:36 am
I really like the fact that it has Grab-and-Move - “grab” a line and move it to see how it affects the overall outcome. I think this would be a great tool to aide in the overall understanding of a concept.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:32 am
I like that the graphing helps me in my algebra class!
September 30th, 2008 at 5:33 am
The Connect to Class capability sounds great. I also like the ability to update this TI’s software online.
September 30th, 2008 at 8:00 am
After the exam, handhelds are easily restored for classroom use by exiting Press-to-Test mode, and all previously created documents restored.
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September 30th, 2008 at 9:24 am
The interchangeable key pad is so cool, My organic chemistry professor would love this gadget!
September 30th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Acceptable for the college tests. Graphing-whats not to like
September 30th, 2008 at 11:21 am
multi-screen views
September 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I like the ability to use physics functions
October 1st, 2008 at 1:01 am
The detachable keyboard is amazing.
October 1st, 2008 at 3:18 am
I like the Multiple Representations feature. I hope I win this, it would be a big help!
October 1st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I like that it saves your work and the detachable keyboard. With my husband being an Engineer this would be great for him. Thanks.
October 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I like that you can Share files between a handheld and computer. Very cool. Thanks.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I love the grab and move feature. I wish they had these when I was in high school! My stepdaughter would really appreciate this if I win it!
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:01 am
Teachers know the power of visual learning, especially when applied to the symbols of algebra. TI-Nspire adds an interactive new dimension as graphs, tables, and equations come to life in the hands of their students.
As mother to a 14-year old self-described “computer geek,” I would be the most popular mother on earth if I won this cool gadget.
Thanks for the great offer!
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:03 am
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October 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 am
Love the ability to save information to go back to it later.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:11 am
I absolutely love the ability to use multiple representations! Sweeeet.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 am
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October 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 am
I love that you can save your work for later, and the large screen too.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 am
Grasp the Math by grabbing and moving is SUPER COOL!!
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:29 am
i really like the random number generator
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Being able to save your work is really nice.
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I love the save and review, you can go right back to where you left off.
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:47 am
TI Connect-to-Class™ Teacher Software has got to be it. Would love to win this for my grandson who is in high school.
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:49 am
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October 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I love the “Grab and Move” feature - it’s a great way to see how the graphical representation of an equation changes as the equation does!
October 3rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Question Application Software allowing educators to create questions is just one awesome feature.
October 3rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
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October 3rd, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Grab-and-Move sounds interesting.
October 3rd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
This calculator would have made really learning math so much easier when I was in school. If I win it, I might just do math problems for fun…
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Just the size of the screen wows me. Giving my age away, but calculators weren’t around when I was in highschool. Would love to win this for some young person in my family who could really use it.
October 4th, 2008 at 1:29 am
It can do many things
October 4th, 2008 at 1:30 am
I’m really impressed with the free downloadable activities and tutorials.
October 4th, 2008 at 3:35 am
Its ease of use
October 4th, 2008 at 8:05 am
The amount of features this calculator has compared to the typical TI-83 is amazing.
October 4th, 2008 at 10:49 am
It’s amazing how many features calculators have! I can’t pick any one feature that I feel is better than the other. I just wish that I had had something like this in high school to take away the pain of math!
October 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
The Grab-and-Move would make Math more hands on and easier for those of us that grasp the visual better than the theory.
October 4th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I like that you can your work.
October 4th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
If something like this was around when I was in school, might have not turned out to be such a dummy in math.
October 4th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Choose different split-screen options-pretty cool!
Safe feature is nice too
October 4th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I find it interesting that you can compare functions on the same screen.
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October 4th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
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October 5th, 2008 at 5:02 am
I love that it gives multiple representations! That would be great for getting a better understanding of the problem you’re working with-very nice!
October 5th, 2008 at 8:23 am
PRICE
October 5th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I like Linking Representations which would give me the versatility of a spreadsheet. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
October 5th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I like the graphics capabilities and would love to give it to my son for Christmas.
October 5th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
I like the size of the buttons and ease of navigation.
October 5th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
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October 5th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I like the graphing capabilities.
October 5th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I love the grab and move … we didnt’ have this when I was in school!
October 5th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
The interchangeable key pad is amazing.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:46 am
The save and review sounds like it would be useful. Thanks.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Wow. A calculator that saves work AND has a detachable keyboard for easy storage? Wish they had this when I was in school!
October 6th, 2008 at 7:44 am
I love the size of the screen, my eyes just can’t seem to see those tiny screens anymore!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:01 am
it saves your work feature is great
October 6th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Geez… What a function! That little baby has the ability to teach you by showing you the calculations step by step!
By far the best feature, this quells my fear of allowing my child to use one of these. If it’s going to reiterate what he’s taught and teach him the steps. what’s there to argue with?
Texas Instruments has consistently been a leader in technology and this is no different!
October 6th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
It’s great that the teacher can download data to the students’ calculators. What a time saver!
October 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
It would have to be the ability to save your work. I used scientific calculators in school and nothing was worse than having to enter all your work again, because you hit one wrong button on the last step.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
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October 6th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
I think it’s most interesting that you’re able to save your work and pick up where you left off at a later date
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Your button is in my sidebar for an extra entry
October 7th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I subscribed
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October 7th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Boy sure wish I had one these things when I was in school. Great product I think the best feature about this is that it saves your work and the multi viewing options make this the superior calculator on the market today.
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:44 am
I love the fact that it translates changes between items!
October 7th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I would have like the attachable keyboard when I was in school.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I love that it has a detachable keyboard.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I like you can save without deleting or redoing your work.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I like the fact that it comes with the detachable keypad,
thanks for the giveaway.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Terrific Prize. I would like to surprise my highschool son with this
October 8th, 2008 at 7:28 am
the ti connect-to-class software for the ti-nspire would allow a teacher to send assignments directly to the calculator.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Certainly is advanced from the old slide rule I used. This is great for teaching an old slide rule user and his engineer son some new techniques and see the upgrades from days gone by.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Is instructions included?
October 8th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I like how you can connect with the teacher
October 9th, 2008 at 8:38 am
I really like the programmability and expandability. Even as a math teacher, this may be the last calculator I ever have to purchase.
October 9th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I like that it saves data. My 11 year old is taking Algebra. I am so proud of him and would love to give him this wonderful calculator.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
The fact that it saves your work is awesome!!
October 9th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I am impressed by the fact that you can transfer info and the TI Connect to Class feature.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
My son could really use this for school, the feature I like the best would be the 3-D angles
October 10th, 2008 at 1:48 am
I need this, please. That is all.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Wow. Times have changed since the original 4 function calculator that was the size of a small messenger bag. I like the multiple simultaneous display in order to see and compare/contrast perspective.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:27 am
I like how it saves files like the windows on a computer.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:41 am
Multiple Representations feature is awesome. Extremely helpful.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:44 am
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October 10th, 2008 at 6:39 am
saves files like the windows on a computer
October 10th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Save and Review
October 10th, 2008 at 7:32 am
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October 10th, 2008 at 8:01 am
that you are able to see multiple views of the same solution
October 10th, 2008 at 8:37 am
the expandability
October 10th, 2008 at 10:17 am
i love the detachable keypad.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Compared to what we had not that many years ago, these calculators are amazing - not just graphing, but it’s like having a mini computer in your pocket!
October 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Both of my children still at home, 12 and 16 are both in advanced classes at school, in sports, in band, marching band and also take online advanced classes. We just bought our daughter a calculater which cost $125.00 and now she has been switched to a another advanced math class and my 12 year old who is in 7th grade is now taking 9th grade math. So we need something that can fulfill all the math situations and classes for both our kids without having to buy and have them using a different calculator for each problem. The TI-Nspire does it all. with so many options this will make both kids happy and stress free doing all the home they have.
Also it will help my 16 year old with her college exams as she wants to be a pedatric surgeon and is now planning for all those exams and requirements for college.
Thank you for the chance to win a awesome prize for my childrens education.
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October 10th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I like the grab and move feature. This is something my daughter can really use.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I tutor math and this would be so helpful to have at my house to help the students understand how graphs work.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I like the graphing capabilities It would have came in handy when I was in school.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
The nspire would be useful for house building when I volunteer with Habitat for Humanity.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
love the grab and move feature - first calculator i’ve seen that can do this
October 10th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
think it’s cool that the teacher and students can connect
October 10th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Detachable Keyboard
October 10th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
What a great calculator. I love the fact that it shows problems in multiple representations. This can be very helpful in understanding the more tricky problems.
October 10th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I love the downloadable tutorials and activities that go with this one. My daughter just broke her calculator and I can’t really afford a new one so I have my fingers crossed!
October 10th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I like that it has a “save” feature.
October 10th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
The graphing capabilities are neat.
October 10th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
I am a subscriber. Thanks.
October 10th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I love the screen size.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I love that the size of the screen is so large and easy to read!
October 10th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I think having the multi-view options is really handy. My youngest is a college student and this would be very useful.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
The ability to approach math problems graphically, in particular the ability to link together different ‘viewpoints’ into the same problem, can be THE key for some kids being able to finally understand the relationship between some kind of change over HERE and a completely different type of change over THERE.
Also, since different kids can have wide variations in how they pick up different kinds of information, having a tool that lets you explore those preferences can lead to breakthroughs in “ahah, she understands it if you approach it like [this]” — and suddenly life is good! Thx!
October 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
There are some kinds of problems (more and more as you get higher and higher in school, and into college) where being able to “window IN to” the problem from several different directions can make all the difference in avoiding pitfalls and getting the correct answers — awesome, when you are able to test intermediate choices before wasting too much time somewhere, on your way toward a solution.
For example, in closed-loop control theory, the ability to easily tweak initial assumed values for critical elements can make the difference between instability and graphically converging on a usable answer.
And being able to SEE that adjustment, and thereby developing a ‘gut feel’ for what’s happening, is incredibly valuable and extremely powerful.
“With great power comes great responsibility” — nothing left to hold you back, so what in the whole world do you want to do with yourself now??
October 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I find that saving your work is the most interesting feature about the calculator.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I love the the graphing capabilities
October 10th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
I like that you can save the work
October 10th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
I really like that is shows you the various solutions to the same answer. So often if one way does not click for a student, another will. My daughter is in a college prep charter high school trying to prepare for a science doctorate in college. This would be a wonderful blessing to our family!
October 11th, 2008 at 12:08 am
I think the grab and move feature is pretty cool.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:24 am
I didn’t know that you could use them on all the tests like the SAT,ACT etc. Seems like a really useful tool that my daughter could use.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:38 am
The graphing feature would come in very handy.
October 11th, 2008 at 6:28 am
It is cool how you can lock it when taking a test so you can cheat and its not very cost worthy
October 11th, 2008 at 7:11 am
I love the fact that teachers can input info for the students too.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:40 am
I like the Multiple Representations feature. It will give you a better perspective on the problem you are working on.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:11 am
This calculator is simply amazing. I love the connect to teacher feature. Thank you so much for the great giveaway!
October 11th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Since my daughter is currently doing Data Analysis in math the Data and Statistics would be real handy!
October 11th, 2008 at 8:44 am
IT’S GREAT YOU CAN SAVE YOUR WORK AND CAN INTERFACE WITH THE HOME COMPUTER.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I think that my favorite feature of this product is the ability to start,stop and go back to anything not completed. My two “children”, who are in college, seem to start, stop and go back to their assignments quite often. This would help them tremendously. Thanks for this chance.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Love the grab and move, all the features are awesome.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:06 am
ANOTHER TOY FOR ME
October 11th, 2008 at 9:11 am
I think that this is a great calculator! I love Texas Instruments products and would love to have this at my desk. Thanks for the great giveaway
October 11th, 2008 at 9:24 am
My favorite feature is that you’re able to save your work and pick up where you left off at a later date. I dont think I have ever seen that available on a calculator before.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Save and Review Work would be a great feature. If I won this it would go to my teenage son. He has a little trouble staying on task for long periods of time. This would help him immensely.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:40 am
The ‘grab and move’ function is outstanding. I’ll be able show my tween daughter interactions that I otherwise would spend hours trying to explain. Wished I had this when I was taking my physics classes in college.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
i love the detachable keyboard feature
October 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Being able to save your work is great. Thanks.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
has “the ability to create, edit, save and review problem solving in electronic