Texas Instruments TI-Nspire
September 27, 2008 by Kailani
Filed under educational, electronics
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The winner is Betty Green.
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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.
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the multi-view options seems really good
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Being able to save your work is a great feature. Thanks!
I really like the interchangeable keyboard and the updated features. Thanks!!
It might sound simple, but I think the navigation button is pretty cool. This calculator sure has some awesome features. Certainly not like when I was in school.
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I’m really impressed with the attachable keyboard. Greatly expands its capabilities.
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I like how you can see the patterns to better grasp math. I sure could have used this when I was in school…I was never great at math. My daughter is 12 now and she could really benefit from this…great product!
Whoa this is a very advanced calculator and I’m not sure about the specifics. Wouldn’t know how to use it, but know a certain teen who would. I like the looks of it, buttons are big and navigating through features looks easy, plus good size screen.
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I like the Multiple Representations feature.
Grab-and-Move sounds pretty neat to me.
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…great calculator, with nice large graphing display; and it is approved for use on most national tests !!!
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Multiple Representations - you’re able to see multiple views of the same solution, giving you a different perspective on things.
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I love the save and review feature i think this would realy help my daughters with their work
My hubby and I are techies and really get excited when we see high-tech devices like this - he’s and IT exec (former programmer) and I’m a financial analyst. The TI-Nspire fits us both. I’m so addicted to my HP 10B from college days that I carry it everywhere for quick amortizations, payment scenario analysis, and calculations of future values of money. Maybe it’s time to retire the ol’ 10B and replace it with the new high-tech TI-Nspire. We’re totally impressed with the mutiple view and grab-n-move features for enhanced analysis and testing of different scenarios. Very cool. Just maybe, if we win, we’ll share it with our college freshman son…maybe.
I am so impressed with the change in technology since I was in highschool and college, it really looks amazing the grab and move feature looks great, I love that it is able to be used for testing SAT, etc..
Wow, calculators have come a long way since I was in school! I think the save and review feature is really beneficial for students.
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In geometry you can Capture data in the Lists & Spreadsheet application, which can then be analyzed numerically or graphically. Boy this would eliminate lots of time.
I wish I had this when I was still in school!
I like the graphing
i like the clarity of the screen and how it displays more information than the average TI, i have a ti-83 which i love, but the ti-nspire looks extra amazing!