It's hard to believe everyone is still using a TI-83 calculator! Ten years ago, I used one too. Now I wouldn't know where to start, except for the website. There is a lot of information there. Did you see the part about graphing calculator + caching? What a great challenge for your students!
Most students are using the TI-84 Silver edition plus that has a lot more memory and functions than the old TI-83 model. There is also a TI-89 and Inspire. They are both much more expensive so we have opted to continue to use the TI-84. It is hard to believe that when I was in high school we did not have any type of calculator. There was this thing called a slide rule. I guess that really dates me.
Wow, a slide rule. That does date you Sara. I agree with Johnna on how I'm surprised that people still use a T1-83, but hey, if it works, why do you need anything fancier? I remember people who would program their TI-83 calculators to have games on them. I was fascinated that so many high schoolers bought these fancy expensive calculators and then never really used them extensively.
It's hard to believe everyone is still using a TI-83 calculator! Ten years ago, I used one too. Now I wouldn't know where to start, except for the website. There is a lot of information there. Did you see the part about graphing calculator + caching? What a great challenge for your students!
ReplyDeleteMost students are using the TI-84 Silver edition plus that has a lot more memory and functions than the old TI-83 model. There is also a TI-89 and Inspire. They are both much more expensive so we have opted to continue to use the TI-84. It is hard to believe that when I was in high school we did not have any type of calculator. There was this thing called a slide rule. I guess that really dates me.
ReplyDeleteWow, a slide rule. That does date you Sara. I agree with Johnna on how I'm surprised that people still use a T1-83, but hey, if it works, why do you need anything fancier? I remember people who would program their TI-83 calculators to have games on them. I was fascinated that so many high schoolers bought these fancy expensive calculators and then never really used them extensively.
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