Yep. And that's the whole problem. This seems 'challenging enough', and it looks enough like 'computational thinking', so no further discussion seems necessary. Why bother with computers when we already have these nifty hand held devices?
<<
This is a hard arguement to overcome, especially if the school has a large investment in class sets of GCs as my school has. Its even harder if you have TI-89 with CAS already. So, I don't make this arguement. I say, TI-83 plus some Scientific Programming is great in math class is fine, even a TI-89 and some CAS in Calculus. However, take a look what we can do with SAGE in the PC Classroom. Its like night and day, the GCs look like toys!
I made this exact arguement at our last Superintendant's Day (Election Day) where I volunteered to give a presentation entitled: "Look Ma, No Calculator!" My supervisor loved it! That's partly why I have a new course approval for a "Calculus Research Lab" using SAGE to enhance the learning of Calculus. Now I just have to get some enrollment....
BTW, I'm giving the same talk at LIMACON at SUNY Old Westbury (4/16/2010) if anyone's interested. I also will be showing how I record all my lessons for YouTube using a wireles mic and PC Tablet (a lot like a SmatBoard).
Also, I think I'll give this presentation at the next T^3 (Teachers Teaching with Tecnology) at Molloy (11/2010). Do you think TI will be upset? You see, TI is the main sponsor of T^3, so I don't know if they will appreciate a talk entitled "Look Ma, No Calculator!" To be fair, the speaker invitation I recieved from Molloy just yesterday said I could talk about SMartBoards. Also, I do use a TI emulator (VTI) on my PC desktop.
HTH, A. Jorge Garcia http://calcpage.tripod.com Teacher & Professor Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
