Graphing+Calculators

toc =Graphing Calculators= Grpahing calculators or handhelds, are an easily portable pocket technology tool that can be used to greatly enhance student engagement and to accelerate learning. There is a great deal of interest and research (see below) involved with the use of calculators and graphing calculators in classrooms; even CAS (Computer Algebra Systems) in lessons.

TI - Texas Instruments

 * TI Education portal
 * TI Activiites Exchange - browse graphing calculator activities by calculator type, topic, subject, grade-level, ...
 * TI Activiites - free online booklets features activities that introduce new users to the key features of TI technology

Graphing Calculator software I use

 * TI-SmartView™ emulator software - looks and behaves just like the TI-84 Silver Edition Plus (T-84 SE+). You can also connect a TI-84 SE+ via a USB cable, run the "SmartPad" App, and hit the keys on the TI-84 SE+.
 * TI-84 Apps (I use on calculator and in TI-SmartView™ emulator) - CtlgHelp, Plysmlt2, Transfrm, SmartPad -
 * TI Connect Software - for TI-84 SE+
 * TI Interactive™ software - graphing package, great for class demonstrations, making handouts
 * TI Virtual Graphing Calculator emulator
 * TI-Nspire™ software - application to develop "units" to run on the Nspire (with the smaller portable display) OR run full screen on the computer.
 * TI-Nspire™ CAS Computer Software - Teacher Edition - includes a calculator emulator (like SmartView for the TI-84 family), question generators, etc.
 * [|TI-Nspire™] - Texas Instruments
 * TI Connect-to-Class™ Teacher Software (tm) - for TI-Nspire
 * Microsoft Mathematics - nice CAS graphing calculator emulator

Online Resources
Here you can find helpful information, tips and tricks, TI-Nspire™ documents and more from avid users of TI-Nspire technology:
 * Covenant Christian High School Math Home Page*
 * Bryson Perry's TI-Nspire Tips*
 * John Hanna's TI-Nspire Home Page*
 * Tom Reardon's TI-Nspire Home Page*

Newer (approximately March 2010): blue "TI-Nspire with TouchPad" and black "TI-Nspire CAS with TouchPad" (I use)

 * mathbits - nice TI-Nspire instructions with samples
 * Texas Instruments' oficial site: the first place to go look for information on TI's calculators (software, updates, manuals, etc).
 * TI-Nspire's oficial site: TI's site devoted exclusively to the TI-Nspire family.
 * TI-Nspire's user group: a discussion group packed with useful information and lots of files to download.
 * TI-Nspire Navigator - cordless communication to the TI-Nspire handheld.
 * Univers TI (in French): very comprehensive website built by Nspire's users in France. Some amazing files available to download.
 * TI-Bank (in French): a community website with a huge program library, including some Nspire documents.
 * TI-Calc.org: probably the biggest collection of software for TI calculators. If you need a particular program for a TI calculator you'll probably find it here.
 * Lafacroft: a very useful site, featuring all the files published on the Google group in a nicer way.
 * Steve Arnold's site: lots of resources and articles about TI-Nspire for the absolute beginner and also for advanced users.
 * Marc Garneau's (aka Piman) blog: documents explaining some of the most extraordinary tricks with TI-Nspire
 * John Hanna's site: some of the most impressive TI-Nspire documents can be found here.
 * Sean Bird's webpage: great activities and programs for TI-Nspire;
 * Handheld Geometry, a website maintained by Nevil Hopley with an enormous amount of resources and activities for TI-Nspire (and more!).
 * Mathforum.org: a very rich site featuring problems, activities and a weekly newsletter regarding the use of technology in Maths teaching.
 * ==Tutorials==
 * Free TI-Nspire™ interactive video tutorials - from TI
 * Atomic Learning TI-Nspire™ short video tutorials
 * Brian Olsen's TI-Nspire Programming Tutorial
 * Ross' Calculator App Tutorial -
 * Nelson Sousa - Technology and Education
 * Nelson Sousa's TI-Nspire Tips and Tricks
 * Steve Arnold's Advanced User Tutorials -
 * Sean Bird's TI-Nspire Primer
 * Sean Bird's webpage: great activities and programs for TI-Nspire
 * Handheld Geometry's TI-Nspire Tutorials
 * TI-BASIC Developer's TI-Nspire Programming Tutorial

Activities, Documents, and Files
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 * Lafacroft's TI-Nspire Files
 * Sean Bird's TI-Nspire Resources
 * Steve Arnold's TI-Nspire Resources and Tutorials
 * TI-Nspire Google Group
 * John Hanna's TI-Nspire Resources
 * Nelson Sousa's TI-Nspire Resources
 * TI Math's TI-Nspire Activities
 * TI Physic's TI-Nspire Activities
 * TI's Activity Exchange
 * TICalc.org's TI-Nspire File Archive

TI-Nspire Dedicated Websites

 * [|Lafacroft - Your TI-Nspire Headquarters]
 * [|Nelson Sousa's TI-Nspire Website]
 * Free TI-Nspire™ interactive video tutorials - from TI
 * Atomic Learning TI-Nspire™ short video tutorials
 * Sean Bird's webpage: great activities and programs for TI-Nspire[|Sean Bird's TI-Nspire Website]
 * [|Steve Arnold's TI-Nspire Website]
 * [|TI-Nspire Google Group]
 * [|John Hanna's TI-Nspire Website]
 * [|TI-Nspire Official Website]
 * [|Handheld Geometry]
 * [|Hackspire]

Other Useful Links

 * [|TI-8x Online Emulator]
 * [|Omnimaga]
 * [|TI-Bank (French website)]
 * [|yAronet 68k Forum (French, not TI-Nspire related)]

TI-84, TI-83, and TI-89 CAS

 * Atomic Learning TI-84 Silver Edition video tutorials
 * Hotmath.com TI-83/TI-84 video tutorials (no audio)
 * WatchMe Ware TI-83+ tutor
 * mathbits - nice TI-84 family instructions with samples

Casio ClassPad

 * amazing graphing calculator: stylus, touch screen, minimal keypad, can mix cartesian, parametric, polar, and iterative graphs!, ...

Research

 * The Case for CAS - www.t3ww.org/cas/index.html
 * CAS World