purchase of the TI-Nspire in the 8th grade this year. The Nspire will be
phased in and will be optional for current US students. Our students
purchase or lease tablets in the 9th grade so we did not want to add the
additional cost of the calculator to the family. In middle school
students pay a small technology fee which will offset most of the cost
of the laptop. We do think it is important for students to have practice
using the calculator that they will be using in the testing environment.
We have not finalized how we will use the CAS but we are working on it
for the upper level math courses.
Good luck,
Connie=20
Connie White
Director of Technology & Media
Lakeview Academy
Gainesville, GA 30501
770-531-2605
Twitter: cwhitetech
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Carole Lechleitner
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 2:04 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: graphing calculators in 1:1 Schools
We are looking at moving to the new TI-Nspire Navigator system to use
with
TI graphing calculators in our Upper School math and science classrooms
for
more interactivity. We wondered what 1:1 schools do about having
graphing
calculators for students to use? Do they still have them or do they
solely
use software on their laptops/tablets? We are thinking, too, about
students
still needing to use graphing calculators for AP tests and SATs, etc.
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Thanks for any info you can share!
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Carole Lechleitner
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Carole Lechleitner
Director of Academic Technology
Hathaway Brown School
19600 N. Park Blvd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44122
216-320-8113
www.hb.edu
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