The T3 conference is hitting Philadelphia this week, and I’ll be fortunate enough to be in attendance. Texas Instruments’ annual showcase of technology and teaching runs Friday, March 8 through Sunday, March 10. Of course, they’ll be plenty of talk about the new TI-84+ C color graphing calculator (look for my review coming soon), and… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Apps
TI Rocks Graphing Calculator World, Confirms Nspire iPad App
Update #1 (8:05 a.m.): This morning, I was informed by a representative of Texas Instruments that a security issue was discovered in the TI-Nspire iPad app overnight, and it has been pulled from the App Store. The TI development team is working to get the app back in the App Store as soon as possible.… Continue Reading
Marble Math Review
Marble Math is a math app for kids that brings back memories of Marble Madness from the 1980′s.… Continue Reading
Mathtoons Logarithms Lite iPad App Review
Device: iPad/iPhone/iPod Age: High School Cost: Free Mathtoons Logarithms Lite is one of the most unusual yet catchy math education apps I’ve ever come across. It is a tutorial on how to go between the exponential and logarithmic forms of an equation. Users are instructed by cartoon characters that reminded me a bit of the… Continue Reading
Wolfram Linear Algebra Course Assistant App Review
Device: iPad, iPhone Cost: $4.99 Ages: College I first became familiar with Wolfram Course Assistant app reviews last summer. These apps are essentially customized interfaces for Wolfram Alpha, Wolfram’s amazing “computational knowledge engine.” The apps strip down Wolfram Alpha to the specific functions that are needed for a particular course. They also often provide a custom interface for… Continue Reading
Interview With eNotebook Creator Kevin Giffhorn
Kevin Gifforn is both a high school math teacher, and an app develop for the iPad. His new app, eNotebook, allows students to take notes right on their iPads.… Continue Reading
eNotebook iPad App Review
Device: iPad Cost: $4.99 Ages: High school and up I’ve been working with the eNotebook app off and on for a couple of weeks now but haven’t had the chance to write about it until now. eNotebook was developed by a math teacher, Kevin Giffhorn, for students that want the ability to take their notes right on their… Continue Reading
MathBlaster Apps for the iPad
Device: iPad/iPhone Cost: $2.99 Ages: Elementary school through early middle school This post is the start of another “App Week,” so be sure to keep checking back for a couple of more reviews as the week goes along. Last week I posted a video on YouTube about the Math Blaster iPad apps, and I wanted to get a… Continue Reading
Apple and Texas Instruments to Form Alliance
I’m getting word from a source at Texas Instruments that within the next 24 to 48 hours we can expect to hear an official announcement of a blockbuster alliance being formed with Texas Instruments and Apple. Both companies are going to get significant penetration into an area of the market they previously didn’t have access… Continue Reading