Category Archives: Toys & Games

Top 6 Texas Instruments Calculator Hacks of All Time

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UPDATE: A couple of days after this post originally went up, I was made aware of a new hack that deserved inclusion on this list, expanding it to a top 6. Probably every single student (and just about every teacher) who has picked up a graphing calculator has asked themselves how far the technology can…

Reflex Math Review

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Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been looking at a system called Reflex Math, designed to help kids learn arithmetic facts. The stated goal of Reflex Math is to gain “math fact fluency.” Reflex is designed to help students achieve fluency through an interactive system of games and puzzles. Reflex is a cloud based…

Free Shipping on LeapFrog LeapPad Tablet Bundles

LeapFrog is offering free shipping on their popular new tablet for kids, the LeapPad Explorer when you buy a bundle that includes games. If you’re not familiar with the LeapPad, it brings many popular iPad features like apps, games, microphone, and camera to kids in a more rugged and affordable manner. Games can be purchased…

Texas Instruments Speak and Math

After my look at Texas Instruments Little Professor a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to also give a shout out to Speak and Math.

Best Nintendo DS Math Games

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Here are the most popular Nintendo DS math games, as ranked by Amazon.

Texas Instruments Little Professor

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It’s a blast from the past as I take a look at the Texas Instruments Little Professor math toy.

Canon Xmark 1 Calculator Mouse Finally to Get Release?

It’s been a whole year since I originally wrote about the Cannon X Mark 1 Calculator Mouse back in the summer of 2010, the perfect marriage of a calculator and mouse.

“SchoolTab,” the Tablet the College Board Won’t Let Kids Have

My non-artist's rendition of the SchoolTab, envisioned as an Android tablet.

Who’s holding back the tablets for school and who has the power to push back?

LeapFrog LeapPad Tablet for Math

Tablet mania continues here at Tech Powered Math as LeapFrog releases their new LeapPad tablet.

Amazon’s Kindle for Math

With so many options to help learn math in a technology age, you may have overlooked using the Amazon Kindle for math. Opinions I’ve read have been mixed on using a Kindle for Math, but I think that’s easily explained.