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HP Prime Free Smartphone App

March 30, 2017

For those of you haven’t heard the news yet, HP recently released a new free version of the app based on their popular graphing calculator, the HP Prime (review). You can obtain get them on three different platforms: iOS, Android, and Windows 10. Just search for “HP Prime Free.” The apps are designed to mimic the functionality of the actual HP Prime. Having taken it for a spin on my Nexus 5X, I can tell you that it feels very much like original graphing calculator with a lot of the same functionality, but as per HP Museum, it is missing some cool apps such as Triangle Solver, Finance Solver, Linear Solver, and Quadratic Explorer, among others.

Farewell to Zite

By Tech Powered Dad in Apps

December 9, 2015

Tonight, I Shed a Tear for the Passing of My Most Used App Today, Flipboard followed through on its stated timeline and threw the kill switch on Zite. While not the most well-known of the news aggregators, Zite was certainly one of the most beloved by those who used it (see Garner, Jennifer). Sadly for its fans, Flipboard acquired Zite in the Spring of 2014. “The sooner Zite goes away, the better,” said Zite CEO Mark Johnson.

Best Tablets for Students and Teachers

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

June 18, 2013

Samsung’s Note tablets offer advanced note taking features other tablets lack. At the end of this post, I’ve listed the best selling tablets on Amazon (as of June 2013) with links to their Amazon listings, as of June. I have a few thoughts on these tablets both in general and from the standpoint of teachers and students. This is a post I intend to update every so often as new tablets are released and my opinions on the best tablets for students shift over time, so if you’re not in the market now, check back in a few months to see what’s new.

T3 Coverage and TI-Nspire App Sale

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

March 6, 2013

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 the just released TI-Nspire iPad app (review). As part of their promotion, Texas Instruments is slashing the price on the iPad app from its normal $29.

TI’s New Nspire iPad App a Winner

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

March 4, 2013

Platform: iOS (specifically, iPad 2, iPad Retina, and iPad Mini) Age Range: Middle school through college Cost: $29.99 Tap here to get the TI-Nspire CAS iPad app on the App Store. After a hiccup with the initial launch, the TI-Nspire iPad app has been available on the App Store for a couple of weeks now. I’ve been playing around with it since it was released. There’s no doubt about it, this is a terrific first release.

TI Rocks Graphing Calculator World, Confirms Nspire iPad App

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

February 7, 2013

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. Update #2 (11:38 a.m.) I’ve received an official statement from Texas Instruments regarding the TI-Nspire app being pulled from the App Store:

Marble Math Review

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

September 18, 2012

Operating System: iOS (iPad) Age range: 5-8 years old (Marble Math Junior) and 9-12 (Marble Math) Cost: $1.99 (as of 9/17/12) I haven’t done an app review in a while, but at the request of Artgig Studio, I’ve been taking a look at Marble Math. The simple concept behind this app reminds me a lot of the 1980’s classic game, Marble Madness. However, unlike that game, where you manipulated a marble through a series of obstacles with a trackball, this game requires you to guide your marble to whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and money in order to solve math problems.

Mathtoons Logarithms Lite iPad App Review

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

June 6, 2012

Device: iPad/iPhone/iPod Age: High School Cost: [Free][1] 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 Phineas and Ferb animation style. The animation is high quality, and so are the voice actors.

Wolfram Linear Algebra Course Assistant App Review

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

April 4, 2012

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 those functions. A recent Course Assistant release from Wolfram is Linear Algebra. I have to go all the way back to the Spring of 1998-99 school year for my experience in linear algebra, but a lot of terms and computations came flooding back as soon as I opened this app.

Interview With eNotebook Creator Kevin Giffhorn

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

April 3, 2012

Running a math technology blog, I get requests for app reviews on a regular basis. One of the more innovative educational apps I’ve seen in recent months has been eNotebook, from WeLearn Educational Software. eNotebook is an app that turns your iPad into an electronic notebook, allowing you to use an iPad to write on PowerPoint, Word, and PDF files. I was very interested to learn that eNotebook was created by a current high school math teacher, who is also the founder of WeLearn, Kevin Giffhorn.

HP Prime Free Smartphone App

Farewell to Zite

Best Tablets for Students and Teachers

T3 Coverage and TI-Nspire App Sale

TI’s New Nspire iPad App a Winner

TI Rocks Graphing Calculator World, Confirms Nspire iPad App

Marble Math Review

Mathtoons Logarithms Lite iPad App Review

Wolfram Linear Algebra Course Assistant App Review

Interview With eNotebook Creator Kevin Giffhorn

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