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Click here to get TI-84 Plus Tutorials on Amazon. I’ve been hinting at it throughout July, but I’m thrilled to officially announce that my next book is finally here. This time, I’m taking a crack at Texas Instruments’ other ridiculously popular graphing calculator, the TI-84 Plus. The book is titled, TI-84 Plus Tutorials: The TI-84 Plus for Beginners. My latest book is now available on Amazon in Kindle format. If you are new to Kindle books, you should know that you do NOT need a Kindle device to read them.

Top 10 Math Movies of All Time

By Tech Powered Dad in featured

July 8, 2013

I’ve been thinking about putting together a list of the best math movies of all time for a while now. Such a list is sure to create some controversy, so I decided it was important to be as objective as possible. As a result, I created a couple of rules before I got started. The first rule might cause the most controversy. The movie had to feature a mathematician as a major character or plot point.

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.

TI-84 Plus C Debuts on Amazon

By Tech Powered Dad in calculators

June 11, 2013

Click here to buy the TI-84 Plus C on Amazon. The all new TI-84 Plus C color calculator (review) has debuted on Amazon. Apparently, it’s been there for a while, since it’s already gathered quite a few customer reviews. Not only is the TI-Nspire CX there but also the TI-Nspire CX CAS. At the value these newer calculators provide, I’d find it hard to go with the older TI-84 feature set over a CX model, but I know there are some of you that are fiercely devoted to the TI-84 platform.

Google Apps for Education Infographic

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June 4, 2013

If there was any question about how dominant Google Apps is becoming for in educational circles, let this infographic dispel those doubts. Among some of the highlights you’ll see below, the number of students at schools running Google Apps doubled from the fall of 2010 to 2012 all the way up to 20 millions students. And lest you think these are second tier schools, 7 of the 8 Ivy League schools are using Google Apps.

Interview with NASA Education Chief Leland Melvin

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May 9, 2013

Back in March at the T3 conference in Philadelphia, I had a chance to interview Leland Melvin. Melvin is a former football player and former astronaut. Currently, he serves as the NASA Associate Administrator for Education, and he was the keynote speaker that opened up the T3 conference. Melvin was gracious enough to spend a few minutes answering questions for me after he delivered his keynote, speaking about space, NASA, the TI-Nspire, and why he is so passionate about education.

HP Product Manager Talks Prime

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May 1, 2013

Over the weekend, I submitted a series of interview question to HP about their new multi-touch calculator, the HP Prime. Today, I received a reply from Jason Smith, Product Manager, HP Calculators and Education Solutions. Below, I have shared the entirety of that response. There are several interesting nuggets in Smith’s response, including the exciting news that HP will provide Prime emulator software free to educators. If it appears that I failed to raise some obvious questions, I must point out that Smith politely sidestepped a fair number of my questions, perhaps because not all of the decisions about the Prime have been finalized yet.

New HP Prime Will Blaze Trails

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April 25, 2013

Update: “If you are looking for the latest on the HP Prime, don’t miss my HP Prime review. With Texas Instruments and Casio making virtually all of the calculator news since I started Tech Powered Math in the summer of 2010, it’s sometimes been easy to forget that there is still a third major graphing calculator manufacturer, Hewlett Packard. Rumors started circulating a couple of weeks ago on the other side of the pond that HP has been quietly getting ready to play an ace they had up their sleeve.

TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition Review

By Tech Powered Dad in calculator reviews

March 18, 2013

Click here to buy the TI-84 Plus C on Amazon! UPDATE: (2/10/16) Since I wrote this review a couple of years ago, Texas Instruments has discontinued the TI-84 Plus C. While it continues to be available at some retail outlets like Amazon, I suggest taking a look at the newer model, the TI-84 Plus CE. You can follow this link to my TI-84 Plus CE Review. With so much of the attention from Texas Instruments on the TI-Nspire line over the last 5 years or so, it was exciting news to learn that the TI-84+ family of calculators was getting a much needed face lift with addition of color.

T3 Day 1 Roundup: Welcome to Philadelphia

By Tech Powered Dad in featured

March 9, 2013

Today was the first day of the annual T3 conference here in Philadelphia. Texas Instruments is really playing up the fact that this is the 25th year for the conference, from highlighting teachers who have been at T3 from the beginning to offering $25 off the new TI-Nspire app this weekend. It is pretty crazy to think they’ve been at this since the late 1980’s, especially considering where calculator technology was at that time.

New Book: TI-84 Plus Tutorials

Top 10 Math Movies of All Time

Best Tablets for Students and Teachers

TI-84 Plus C Debuts on Amazon

Google Apps for Education Infographic

Interview with NASA Education Chief Leland Melvin

HP Product Manager Talks Prime

New HP Prime Will Blaze Trails

TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition Review

T3 Day 1 Roundup: Welcome to Philadelphia

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