In 1986, Stephen Wolfram joined the faculty of the University of Illinois. He immediately began developing Mathematica, and it was released in 1988. By the time I arrived on the University of Illinois campus as a freshman in 1995, Wolfram was a local legend and Mathematica had become a part of the U of I math department culture. Curriculum and Mathematica (or C&M) sections of calculus were all the rage but somewhat controversial.
Click here to buy the TI-73 Explorer on Amazon and get free shipping. If you are looking into Texas Instruments line of graphing calculators, you’ve probably noticed that almost everything but the TI-Nspire ends with an “80-something.” Recently, I’ve reviewed the TI-83 plus, the TI-84 plus, and the TI-89 Titanium. However, there is a noticeable exception to this rule, the TI-73 Explorer. It seemed like it was time to get a TI-73 review up.
Please click here to see TI-82 prices on eBay. One of the longest running calculators of all time is the Texas Instruments TI-82. The TI-82 has been around since 1993 and has been so popular that Texas Instruments has continued to add features and upgrade it to the TI-83, TI-83 plus, and finally TI-84 plus. I felt like it was time to do a TI-82 review since there’s a lot of confusion out there about this calculator compared to the later calculators like the TI-83.
Please click here to buy the TI-Voyage 200 on Amazon. Probably the most powerful graphing calculator on the market today is the TI-Voyage 200. The TI-Voyage is the phoenix born from the ashes of the TI-92. After a nice run by the TI-92, Texas Instruments decided it needed a makeover. So it slimmed it down, upped the processing power, gave it a stylish new case, and designed it to run on lighter AAA batteries instead of AA’s, and, Presto!
After recently taking a look at HP’s top of the line calculator (see my HP 50g review), I am now turning my attention to reviewing their entry level models. The HP 39gs and HP 40gs are an affordable alternative to the Texas Instruments lineup of calculators. Who are the HP 39gs and HP 40gs designed for? In reviewing the HP 39gs and 40gs, I found them to be extremely affordable, entry level calculators.
Just wanted to let you guys know that you can expect reviews of some of the top HP graphing calculators in the coming weeks. Hewlett Packard has been helpful to provide me with loans of the HP 39gs, HP 40gs, and HP 50g. It’ll take me some time to get these reviews put together because I’m not familiar with any of these calculators yet. The last time I worked with an HP graphing calculator was in my college days when my primary calculator was an HP 48gx.
Click here to check the price on Jason Gibson’s award winningMath Tutor DVD series . Lately, I’ve noticed people searching TPM for information about Math Tutor DVD. I try to respond to what readers are looking for, so I wanted to get a Math Tutor DVD review up. Frankly, I didn’t know much about it, so I had to do my homework. I had heard it was a popular math video series with homeschoolers, but I didn’t know much more than that.
Click here Click here to buy the TI-Navigator on Amazon. I got a chance to check out TI-Navigator up close and personal over the weekend as part of the TI User group I’m a part of. Texas Instruments has put together an impressive product here, with far greater capabilities than I was expecting. Essentially, TI-Navigator gives a teacher the ability to connect their computer to an entire classroom of TI-84 plus or TI-Nspire calculators.
Please click here to buy your Casio ClassPad on Amazon. In 2003, the original Casio ClassPad 300 was a revolutionary device. Released near the height of the PDA craze, it’s stylus interface and high resolution screen (for the time) brought many of the popular features of “Palm Pilot” type devices to students and teachers in the classroom. Since 2007, the ClassPad 330 has been the latest version of the ClassPad series.
Please click here to buy your Casio fx-9750GII on Amazon . Casio’s 9750 series is the budget alternative in a lineup of Casio graphing calculators that is already the affordable alternative to Texas Instruments. The 2009 release of the the 9750GII introduced USB, making it even easier to upgrade your calculator’s operating system and upload apps. The natural comparison is the 9750GII vs. the 9860GII, its more powerful (and more expensive) bigger brother.
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