June 3rd, 2008
Pedagogical benefits of graphics Calculators
Posted by hayds in Blog Reflections
My views on graphics calculators is that they are a great tool to use when teaching any data topic. It is relatively easy to input data and to produce a scatter-plot and other forms of data processing techniques. This is where I personally would use this technology in classrooms.
I have also been told that there are attachments that can be linked to the calculator so that continuous data can be inserted. For instance a thermometer can be connected to the graphics calculator and the heat will be automatically shown on the screen. I’m sorry about the sketchy details, but it does sound like a good idea.