Lightning in a Bottle

eSchoolNews has an extensive article on the challenges to Texas Instruments in the graphing calculator market (www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=4629). Hewlett-Packard is making a push back into the market, and Casio continues to try and get attention for its products. In addition, handhelds and graphing calculator software are beginning to make their way into classrooms.

It’s a complicated choice. Much math curriculum is specifically built around the TI calculator line. On the other hand, the other manufacturers’ devices have might have additional functions like Reverse Polish Notation (I’m not making that up) or lower costs. Handhelds have much more functionality, but higher cost.

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