| Getting Technology Into The Hands of Every Student
|
| If you're an educator looking for exciting new ways to help your students who may not be able to afford a graphing calculator for their own personal use both in the classroom and at home, get started by reading the following stories below. You'll find a number of creative ways to encourage and fund ownership for your students, submitted by educators who generously shared them with us in their own words. If you have a story that you'd like to share please send an email to ktaylor@ti.com with "Success Story" in the subject line.
|
 |
Flexible Payments Put Graphing Calculators into Every Student’s Hand
Submitted by:
Ethel Edwards, Director of Curriculum & Instruction
Topeka Public Schools Topeka, Kansas
When our mathematics department completed TI technology training last spring, one of our middle school teachers posed an important question: ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we could have our students use graphing calculators?
|
 Read the full story
|
|
A Rental Program Helps Make Sure All Students Have Graphing Calculators
Submitted by:
Donald Worcester, Mathematics Instructor & Department Chairman
Winter Park High School,Winter Park, Florida
At our school, we want every student to have daily access to a graphing calculator to use in the classroom. Equally important, we want this access to extend to the student’s home as well.
|
| Read the full story
|
|
Everyone Wins When They Have a Graphing Calculator
Submitted by:
Carol Nauman, High School Mathematics Teacher and Math Team Coach
Byron High School, Byron, Illinois
"I honestly think one of the biggest obstacles facing parents is the lack of knowledge of what graphing calculator to buy their child."
|
| Read the full story
|
|
In the Hands of Our Students, Graphing Calculators Enhance Learning
Submitted by:
Lois Coles, 8th grade Mathematics Teacher
Brentwood Middle School, Brentwood, Tennessee
"Because technology and graphing calculators are a vital part of instruction and learning in our county..."
|
| Read the full story
|
