This past weekend the conference was held in Austin. Leading up to the conference, TI sent out quite a few teaser emails saying there was exciting news. I was a little sad that I couldn't be in attendance, although I would be heart-broken to be away from the boys that long. Well, TI didn't disappoint me. They've finally come out with a color display graphing calculator! I know. How exciting! I can't wait to get one of these, even though I have no idea when it's coming out or how much it will cost. I told my students about it today and I prefaced it by saying I had exciting news. Leave it to my last class of the day to ask if that meant I was pregnant. Ah, teenagers. They say whatever they are thinking. I assured them I was plenty busy with the two babies I have and then I revealed the calculator. Judging by all their eye-rolling, they think I'm the ultimate nerd. I'd say that would be a good sign that I'm doing my job right.
Even though my degree in Statistics would be against this move, maybe I'll start playing the lottery. For $5000-$10000 I think I could get a classroom set of calculators, a Navigator system to connect the calculators to my computer so I can send files to the students and collect from them, and finally data collecting equipment. I would teach quite a bit differently if I had my way. Unfortunately, the rest of my department feels more comfortable using the OLD 20th century technology.
Must. Win. The Lottery.
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