Tag: free tech

  • Why do we punish learners in math class?

    I am all fired up and angry about a new graphing calculator app today. Not that the app exists, but the way they are selling it. Reason number 1: I don’t know what to say about this other than express my complete and utter revulsion at the ideas expressed by this new graphing calculator app…

  • PhD: The most useful resources so far

    I am in year two of my PhD program, and am enjoying the process, learning, and exploration so far. Yes, I am only a little over half way with the coursework, but that is a great place. I was thinking, however, about what advice I would give to someone just starting his / her PhD.…

  • Additional Plot.ly v. JMP comparisons

    My learners have been using Plot.ly for a week, and have asked me a ton of questions on how to do certain things with their data. I wanted to add details to my last post on Plot.ly v. JMP and tell you the decision I made regarding the issue. All of the questions I have below…

  • AP Stats learners using Plot.ly

    I pushed my AP Stats learners to use Plot.ly this year for their projects instead of JMP as I have in previous years. I am not sure if I like it better or worse, but I definitely have some frustrations. Let’s go through the good points first. 1. After the learners had their data in…

  • #My Fav Friday: Dropbox

    It has been a while since I did a #MyFavFriday post, but I have to share this because it has been making my life so much easier this school year. Dropbox.  Yes, that service. I know, so many other people have written about it in the past, and so have I, but this year I…

  • Making expensive tech for cheaper

    I am very much a fan of repurposing objects and creating my own solutions to tech problems. Often times, you can do for your self much cheaper and get better quality if you think outside the box and create your own solutions instead of buying a premade solution. A long time ago, I wrote about…

  • 53 Free Android Apps for Education

    The other day, this article popped up in my reader (really! I think they were recycling their content). It is from August 2009, and it is a list of 100 iPhone apps for education. It got me thinking, because I don’t use an iPhone. I really have nothing for or against iPhones. I use Verizon…

  • Excellent Free Software!

    This week I downloaded a free piece of software from Microsoft. Actually, 2 new free pieces of software. The first piece was the new Microsoft Mathematics “calculator”. I put calculator in quotes because it is so much more than just a calculator. For instance, it is a calculator and a grapher. If you click on…