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"   In 1986, several college educators contacted Texas Instruments (TI) about using calculators in their curriculum and requested funding to develop &amp;quot;calculator-active&amp;quot; test questions that could be used on standardized tests. Since then it has became evident to TI that new changes in education provided an excellent opportunity for it to develop new solutions for educators. TI-Nspire Navigator and TI-Nspire handheld with Touchpad are paving the way for teachers and students to change the way we learn.    TI is the primary sponsor of T\u00B3 - Teachers Teaching with Technology, the largest professional development program for math and science teachers in the United States and Canada, training about 14,000 teachers a year. A wireless classroom learning system, TI-Nspire Navigator engages students and encourage classroom participation. Through a wireless network of TI-Nspire or TI-Nspire CAS handhelds, the TI-Nspire Navigator enables a new dimension of interactive teaching and learning, giving teachers the ability to conduct quick polls and grab automatic screen captures so that they can instantly gauge understanding and adjust instruction based on student progress.Any student can present his or her calculator screen onto a main screen from anywhere in the room. Teachers can redirect their lessons to target their students&amp;#039; trouble areas. Documents can be transferred wirelessly and graded, saved, and recorded, leaving more time for instruction and interaction in the classroom.    The Navigator System is available through authorized retailers but the TI-Nspire handheld with Touchpad will be available in time for the 2010 back-to-school season for $149. Even if your school or learning institution doesn&amp;#039;t use the Navigator system, the TI-Nspire handheld is still a device I would buy and wish was available when I was studying engineering. It&amp;#039;s more than just a graphing calculator and it features a streamlined touchpad keypad that gives the handheld the feel and function of a computer touchpad. Alpha keys at the bottom of keypad that enable easier text input and an enhanced home display make it easier to access files and applications. Student software is available and provides students with the ability to transfer work between the handheld and a computer for a larger screen size view and color graphing. One of the features I love the most is its ability to show math problems four ways simultaneously on a single screen as a graph, table, equation and text. Before you go out and get this new device for back to school, check out our Print and Go School Supply Shopping Lists. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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