Interconnectivity
- Data Exchange between Derive 6 and TI CAS Calculators
(Workshop for Beginners)
Bernhard Kutzler
b.kutzler@aon.at
ACDCA - Austrian Center for Didactics of CA
Austria
Vlasta
Kokol-Voljc
vlasta.kokol@uni-mb.si
Pedagogical Faculaty
University of Maribor
Slovenia
Abstract
Derive is a mathematical computer program. It is for algebra, equations,
trigonometry, vectors, matrices, and calculus what the scientific
calculator is for numbers. Derive can do both symbolic and numeric
computations. These can also be visualized with extensive 2D and
3D graphics capabilities. The TI CAS calculators (TI-89, TI-92+,
and Voyage200) are handheld devices combining the features of graphing
calculators and computer algebra systems. The computer algebra engine
of these handhelds is closely related to Derive. The new Derive
6 offers a powerful new feature called "interconnectivity",
which allows to exchange data between Derive and the TI CAS calculators.
In this hands-on workshop you will learn to perform this data exchange
and you will learn to use the combination of software and handheld
as a powerful teaching and learning environment. Thus you will experience
a very fine example of the slogan "The whole is more than the
sum of its parts."
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