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HP calculators for students in Idaho? - hpnut - 10-24-2012
I saw this news.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2012/oct/23/otter-luna-hp-officials-gather-hp-announce-major-partnership-laptop-contract/
I don't recognize the calculator in the photo. Is it even an HP? Is RPN going to be mainstream calculator for Idaho kids?
Re: HP calculators for students in Idaho? - Joerg Woerner - 10-24-2012
Neither HP nor RPN - just a plain TI-30Xa.
Cheers, Joerg
Re: HP calculators for students in Idaho? - Eddie W. Shore - 10-26-2012
I concur, the calcualtor is a TI-30Xa.
Re: HP calculators for students in Idaho? - Don Shepherd - 10-26-2012
Giving every high school kid in the school district a laptop computer will achieve only two things, neither of which is desired:
- it will give the kid yet another electronic device to play with
- it will waste a whole lot of taxpayer dollars
Throwing "technology" at schools does not increase the learning of students.
Re: HP calculators for students in Idaho? - Ethan Conner - 10-26-2012
Sounds like more "empowering with resources"......ugh.
Re: HP calculators for students in Idaho? - Eddie W. Shore - 10-26-2012
Technology, with the right attitude towards using them, is awesome. The laptop is a tool just like everything else.