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Re: Ethical Use

And another note:  When the calc doesn't support what I want it to do
directly, but can through a series of commands, I will sometimes make a
program myself.  To do that takes an intimate knowledge of both what you
need to do and how to make the calc do it.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Meece <TMEEC@CI.SALISBURY.NC.US>
To: <CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 6:27 AM
Subject: Ethical Use


>         I am not a teacher, but have some teacher friends and would like
to
> pose a question for all those teachers out there:
>         The TI-8x & TI-92/92+ calculators contain a lot of programming
> 'power'. (There's a lot of free programs out there.) The 89/92/92+ can
> actually solve the problems for the students without the need for
> programming. [ a simple SOLVE(x^2=4,x) yields 'x=2 or x=-2'] How do you
> manage the responsible use of those calculators.
>
>         I just reciently re-took a precalc class (after being away from
math
> for half a lifetime). In that class, we could use anything from a TI-82 to
a
> TI-92+. The purpose was for graphing, but there was a lot of stuff I could
> have cheated on, because I knew the calculator could do the math. I did
use
> its features to check my homework, which I believe to be a responsible use
> of it's abilities.
>
>         So, I ask, "Do you police the students use of calculators & how?
> What liberties do you allow those that 'program' their own solutions vs.
> those that 'steal' others programs for class?"
>
>         Please forgive my liberty at using the word 'steal', but I am sure
> the authors of these programs never intended them to be used dishonestly.
>
> 7ony
>


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