Cool Stuff on the TI-Nspire

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Taught by MrA
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Lesson Summary:

In this video tutorial on the TI-Nspire, viewers will learn about a variety of cool and convenient features, such as math templates, notes pages, piecewise functions, transforming graphs by clicking and dragging, lists and spreadsheet equations, keyboard shortcuts, help menus, and swapping in a TI-84+ keypad. The calculator's templates are incredibly useful for things like matrices, logs, and fractions, while the notes pages allow for easy organization of directions and informal assessments. The transform and list features are intuitive and convenient, and the help menus and keyboard shortcuts make using the calculator a breeze.

Lesson Description:

This is a video tutorial on some cool features on the TI-Nspire. Included: Notes pages and how to use them, easy piecewise functions, transformations of functions by clicking and dragging, lists and spreadsheet equations, templates for things like matrices, logs, and fractions, keypad shortcuts, help menus, and swapping in a TI-84+ keypad that comes with the calculator.

Additional Resources:
  • Notes from video - This pdf is a summary of the notes from the presentation that you can print out and use for future reference.
  • TI-Nspire File - The TI-Nspire file from the presentation with all calculations and graphs included.
Questions answered by this video:
  • Where can I find a tutorial on the TI-Nspire?
  • What are some of the features of the TI-Nspire?
  • How do you use templates on a TI-Nspire calculator?
  • How do logarithms to any base work on the TI-Nspire?
  • How do matrices work on the TI-Nspire?
  • How does the TI-Nspire make things easier than the TI-84+?
  • How is the TI-Nspire better than the TI-84+?
  • How do notes pages work on the TI-Nspire?
  • How can you write and graph piecewise function on a TI-Nspire?
  • How can you do easy function transformations just by clicking and dragging on the TI-Nspire graphing calculator?
  • How do lists and spreadsheets work on the TI-Nspire?
  • How do you get to the help menus on a TI-Nspire?
  • What are the shortcut keys for the TI-Nspire?
  • Staff Review

    • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
    This video shows some more cool and useful functionality for the TI-Nspire. It explains how to navigate around the calculator and how to perform some ordinary operations much more easily than on previous calculators. This is a great tutorial on more very useful operations.