![]() It seems that devices like the iPod touch and iPhone are poised to change things once again. Lately, some of the material has moved toward laptops-given the power and interactivity of programs like Compared to the four-function Bowmar Brains and AccuMath slide rules of old, these devices are amazing-but sometimes not terribly user friendly. These days, my students arrive at college after a high school math and science curriculum that uses wildly powerful calculators like the TI-84. Who knew the guidance counsellor was was using it too? He suggested I consider creative writing classes at the local community college. Alas, my privileges were abruptly curtailed after I saved a particularly frustrating BASIC program into a file with a colorful name. To my great excitement I managed to talk someone there into letting me play with it. Late in my senior year, my school bought a TRS-80. By then, the slide rule had faded from the curriculum, the calculator was in its expensive infancy and the personal computer had yet to truly make the scene. I started high school at a particularly difficult time for someone who would eventually grow up to be a gadget freak and mad scientist. ![]()
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