Electronic Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper S099

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Corinna Mansfield, ISBN 0-321-30456-x, Copyright (C) 2005 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.


Using Palm-OS PDA's in Calculus I and II

Abigail Hoit


Mathematics Department
Elmhurst College
190 Prospect Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126
USA

Allen Rogers


Mathematics Department
Elmhurst College
190 Prospect Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126
USA

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ABSTRACT

Through the support of an Ameritech grant, we have recently revamped our introductory calculus courses to incorporate the PDA (using Palm OS). In this paper, we share our experiences in introducing this relatively inexpensive yet powerful technology into the calculus sequence.

Keyword(s): calculus