Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S069

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-68983-6, Copyright (C) 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Using the TI-Nspire CAS Software as a Classroom Demonstration Tool

Barbara K. D'Ambrosia

John Carroll University

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Carl R. Spitznagel

John Carroll University

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ABSTRACT

Since Texas Instruments no longer supports Derive, those who have relied on it in teaching calculus are faced with finding an alternative software product. In this paper, we present some of the pros and cons of using the TI -Nspire CAS computer software for demonstrations in a first-year calculus course.

Keyword(s): computer algebra systems, calculus, TI-Nspire