50g

There is a bit of learning curve, as they say; really useful stuff tends to be that way.

You know, if your lessons are something you can share with the public, you might consider submitting them to www.hpcalc.org.


--- On Fri, 9/26/08, Jose J Martinez <jose_j_martinez@...> wrote:

> From: Jose J Martinez <jose_j_martinez@...>
> Subject: [50g] My 50G Odyssey since Nov. 2006
> To: 50g@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 9:15 PM
> I bought an HP50g in November 2006 because my trusty old
> HP27s
> couldn't display graphs.  I needed to create a lesson
> plan that taught
> students how to display a simple graph on a graphing
> calculator for a
> methods(teaching)course I was taking.  I was planning on
> becoming an
> elementary teacher (I am now seeking a math credential) and
> I really
> did not have much use for it afterwards.  So, it pretty
> much gathered
> dust for about a year and half because I found it very
> difficult to
> enter equations that I could re-use.  I had no problem with
> the
> numeric solver because it worked like the solver in the
> 27s.  The
> graphing wasn't too difficult to use and I loved the
> equation writer.
> But, I never really progressed much after that.  I think
> the manuals
> are just a bit too excessive.  But, with a little (Okay, a
> lot of)
> help from people in this group, I think I now finally
> understand how
> to use this thing!  I have several different directories
> and dozens of
> equations in each one. As soon as I get chance, I am going
> to create a
> lesson (many lessons)for dummies that shows students how to
> use this
> calculator.
> 
> The 27s is still my first love, but I've had to move on
> to the new
> love of my life, my 50g! Yup, I can't look back
> anymore.  Now, I just
> have to find my pocket protector.
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
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