Last night I stumbled across a neat little calculator program that so far is great for many HS math classes. It can also be used at the lower levels. Most calculator apps mimic a real calculator with the buttons, clear, memory, etc but this one does not. My Script calculator is quite different. You write the problem out with your finger and it transforms it into print and gives you an answer. It does ln, log base something, nth roots using the exponential form of the radical. It even recognizes pi and changes it to 3.14 for calculations of volume or area. I discovered it does sin, cos, and tan using either degrees or rads automatically.
The only down side I have found but I am planning on checking with the company that makes the app is that it gives answers to all problems in decimal form, even fractions. Other than that I love it and I think it is faster for the students to use as they are not hunting for various keys.
I showed it to the sped dept and the lady in charge loved it.
Has anyone used this particular app? How do you like it?
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