[MATHEDCC] classtalk

Sandy Wagner (sandyw@best.com)
Fri, 13 Feb 1998 10:48:20 -0800

I don't know anything about Classtalk, but I know that the academic world is
littered with lecture halls containing such systems that aren't being used.

I found the following description via InfoSeek -
http://physuna.phs.uc.edu/~rlharris/classtal.htm

According to it, graphing calculators can be used on some versions, instead
of proprietary hardware, which would be a plus.

I wonder: When an administrator hands a professor an ad like that, is he/she
wishing that a hardware fix will magically change teaching styles? This
just in: hardware doesn't change teaching style; teachers change teaching
style. And if the style is unchanged, the hardware just sits.

-Sandy
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