How different is Sketchpad on TI calculators from the PC or Mac Sketchpad?
For users of desktop Sketchpad, the calculator version will look very familiar, and students easily move between the two. The Geometer’s Sketchpad for TI Calculators shares desktop Sketchpad’s arrangement of Construct, Transform, Measure, and Graph menus, and has a similar toolbox at the edge of the screen. Not every feature of desktop Sketchpad is available on the calculator due to the black-and-white, smaller screen. True mathematical notation has been replaced by conventional calculator notation to conserve screen space; color, arcs, and clipboard cut/copy/paste are similarly unavailable. However, Sketchpad for TI Calculators has many of the same capabilities as the latest version of desktop Sketchpad. The Graph menu allows you to plot functions given their equation, letting students build bridges between algebra and geometry. Split and Merge commands allow you to edit an existing construction, changing its properties to explore new and related cases. Animation is powerful and easy
For users of desktop Sketchpad, the calculator version will look very familiar, and students easily move between the two. The Geometer’s Sketchpad for TI Calculators shares desktop Sketchpad’s arrangement of Construct, Transform, Measure, and Graph menus, and has a similar toolbox at the edge of the screen. Not every feature of desktop Sketchpad is available on the calculator due to the black-and-white, smaller screen. True mathematical notation has been replaced by conventional calculator notation to conserve screen space; color, arcs, and clipboard cut/copy/paste are similarly unavailable. However, Sketchpad for TI Calculators has many of the same capabilities as the latest version of desktop Sketchpad. The Graph menu allows you to plot functions given their equation, letting students build bridges between algebra and geometry. Split and Merge commands allow you to edit an existing construction, changing its properties to explore new and related cases. Animation is powerful and easy
