Calculators to Help Teachers Connect to Students

Texas Instruments found a way to help instructors better connect with their students and to better identify students problems


Texas Instruments said on Monday that it has found a way to connect teachers with students, allowing teachers to quickly identify students failing in math. The TI-Navigator technology sends wireless signals from pupil's handheld calculators to a teacher's personal-computer screen, which will allow the teacher to analyze and correct student errors in real time.According to CNET, the new system allows instructors to receive answers from all students and aids them in better helping students who need help but are too afraid to ask. Instructors can also correct common mistakes and adjust lessons as they teach."The teachers can understand who's not getting it. It's about how you help teachers understand the effectiveness of how they are teaching lessons and how students are following along," Chief Executive Rich Templeton said at the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York.The system was originally introduced two years ago, with the idea that student and teachers will both benefit and opening up communication in the classroom. Templeton noted that the technology is not meant to be used to spy on students, but is meant to be used as a learning tool. No news has been released yet as to when this technology will be distributed and adopted in classrooms.
Reference: Nirav Sanghani, dailytech