1. Introduction to the 2.0 Nspire CAS Handheld Mathematics Subject Council St Marcellinus S.S. May 11, 2010

2.  At the T 3 conference in Atlanta in March, Texas Instruments introduced a new Nspire handheld and the 2.0 operating system  The new handheld has many improvements...

3. What’s New on the Handheld Overview:  New keypad configuration  Trackpad replaces the Navpad with more areas on the screen you can click  New Home Screen  New Scratchpad option to quickly perform a calculation or make a graph without having to add a page to your document  More options for managing documents (folders can have multiple levels)  Graphs and Geometry are now separate applications

4. Screen Navigation Keypad Keypad

5. Navigation Keypad

6. Nav Pad Click Button Keypad

7. Trackpad allows quicker cursor movement Click Button Keypad You can now click here

8. Escape Tab Control Backspace Shift Home Menu

9. Escape Tab Control Backspace Shift Home menu

10. Keypad

11. Punctuation  Relational Keys Space Key

12. Punctuation  Relational Keys Space Key

13. Alpha keys

15. New Home Screen

16. Important Short-cut Keys Ctrl-Z or Ctrl-Esc Undo Ctrl-Y or Shift-Esc Redo Ctrl-X Cut Ctrl-C Copy Ctrl-V Paste Ctrl-S Save or Save As Ctrl-0 Scratchpad Remember, unlike a computer, you do not hold the CTRL key down. You simply press and release control then press the short-cut key.

17. Keypad Changes: Summary  Navigation keys have been improved  Alpha keys are separate  Fewer Function keys by combining similar functions into pop-up palettes (i.e trig, punctuation, math constants)  Templates like fractions and others are easily accessible from pop-up template palettes  Shortcut keys are the same as previous OS versions.

18. Changes to the Teacher Edition Software  Version 2.0 of the software is a free upgrade for previously licensed versions  Overview: Can use colour to distinguish graphs Integrated computer link software Emulator can show either keypad Menus for applications align with handheld menus and use icons to describe them Multiple documents can be open and displayed in the emulator Interfaces directly with Connect to Class and Navigator Most recent version is 2.0.1.60

19. Nspire CAS TE v2.0

20. These summer institutes provide teachers with hands-on opportunities to learn how to effectively use TI-Nspire in their classroom. There are two institutes for you to choose from: Getting Started with TI-Nspire CAS Intended for teachers new to Nspire CAS Using TI-Nspire CAS in Your Classroom Intended for teachers with some experience with Nspire CAS Each course costs $325 US Each registrant receives: Nspire CAS handheld Nspire CAS teacher edition software Binder of resources Certificate of completion Register online at: http://www.tinspire2010.com/ Date: July 13-15, 2010 (8:00 – 3:00) Location: Cardinal Ambrozic CSS Address: 10 Castle Oaks Crossing Brampton, ON L6P3A2 (East side of Gore Road south of Castlemore Road) Contact: Dwight Stead dwight.stead@dpcdsb.org 905-890-0708 x24533