Desmos is a free online graphing calculator app and website that allows students in grades 9-12 to graph quadratic, cubic, and exponential functions as practice with different types of functions. It instantly plots any equation and offers data tables and image uploads. The teacher chose Desmos because it provides clear, customizable graphs and helps students learn how functions work through visualizing them, rather than just graphing by hand or on a basic calculator.
Desmos is a free online graphing calculator app and website that allows students in grades 9-12 to graph quadratic, cubic, and exponential functions as practice with different types of functions. It instantly plots any equation and offers data tables and image uploads. The teacher chose Desmos because it provides clear, customizable graphs and helps students learn how functions work through visualizing them, rather than just graphing by hand or on a basic calculator.
Desmos is a free online graphing calculator app and website that allows students in grades 9-12 to graph quadratic, cubic, and exponential functions as practice with different types of functions. It instantly plots any equation and offers data tables and image uploads. The teacher chose Desmos because it provides clear, customizable graphs and helps students learn how functions work through visualizing them, rather than just graphing by hand or on a basic calculator.
Subject Area: Graphing Activity: The students will be given functions to graph and use Desmos to graph them. The goal is to give them practice with quadratic, cubic, and exponential functions. Assistive Technology: Desmos How it Works: This app uses a powerful and blazingly-fast math engine, the calculator can instantly plot any equation, from lines and parabolas up through derivatives. It offers data tables and even uploads images. Link: https://www.desmos.com/ Cost: The app and website for Desmos is completely free. Why: I chose this technology because I have used it and am still using it and it has helped tremendously. It provides clear graphs and even allows you to set how big or small you want the graphing scale to be. Also, you learn how each of the functions work when you graph them rather than just graphing them by hand or on a small graphing calculator.