Instantly
Identify School-Owned Texas Instuments Graphing Calculators with New
EZ-Spot Design
Bright Yellow Design Distinguishes
School Property with Stylencepts in Math, Leading to Increased
Comprehension and Greater Achievement
DALLAS, November 1, 2004
Texas Instruments, the leader in graphing
handheld educational technology, today announced its new EZ-Spot TI-84
Plus family of graphing calculators is now available exclusively to
educators. With an eye-catching "school bus yellow" color,
EZ-Spot graphing calculators instantly suggest "school" while
making it easy for teachers to distinguish school-owned property.
While many students own their own
graphing calculators, some schools loan units to students for the day, a
week, month or longer. The EZ-Spot design is a benefit to schools so
teachers can easily gather school property before it walks out the door.
"TI has listened to the needs of
schools by creating a graphing calculator in a special color just for
us," said Dr. Sheila Cunningham, associate director of curriculum and
instruction for Klein Independent School District. "The bright yellow
color is a lot of fun for students and it will also be much easier to
account for school-owned graphing calculators and identify which students
might have accidentally put the calculator in their book bag."
EZ-Spot graphing calculators have all the
same features and functions as the standard TI-84 Plus family models, with
the added benefit of the easy-to-spot color. In addition to the bright
yellow coloring of the back cover and slidecase, the faceplate is
inscribed with the words, "School Property."
Developed with feedback from teachers and
students, the TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators engages students,
deepens learning, and reinforces key concepts in middle and high school
math and science. The TI-84 Plus family's built-in USB port makes it
easier and faster than ever before for students to connect with TI's
ViewScreen™ panel and/or TI-Presenter™ projection device (with
adapter, available separately), home and school computers, share data with
other graphing calculators, and collect field data in math and science
classes.
The TI-84 Plus family also comes
preloaded with software applications including the popular applications
Cabri® Jr. for algebra and geometry and Topics in Algebra I.
TI's EZ-Spot Teacher Packs include ten
graphing calculators from the TI-84 Plus family. Units are available now
and must be special-ordered through Instructional Products Dealers.
For more information, visit: http://education.ti.com/us/product/tech/ezspot/features/features.html.
To
reduce theft of this popular school-owned graphing calculator, Texas Instruments
introduced late in 2004 the EZ-Spot Teacher Packs with a bright, easy-to-spot,
"school bus yellow" back cover and slide case. 
It
was available both for the TI-84 Plus and TI-84
Plus Silver Edition keeping their original specifications and improvements
like the high contrast LCD.