TEDxKnoxville - George Duffy - One Calculator at a Time

Mr. Duffy is a senior studying Physics at The University of Tennessee. While in school he spearheaded Calculators to Classrooms, an effort that is collecting and sending calculators to schools in need. http://calculatorstoclassrooms.org

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[64jhill]

Thanks for watching everyone! If you're interested in our work, or want to start a calculator drive on your own campus, you can check us out on face book ... just search for Calculators to Classrooms!

[rrrrracecarrrrr]

@rearte that's true, but there's also wolframalpha and googlegraphing for anyone who can access the internet, which is a much wider audience. I do most of my math from my laptop.

[Rearete]

@vipez666 While that's a good idea, it is likely that many of the students at these schools don't have smart phones for the same financial reasons that they don't have calculators.

[rrrrracecarrrrr]

@vipez666 that's actually a really good point, and those already exist and are great to help students with homework. Unfortunately, anything with internet is banned in the classroom, so we are trying to build class sets that will help students with classwork, exams, and standardized tests.

[vipez666]

hmmmm....y not make a super calculator app for iphone ? everyone has one of those.

[chrismasterith]

Yeah George!!!