Chrome Extension: Desmos Graphing Calculator

Get the Chrome extension here

OSS (1 Sentence Summary): This is a beautifully elegant, user friendly, powerful graphing calculator provided at no cost!

The Good:

• Integrates with Google to login & option to save PDF of graph directly to Drive
• Good variety of sample graphs
• Interface is clean, interactive, and informative
• Full screen
• No advertisements
• Variety of functions - Trig, Stats, and Misc
• Export options - Email, Embed, Image URL
• Customize X,Y axis values and steps, add labels
• Projector mode enhances visibility
• Supports adding images 
• Color choice for lines & points
• Much more that I have yet to discover!

The Bad: 

• Background is only white 
• Not available offline (it is a website after all!)

Overall, this is an amazing free graphing calculator! 

Physics Toolbox & Mobile Sensors

I wanted to share some amazing resources I just learned about that further unlock the potential hidden in our mobile devices. Rather than sit here and retype what has already been thoughtfully laid out I will direct your attention thusly,

11 class activities with sensors you didn’t know your phone had

The Google Play store links for 

The Physics Toolbox Suite of Apps

Individual Sensor Apps

The G+ Community 

Mobile Sensor Apps for Learning

Unbelievable equipment disguised as entertainment right there in front us!
We can do amazing things and so can our students. What will you do?

Thank you to Matt Miller for taking the time to share!