The actuel Prime future...

[Harold A Climer]

(08-14-2014 12:24 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  

(08-13-2014 10:20 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  The future probably belongs to smart phones. I'm not a fan of those, but tomorrow I turn 64, so I'm a fossil. I think calculators will soon follow.

Happy Birthday Don!

I do not know about most teachers,but in my classes, as well as in other Physics and Engineering classes, Cell Phone calculator apps, etc. are forbidden, especially in exams. We have had instances, early on, of students using their cell phones or tablets during exams to communicate with people outside class.
We now only allow stand alone calculators.
In some Engineering classes it is even more restrictive, and some Engineering professors only allow calculators approved by the people who give the Engineering and Surveying national exams