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Technology Tip Number 70 Calculate it Online
The internet has been interactive for a while now.  Just watch a kid play an online game and you'll see just how interactive it has become.  Today's technology tip is a list of websites that have online calculators on them.  Calculators like these could become a part of your next lesson plan, or even help you personally.   Check some of them out today:      ArcyTech.org/Java    Some online educational programs for the elementary grades    http://arcytech.org/java/    MiddleSchool.net    A list of calculators for middle school students    http://www.middleschool.net/MainFeatures/caculate.htm    DrCalculator.com    A list of easy to use financial calculators    http://www.drcalculator.com    Jeacle.ie/mortgage    Every try explaining a mortgage to someone?  This website can    really help.    http://www.jeacle.ie/mortgage/    StevensCreek.com/goodies    Here's a calculator that will tell you how many calories you burn    in an ordinary day.    http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/jcalories.shtml    Arachnoid.com    This website has a unit converter for just about everything.    http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/conversions.html    Math.com    OK, maybe it's an obvious one, but they have calculators on    their website.    http://www.math.com/students/calculators/calculators.html     CalculateForFree.com    Great website with a whole list of online calculators    http://www.calculateforfree.com/       National Center for Educational Statistics    Yep, they have a free online graphing website for kids    http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/default.aspx    JavaBoutique.internet.com    Here's an online graphing calculator    http://javaboutique.internet.com/graphcalc/ This is truly just the tip of the iceberg as far as dynamic online calculators go.  There are many more out there.  Many of them use what's called JAVA code to do the calculations and create the dynamic aspects of the calculators.  Knowing that they use JAVA code can help you search for the exact calculator that you might need.
PRACTICE ACTIVITY:  Try using a few of the online calculators listed above.  See if you can find just one that you could use personally. TO KEEP ON LEARNING:  To find more calculators on the internet try searching for: Java Calculators Online trigonometry calculators in Java Online dynamic calculators