Main presenter			Co-presenter(s)
Name :	Mr Marc  Corbeil		Name:	Mr Roger  Brown
E-mail:	marcc@ibo.org		E-mail:	edxrb@bath.ac.uk
Institution or Company:	International Bacc. Org.		Name:
Department:	Curriuculum and Assessment		E-mail:
City:	Cardiff		Name:
State/Province:	Wales		E-mail:
Country:	UK		Name:
Type of presentation:	Lecture :  50 minutes.		E-mail:
Conference strand and number:	ACDCA ,    Number: A57		Schedule:   Room:	Sunday, 11h30   amphi
Related website:	www.ibo.org
Title of presentation:	Panel Disscusion: Boon or Bust: What are the implications of calculator applications?
Abstract:
Interactive Panel Disscussion with Brown and Corbeil Many systems and boards are meeting the challenge of incorporating CAS enabled devices in mathemtics programs. But what about other subject areas? Is it the CAS feature that will utimalely decide the matter? Perhaps not. The recent addition of the TI84 has brought to the forefront a new issue to the whole calculator game: applications. The new 84s apparently will come preloaded with a number of APPS that are currently available for the 83. These APPS may challenge / break system /examination board rules for subjects other than mathematics. For example, periodic includes a wealth of information for chemistry and certainly a policy needs to be formulated on this issue. This could be an assessment boards night mare. 1) Is it reasonable to expect teachers to deal with advanced memory managment issues? Does this mean that an exam board must ban the 84? But, is the 83 so different? 2) Is a technology free portion of an exam a reasonable practice? 3) Is an fully active exam or "Open Book" approach viable for other subjects? More at issue, what is the possible issue of APPS in future examinations, including mathematics. This may be more than an "other subject" issue. Do we want students to be able to have access to a worked solution? Some practices and problems of an interantionl exam board will be disussed and participation from other boards is encouraged.