To help students and educators use financial, graphing, and scientific calculators, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has three new teacher training and learning aid programs. The programs include online courses, virtual classrooms, and "emulator" software that allows HP calculators to be presented on a computer screen and projected digitally. The online course topics range from pre-algebra, calculus, and statistics to figuring return on investment, bond yields, and mortgage loan amortization. Initial online courses will be for the HP39g+ graphing calculator, which is appropriate for high school students.

HP will also host eight new virtual classrooms for educators in the United States. These classes, hosted by a HP panel of experienced educators, are set in real time with an instructor on hand throughout the session to answer questions and to introduce new, unscheduled topics to the virtual class. Some of the topics include introduction to finance, pre-calculus, algebra I and II, and electronic circuit applications.

HP will offer educators emulator software for HP's calculators. This software transforms a PC into a working calculator, giving both educators and students access to a mouse-controlled, on-screen replica of a completely functional calculator.

The online courses are free to the public and the virtual classes and emulators are available free of charge to educators in high schools and higher education. For more information about HP's entire range of calculators, visit www.hp.com/calculators.

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