It gave the students more power in writing a report. They appreciated the experience. Some were much more accomplished with the technology and had to be urged to share enough. Technology is a tool to solve problems. The interaction among students with the Graphing calculator or without the graphing calculator is not much different.
Students like to discuss using the calculators.
With a limited number of computers in our Lab it made access to needed software much easier to accomplish. Statistics need a lot of number crunching if one would use activity-based approach. Computer technology is essential. However, a typical computer lab set up is usually not adequate for instruction, activities and computer work simultaneously. Generally speaking, technology helps to improve the entire class in both group discussion and instruction.