Presenters: Marsha Burkholder and Tami Plein

Deep understanding of science, language arts and math concepts occurs when students can make connections. In this hands-on session, come explore math and science concepts and books that support students’ understanding of fractions on the TI-Nspire™ App for iPad^®.

Presenters' notes: The TNS Fraction files can be found on Texas Instruments website under Building Concepts Fractions.

Presenter: Sister Alice Hess

The use of simulation as a tool to lead students to higher-order thinking is the focus. Participants will experience several hands-on activities, which have been successfully used with students from pre-algebra through precalculus. They include geometric, binomial and conditional probability.

Presenter: Irina Lyublinskaya

Technology poses challenges to mathematics educators. In this workshop, participants will experience activities illustrating effective and ineffective uses of technology in teaching and learning mathematics. Participants will discuss criteria for effective use of technology in the classroom and apply them to analyze various activities with TI-Nspire™ CX II technology.

Presenters: Karen Campe John LaMaster

Noticing and wondering, which one doesn’t belong, and action-consequence-reflection are among the inquiry strategies we will discuss to build understanding with TI-84 Plus CE technology and TI-SmartView™ emulator software. Leverage your calculators with engaging reasoning and discussion activities to make the math learning stick.

Presenter: Linda Griffith

Research shows that increasing levels of student engagement lead to increases in student achievement. This session will use problems and the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator to support discussion on how technology can be used to increase student engagement.

Presenters: Tracy Watson and Corey Boby

See how to use the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator as an evaluator of complex expressions easily, trace on a graph and table simultaneously, quickly evaluate the quadratic formula, store window settings, quickly investigate transformation graphing with lists, and more.

Presenters: Jessica Kohout and Stacy Thibodeaux

Connect the human impact of trash pollution to engineering design. Get your students thinking critically and creatively as they collaborate in real-world problem-solving. Participants will use upcycled, single-use plastics to design a machine that removes trash from waterways.

Presenters' note: You can find materials from .tns files, student-facing documents, supply lists in this folder: http://bit.ly/STEM_TW.

Presenters: Lisa Goddard and Carrie Rymer

In this session, participants will design and build a hoist on the TI-Innovator™ Rover that will pick up a “person” along its path and carry it to a destination. This is a fun activity to engage students in technology and engineering. We may even throw in a little math and science to complete the STEM.

Presenters' notes:

Presentation Video

Rover Demonstration

Presenters: Chris Coker

Using the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator and Vernier data-collection technology, attendees will use simple, inexpensive science labs to collect data for analysis on slope of a line. This will be a fun, hands-on activity for math and science teachers alike.

Presenters: Irma Patricia Flores and Ximena Regina Torres Lillo

In this workshop, we will show a way to develop students’ fundamental knowledge about concentration and reaction rate of different solutions through different experiments and didactic strategies by using the Vernier Conductivity Probe and the TI-Nspire™ CX family of graphing calculators. We will analyze the graph of conductivity and concentration of different chemistry solutions to observe the behavior of conductivity. The attendees will experiment how to determine the variables that influence the concept of rate reaction and conductivity. They will observe what happens if they change the concentration of the chemical solution. They will be able to answer the question: What happens if the temperature rises or the behavior changes? We will explore different semiotic representations (graphic and tabular) to develop new ways to understand, analyze and visualize functions. In an innovative way, we will appreciate different settings to improve the visualization of linear functions.

Presenters' notes: You will find 3 fields 1)Pouring, Mixing and ... Conductivity is here!!!.tns 2) Pouring, Mixing and ... Conductivity is here!!!.docx 3) Conductivity of 4 solutions.pptx

Presenter: Sherri Phegley

Good formative assessment data drives your instruction. Use the TI-Nspire™ Navigator™ System to get the data you need from your students by writing good questions. Bring a flash drive so you can save your questions to use in your classroom.

Presenter: Karen Latham

My goal is to harness the power of technology to engage students, make math more interactive, encourage conceptual understanding and build mathematical skills. We will use Google Forms, Google Sheets™ and the TI-Nspire™ App for iPad^® to analyze our data and interpret our system of linear equations.

Presenter's note: Attached you can find the TNS file for my "pennies and quarters" activity for my presentation "Money, Money, Money: Introducing Systems of linear equations with the help of Google Forms, Google Sheets and the TI-Nspire app for the iPad". The TNS file will also work with the handheld as well but you will not be able to access the direct links to the Google forms and Google sheets documents linked to the presentation. The presentation will work on the emulator software.

Presenter: Ron Armontrout

Matrices have extensive applications. Focusing on using matrices to develop rich tasks that engage students in reasoning and problem-solving, these activities allow students to develop an understanding of math through exploration while extending the use of TI technology in new and creative ways.

Presenter's note: The tns file goes with the handout to make entry of the matrices easier for students. Go to Pg 1.3 Cntrl R runs the program, just hit enter to put in the transformation matrix, and then you can put in a translation both horizontal and vertical. The "flag" is graphed for you on pg 1.5. This was written in 4.5 and I would be very happy if someone made it more elegant perhaps in 5.0 and sent it to me.

Presenter: Sharon Cichocki

Engage your students with hands-on, data-collection labs that excite them to learn and encourage thought-provoking discussions. All labs and materials will be provided during the session.

Presenter: Miriam Santana

In this presentation, we will look for patterns to predict the shape of functions by looking at their equations, graphs, tables and for how to test students’ understanding of linear functions. We will use TI-84 Plus CE features, such as Quick Plot and Fit Equation, Piecewise, Transformation Graphing App and PlySmlt2 App.

Presenter: Jeff McCalla

Did you know that there are almost always two or three bad answers on each ACT^® question? Too often, students don’t reason through a question before they guess an answer choice. Instead, students should make sense of problems and forge ahead with a plan to solve them.

Presenters: Corey Boby and Katie Brown

Within the PLC focus in Arkansas and school districts creating power standards, educators are realizing the many connections between science and math standards. It is vital for teachers to create cross-curricular lessons and ignite the content connections to light a fire for learning within classrooms on a daily basis. Too often students are not exposed to these connections between math and science. In this session, data collection will be used as the bridge to help students see and make connections between their math and science classes. In this session, participants will engage a relevant problem and the use the engineering design model to create a solution. This teaching method can be adapted to both math and science classrooms at all grade levels.

Presenters: Stacy Thibodeaux and Brad Posnanski

Want to add more data collection in your classroom? Come learn about the new TI-SensorLink Adapter and how it can add more STEM to your science and math classroom.

Presenter: Lisa Ellermann

Research shows that intentional use of color in instruction improves information storage and recall for many students. Come join me as we look at applying this research to TI technologies.

Presenters: Jacklyn Bonneau and Louise Chapman

Are you spreading disease wherever you go? Solve the mystery of who is the primary source of the infection. Were you one of the people who shared bodily fluids? Integrate technology with math and science to solve the case.

Presenters' note: The Hands on Activity was being done first then the TNS file which is a generalized version of the Zombies tns file. It is particularly interesting in light of the current health situation. The third file is a print out of the tns file.

Presenters: Jennie Kelly and Sarah Bauguss

Bring the escape room experience to your classroom with this break out for eighth grade math. Work as a team to solve the clues with problem-solving, critical thinking and troubleshooting in this engaging learning game. This game is designed as a review for the eighth grade STAAR^® exam.

Presenters: Rachael Gorsuch and Mike Houston

What does problem-solving look like in STEM, and what can we do as teachers to make every letter of STEM really shine in our classes? Join us in inquiry-based activities ready to take back to your classroom that unite math, science, engineering and TI-Nspire™ technology.

Presenters: Armando Lopez-Zamudio and Manuel Antonio Montero-Gaona

In this workshop, we’ll find remarkable points and lines in the triangle, as old as the Greeks, until we reach the Schiffler Point, discovered in 1985. We will be using the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator, which makes it easier to see these points and lines.

Presenters: Sandra Hocutt and Cassie Whitecotton

Using the TI-Nspire™ CX family of graphing calculators, participants will collect data by measuring a rope, tying a knot, remeasuring, etc. and entering the data into Lists & Spreadsheet. Data aggregation and analysis will be done using the powerful options available on the TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System.

Presenters' note: Each participant is given a length of rope and a tape measure. Instructions are to open the tns file. Measure the rope, tie a knot, measure and repeat 5 times. Participants will then make a scatter plot and discussion will be held as to what they participants notice about their neighbors' plots. A Quick Poll will then be sent to collect the lists, compiled and the sent back to the participants. A scatter plot is generated and then an open discussion about the differences noticed. Regressions will be added to the scatter plots. y-intercept and slope will be discussed. The less directions given to the participants will give greater discussions.

Presenter: Jody Crothers

Come along and get your international driver’s licence. Challenge yourself and your students with this wonderful collection of single-lesson, problem-solving activities. From beginners to advanced users, there is a challenge waiting for you.

Presenters: Debbie Poss and Don Slater

See how parametric equations can be understood and used to model the motion of wheels and Spirographs^®.

Presenter: Tom Reardon

Discover geometric properties in 15 seconds by interacting with dynamic geometric figures: parallel lines, right triangles, areas, volumes, circles, quadrilaterals. Experience reflections, translations, rotations, and dilations as never before. 100+ activities with student sheets, teacher notes.

Presenter: Lisa Conzemius

This session will help you engage your students in TI-Basic coding. Coding can enhance your students’ understanding of math. Coding can also spark student interest in programming and help them become better problem-solvers. This session will demonstrate the steps for getting started with coding.

Presenter's note: These documents come from the Texas Instruments website. It is from the TI 10 minutes of code. In a live presentation I would walk participants through how to code. I would start with the basics and we would use the ideas in these handouts to help people as they get lost. It would also give them a handout to look at when they get stuck if the session had many participants and not all questions could be answered at the same time. On your own you can read through these handout and teach yourself to code.

Presenter: Deb Nutt

No matter how long you have been working with the TI-84 family of graphing calculators, do you really know all that they are capable of doing to help your students grasp the mathematics they are required to understand? Learn some little-known features and preloaded apps. Walk away saying, “I didn’t know I could do that!”

Presenter's note: I realize that these are very limited in use but I hope it helps for you to see what I was going to discuss during this session and that the screen shots will be a guide for you. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions at the email on page one.

Presenter: Margo Mankus

Discover features in the Transformation Graphing App that allow students to create mathematical statements. Keep focus on the investigation of functions from Home Screen to Y= to Transformation Graphing. Gather some tips on the TI-84 Plus CE keypad and editing features so technology stays behind the scene.

Presenter: Jean-Jacques Dahan

We will first solve an equilateral triangle. The technique used in this case can be used for any triangle. The next problem to be investigated and solved is the discovery of the ellipses of maximum area inscribed in an equilateral triangle.

Presenter's note: My presentation is available in my YouTube channel as a playlist containing 9 videos (60min 19sec) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-5v4RPQPEk&list=PLOIs4xavv0zEJgGxY-_EqJ32PCr9CImug If you want to receive my powerpoint, no problem: it is available on demand.

Presenter: David Yong

Come learn about the built-in Widgets on your TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. Explore over 100 Widgets for mathematics, science, coding, Rover and games. Learn how to make and send them. Share your Widgets and take home some new ones. Brainstorm about new Widgets, and discuss which Widgets TI should include in the OS.

Presenter's notes: These are the current Widgets I have. I have them sorted by subject area if you like. Email me if you want the files just for Mathematics, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Coding, or Rover. You can make Widgets by creating a one page tns file and placing it in the MYWidgets folder on your CX units and your virtual folder.

Presenters: Valerie Roebuck and Jennifer High

Help your students develop an understanding of transformations. Use lists and scatter plots to apply algebraic rules in order to quickly visualize transformations. Leave this session with a ready-made activity.

Presenters' notes: This activity is meant to be a discovery activity. Participants will explore using lists and stat plot on the TI 84 CE to algebraically transform a geometric figure. Questions are provided to probe thinking and help students make connections between algebraic and visual representations.

Presenters: Betty Gasque and Jeff Lukens

Experience hands-on data-collection activities using motion and temperature sensors, and discover how these STEM-related activities can help students connect math and science concepts and enhance their graph interpretation skills.

Presenter: Lorelei Cummings

Experience a new take on a classic question. This session focuses on using Rover and coding to solve the real-life vacation problems of time management, budgeting and route planning. Ideas for differentiation and extensions included.

Presenter's notes: This is the first slide with a shortened link to all files for the presentation.

Presenter: Fan Disaher

Great STEM activity. Participants use a motion detector and TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator to find a graph in time versus distance. Lab directions available: algebra I (finding the equation of the parabola and vertex), algebra II and precalculus (finding characteristics of the parabola), and calculus (finding velocity and acceleration).

Presenter's notes: Google Form The google form is used as "locks". To lock answer in the google form, select a short answer response, and at the bottom triple dots select response validation. Response validation allows you to choose a specific numeric response or a text response containing specific letters.

Presenter: Deb Nutt

It has been shown that efficient use of graphing technology leads to higher scores. Since TI-84 technology is encouraged on the ACT^® , AP^® and other high stake tests come learn ways students can improve scores. Learn to verify results, test choices, make discoveries and see connections.

Presenter's note: I realize that these pages are very limited in information but I hope they can give you some idea of what I was going to cover. Please feel fee to email me at the address on page one.

Presenter: Daniel Wilkie

In this session we will explore the new changes in the IB^® Maths curriculum and how TI is trying to support teachers during this time of change. We will discuss the new TI/IB^® website and all TI has been doing this last year as IB^® teachers prepare for the first year of testing with the new changes.

Presenter note: This session contains a ppt, a what's new in IB^® Math spreadsheet and a sample exam style question from the new TI-IB Resources website.

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Bring the escape room experience with the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator and Google Forms. Inspired by Breakout EDU, participants will engage in teamwork, problem-solving, critical thinking and troubleshooting to complete math challenges. Whether you are a new or experienced teacher, you will rock your sleuthing skills.

Presenter: Ruei Hung Lee

I will introduce some TI-Basic language to factor a natural number in a different form. I will add the prime numbers to the Lists & Spreadsheet application, then graph the prime numbers with the Graph application and use different functions, or commands, in the TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS graphing calculator to show the multiple representations with prime numbers density.

Presenters: Landy Godbold and Ray Barton

AP^® Statistics students have heard about the 10% rule, but how many know what changes when sample sizes change, or why that change occurs, or how large the change is? This session will use prebuilt TI-Nspire™ Documents to allow you to explore all those ideas so that you too can care about the 10% rule.

Presenters' notes: The session was to be a live exploration and discussion of materials adapted from "10% Rule" on TI's Math Nspired site. Original materials may be found at: https://education.ti.com/en/timathnspired/us/detail?id=F41C2CF49F914447AB4087EE60D711C6&t=E148EAF0DF264EED9E3B4992F723A94A.

Presenters: Terrance Mankus and Margo Mankus

Give your students a leg up by blending coding into their lessons. Slope, absolute value and more can be coded by students on the TI-84 Plus family using the easy-to-learn TI-Basic coding language. Students can gain a deeper understanding of the math. Double the STEM benefit of your class.

Presenter: Peter McLaren

This workshop will provide educators with meaningful insights into how to use the dimension of crosscutting concepts to structure prompts that engage students in reasoning explanation of phenomena and designing solutions to problems.

Presenters: Daniel Wilkie and Stacy Thibodeaux

How can you increase student understanding? Have your math and science teachers work together to create overlapping lessons. In this session, activities that can work in science and math classes will be the focus. Will this session possibly answer “when am I ever going to use this?” — attend and see.

Presenters: Becky Byer and Becky Underwood

What is this thing called “power” and how does it relate to a significance test? We will use simulations to develop an understanding of power as well as how to both increase and decrease the power of a significance test.

Presenter: Dennis Wilson

Student comprehension of functions is more complete when presented with multiple representations. Participants will examine functions outside traditional models. With the TI-Innovator™ Hub, numerical input will be transformed into real-world output that students can see and hear.

Presenter's notes: The program files for the TI-84 CE can be downloaded at http://eyesofnewton.com/2020-t3ic

Presenter: Andi Parr

Come experience robotics, coding and math and how each is a component in your standards. Application, timing and relevance will be addressed as we work to meet the needs of our 21st-century learners.

Presenter's notes: All files can be found at https://bit.ly/ElemRoboTEKS

Presenter: Levi Straight

Learn how to create base constructions, dynamic models for students to explore, and learn what TI activities can get you started right away.

Presenter's notes: All participants can access the presentation materials via this link: https://sway.office.com/2F1xzFkpY5vhWcJv?ref=Link

Presenter: Pamela Harris

We’ll discuss a sequence of embedded levels of reasoning that help students develop intuition and understanding of high school functions and relations. When we attempt to skip these levels, students do not have the requisite connections to succeed. We’ll showcase possible interventions.

Presenter: Arsalan Wares

Join the hands-on session to explore important mathematical concepts from algebra and precalculus. We will incorporate multiple representations in activities that are designed to help students understand important and challenging concepts involving transformations of functions.

Presenter: Mary Morales

How can programming help your teaching? Students experience the value of making mistakes. It will create a foundation for the rest of the year. Students break down and program the logic steps in calculating the discriminant. Debugging becomes the catalyst for what can be learned from mistakes.

Presenter's notes: This presentation was to intended to be an interactive hands on experience for participants.

Presenter: John Hanna

The TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator contains new Draw commands that allow us to write TI-Basic programs that produce full-screen graphical results. With the getKey() function we can write interactive graphical programs, too. Come and learn how to take advantage of this exciting new feature in the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator.

Presenter's note: Glad to have y'all on board, eh! The handout and other Draw demos are available on http://www.johnhanna.us/TI-nspire.htm. I will be developing a TI-Nspire document during the session and will make a .pdf copy of it available when I'm done so you will have a copy of the hard work I did in just one hour. Watch and learn why I can't share the actual .tns file with you yet.

Presenter: Brian Lannen

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 lunar mission. Who can remember this remarkable event? Who knows it from the Tom Hanks film? Using this docudrama as a springboard for problem-solving, we will formalize the process with Polya’s four steps, then work engaging problems from TI websites.

Presenter: Amin Lalani

Participants will use a TI-Nspire™ file with preloaded data to explore the relationship between stopping distance and speed. Furthermore, participants will compare stopping distance under normal driving conditions with being on the phone or driving in wet weather. This activity addresses algebra I and II TEKS.

Presenters: Bret Lalli and Timohty Collier

Do you have some TI-Innovator™ Rovers but want to do more with them? Want to get a start in robotics but don’t have thousands of dollars? Come learn how to host a Rover competition where students compete in a series of challenges to see which teams are the most creative problem-solvers.

Presenters: Michael Houston and Lindsay Gold

We’ll discover the relationship between gross and net pay, and connect pay to the choices made among career, education and training options.

Presenter: Mike Koehler

Explore the background and activities that can be used in the classroom to teach Type II error and the power of a test. Get hands-on experience using simulations that model effective classroom use of technology as well as activities that have been effectively used in AP^® Statistics classes.

Presenter: Paul Foester

Technology enhances conveying the concept of limit to students, enabling them to define it, understand it, do it and apply it — from introductions in algebra through bread-and-butter techniques in calculus. The epsilon and delta definition can come alive with appropriate use of technology.

Presenter's notes: The Power Point presentation will “walk” you through the eleven student ”Explorations.” The Power Point is most effective if you go stepwise through each slide, displaying features one at a time, and looking to see where the particular item appears in the relevant Exploration.

Presenter: Stacy Thibodeaux

In this session, participants will use TI technology and Vernier sensors to collect real-world data to determine a phenomenon — why salt is added to freezing roads and making homemade ice cream but also added to boiling water when making pasta.

Presenters: John LaMaster and Stuart Moskowitz

Get the most out of your TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators with these tips and tricks that can empower students to handle expressions and equations fluently, increase performance on standardized tests or the AP Calculus Exam, visualize big ideas in mathematics, and make connections.

Presenters: Jennifer High and Debbie Sheridan

STEM is the buzzword these days. Science and technology seem to fit naturally into our math classes, but what about engineering? Come experience quick and easy engineering activities that can be done with any math topic. These activities are supported by both the TI-Nspire™ CX II and TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculators.

Presenters' notes: Link to the PowerPoint and copies of the activities. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14j7Ej6WOcOZ5OVVif2aTVsgNaHdK6e1i?usp=sharing.

Presenter: Karlheinz Haas

Do you have Vernier probes and don’t know what to do with them? Join us in this session for TI-Nspire™ users to learn how to do successful data collection with handhelds, using the new TI-SensorLink Adapter to expand STEM project possibilities. Connect select sensors to the TI-SensorLink Adapter, then to the TI-Innovator™ Hub.

Presenter: John Bament

In this practical, hands-on workshop, you will program the TI-Innovator™ Rover robotic car to draw various shapes and solve numerous puzzles. Leave with your own piece of mathematical art and some practical examples to use in your classroom.

Presenter's notes: Here is the Google doc link to the original Original Google Doc.

And one with screen shots and not the videos Google Doc.