Virtual Workshop: Leveraging the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator for ACT^® Test Success

What to expect from your virtual T³™ Summer Workshop experience:

• Twelve hours of hands-on, interactive professional learning held over four, three-hour online sessions
• The benefit of time to reflect on what you have learned between sessions
• Opportunities to try new strategies and come back with questions at the next session
• Learn from T³™ instructors who are knowledgeable on effective practices for online teaching and learning
• Experience virtual learning using the WebEx Training Center platform
• Receive your TI graphing calculator and software at your summer residence
• Get the training materials ahead of time
• Receive a certificate of attendance that may be accepted as professional development credit from your school or district

Workshop overview

This workshop is designed for mathematics educators who want to learn to leverage TI-84 Plus CE technology skills to drive student success on the ACT^® test by exploring released test items.

Educators will cover the main elements of the ACT^® test, discuss strategies for helping students to better understand key topics, and emphasize techniques for teaching with TI-84 Plus CE technology.

By the end of the workshop, participants should feel comfortable with:

• Leveraging the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator for exam questions in key categories such as number and quantity, algebra, functions, geometry, and statistics and probability
• Highlighting the key content areas on the ACT® test and adjusting mathematics instruction accordingly
• Implementing test-preparation strategies in the mathematics classroom and using premade activities that reinforce technology skills and deepen student understanding of key topics

While the workshop is taught using TI-84 Plus CE technology, it is relevant for educators using any graphing calculator within the TI-84 Plus family.

Pricing and technology options

$225 — Workshop registration plus the following TI technology package:

• TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator and TI-SmartView™ CE emulator software for the TI-84 Plus graphing family

Team discount: Register four educators for this workshop, and the fifth attends free.

Note: Should the workshop need to be canceled, registration fees will be refunded in full.