Virtual Workshop: Exploring TI-84 Plus CE Technology and Learning to Code

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 educators who are interested in TI-84 Plus CE technology in the mathematics classroom and want an introduction to coding in the context of high school mathematics.

Learn a wide range of TI-84 Plus CE technology skills so that you’ll be comfortable with graphing, tables and lists, as well as other applications of the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. Also, you will be introduced to basic coding for your students, building upon the lessons from TI’s 10 Minutes of Code. We will cover key principles including logic, selection statements and loops.

Day one of the workshop will include an:

• Overview of the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator, including general calculator, graphing and statistical functionality
• Exploration of dynamic, interactive lessons and online resources for algebra I, geometry, algebra II, precalculus, calculus and statistics
• Introduction to TI-84 Plus CE teacher software

During day two of this workshop, participants will learn to:

• Use the TI-Basic program editor to create and run programs
• Use simple editing features to insert and delete entries or lines of code
• Evaluate expressions and store them as variables
• Recognize programing features including conditions, relational operators, logical operators, and simple and compound conditions
• Perform the basic steps for debugging a simple program

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.