Getting Started With the TI-Innovator™ Rover

This workshop is designed for educators interested in learning more about coding using the TI‑Innovator™ Rover to further engage students in coding and STEM applications.

Building upon the lessons from TI’s 10 Minutes of Code, the workshop shows participants how to control Rover using either TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ CX technology. The coding applications covered will be connected to concepts in math and science.

By the end of the workshop, participants should be comfortable:

Identifying the Rover's components and specifications
Writing programs that control input and output commands on Rover
Using variables in a program
Using loops and If … Then … Else … End statements to control the direction of Rover
Applying what they have learned to create their own activities with connections to mathematics and science

Overview

"Getting Started With the TI-Innovator™ Rover" is a one-day workshop. It can be combined with the following workshops to create a two- or three-day workshop option:

A virtual workshop is also available in multiple two- or three-hour sessions.

During this workshop, participants will learn to:

Write programs and navigate Rover to create basic geometric shapes
Connect their knowledge of mathematics to direct Rover on a map of Olympus Mons on Mars
Connect to physics and rates of change to explore velocity with Rover
Use Rover’s Ultrasonic Ranger to have Rover conduct its way through an obstacle course
Use two Rovers to identify and work with points of intersection and solving systems of linear equations

Areas of Focus

This workshop connects coding to curriculum concepts. No experience on the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator or TI-Nspire™ CX handheld will be required, as basic technology skills will be covered as they are needed.

Subject	Topics
Rates of Change	How to calculate and understand various rates of change and velocity
Geometric Shapes	Creating the commands within loops and If ... Then statements to understand the mathematics involved in constructed geometric shapes
Systems of Equations Linear Relations Distance/Time	Understanding relationship between motion and a linear graph Finding point of intersection and connecting it to the context of distance and time
Basics of Coding	Cover the basics of input/output, variables, loops and selection statements

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Pricing

The cost of this On-Site Workshop is:

One Day: $2,500

Six virtual hours, delivered in two- or three-hour sessions, is the equivalent to one full-day of in-person professional learning. For workshop pricing including TI technology, please contact us.

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