#TIpTuesday: July 4th Edition
...nstagram and Snapchat now! In this new summer series, we post a short Snapchat video each Tuesday across all channels that highlights quick tips and fun activities using TI technology. Because July 4th happens to fall on a Tuesday this year, we decided to feature some patriotic programs for a sp...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/tip-tuesday-july-4th-edition
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
...xtremely versatile language to be able to deliver useful instructional content while helping the development teams by providing feedback on features, functionality and bugs. The teams created custom Editors and runtime Shells for Python independently but cooperatively for the TI‑Nspire™ CX II and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
mathyoga
...anton, Ohio, math yoga has become increasingly more popular. Meinke and Olszewski currently use it as a math club activity; in the classroom to teach functions, transformations and end behavior; to describe geometry and calculus terminology; to build upon social and emotional learning; and to des...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...roduct is always one less or one more than the square. Try it! Readers are invited to find a formula for the height of the parallelogram as a function of terms of the Fibonacci sequence and then to show that the height tends to 0 as n tends to infinity. Awe moment number 2 Let a and b b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...OS™ to connect their calculator and capture screenshots. Here is a quick sample activity. In the GIF below, students are asked to consider a rational function, and explore points of interest, and share back screenshots of what they found interesting. Example of a template that students w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...s of students must be our primary motivator. Together, we can help every student, and our country, fulfill its potential. About the author: Joanie Funderburk is a lifelong learner with a passion for leadership, education and professional learning. She believes that relationships are the corner...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...ronics were difficult courses, but when using the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator, multivariable equations were easier to solve by using the unique functions on the graphing calculator. I was getting answers to complex problems within minutes. I still continue to solve power equations using my...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...stronauts aboard the ISS must still guard against accidental bacterial water contamination. The concept: The Drank Tank — a water purifier that can function in zero-gravity conditions to ensure the supply of uncontaminated drinking water aboard the space station See their video. The puri...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...xas Instruments is highly invested in increasing students’ STEM competencies, especially as we look to hire within our local talent pool. We provided funding to Girl Scouts to get more girls actively engaged in STEM, and they created the STEM Center of Excellence in Dallas to provide girls with a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...-solving, troubleshooting and teamwork. Coding and programming in a STEM classroom covers all of the skills students need to learn, and they can have fun doing it. Using TI’s 10 Minutes of Code is a time-saving, tried-and-true way to start this process in your classroom. Happy Computer Science W...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
... your calculator Code your calculator to draw ghosts like in the image below. Have your students draw the ghost and pumpkin using transformations of functions. Here’s a snippet of code to get you started with a ghost: 0→Xmin: 0→Ymin: 264→Xmax: 164→Ymax: For(N,0,20,1): Pt-On(132-N,120-(1/10...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...principles for math learning this year. We will get through this, and will be better educators for it on the other end. About the author: Joanie Funderburk has over 30 years of experience as a math educator, including nearly 20 years as a high school math teacher and ten years in math leader...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...ion are available as a part of this BulleTIn Board post. I am also watching the YouTube lessons supported by College Board®. Also, still find fun things to do with students that you would normally do in the classroom that build relationships and unity. It can be as simple as playing a vid...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
To STEM and Beyond!
... again, and this year we are all back full time. Last year, I started this little adventure with only one section of 23 students. Word got out on the fun we were having, and this year I have two sections with a total of 53 students! Some students have coding experiences from middle school or on t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
Any day is a better day with a little π (pi). Let’s celebrate Pi Day with some fun, meaningful activities that show students how the mathematical constant shows up in real life. 1: Happy Pi Day Activity Worksheets Choose from two quick-start activities; Ready-made Pi or Homemade Pi. In thes...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...ano notes with integer frequency must be an A note in some octave. Problem 5 Solution: This is a famous example of decision making in football (and a fun application of the quadratic formula). The key is that because there is so little time left, if the opponent scores, the game is over. If you d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...ics, geometry, etc. The center of the keypad has numerical keys and operation keys, as well as the very important enter key. Notice that trigonometry functions are all found in one key, trig. The bottom section of the keypad has alphabetical keys and access for symbols on the buttons marked π and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...ternet, going to more conferences and looking at what others are doing in the classroom. I try to soak in every idea that comes my way! What are some fun or unique ways you help your students learn? I've always loved using technology in the classroom, because teaching is so much more than lectur...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...women to pursue careers in engineering. Recently, Marie was a panelist at an International Women’s Day event and “Girls and Code, Montreal Movement”. Fun fact: English is not her first language, it’s French! Estefannie of @estefanniegg Estefannie is an embedded apps software engineering lead (ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
..., you’re not working on hardware that will make it onto the final robot, but it’s still useful. (Brookwood BITES) Do it with friends and have fun with the building and coding. (NaviGator) PARTICIPATE. (NaviGator) I would say that it’s best to understand that the project do...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
... that might happen) between watering cycles. Through explorations, students came to understand the architecture of the code (construction, syntax and functionality) through this project and by working hard to meet the customer’s needs. At the end of the project, students had a chance to present t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...le to participate in person in the summer of 2022, Bishop organized another camp with TI technology. This camp was focused more on strengthening math fundamentals like ratios, rates and proportions. We wanted to learn more about both these camps and how other educators could conduct similar ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...n an ongoing learning experience, and one I’d like to share more about with you! As podcast fans ourselves, we thought it would be interesting and fun to put our discussions out into the world in the form of a podcast, providing anytime, anywhere access to ideas, questions and considerations f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...what would it take to make the U.S. flag? (Warning: You might need some patience to go with your patriotism!) Tip: You can use both ti_draw functions (to make the red, white and blue rectangles) and Turtle functions (to make the stars) in the same program. Here’s some Turtle code that m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...hange my lesson plan and bring in new materials and activities to help explain the same concept in a different way until they understand it. What are fun or unique ways you teach your students? By nature I’m a designer, I love designing lesson plans or things. I love anything that has open-ended ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth