How I overcame my fear of mathematics and finally understood the world
As a child growing up in Canada, my one true passion was ice hockey. I was maybe a bit too small for the game, but what I lacked in size I tried to make up for in speed and technical ability. When I wasn’t on the ice, I was engrossed in baseball and martial arts. As long as I was playing somethi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/overcoming-fear-of-math
Get Ready for a Math-Packed School Year
...s choice of TI graphing calculator. Don’t delay — get ready for back to school and enter the contest today! Back-to-School Social Media Contest About the author: Courtney Ruggles is the Digital Content Marketing Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining Texas Instrumen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtoschoolcontest
Find the Frequen-Z!
Practical Ways for Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse to Come Teachers are continuously told how important STEM and coding will be for their students’ future career options. But how is a teacher supposed to engage students in coding and STEM, while still getting through all of the academic standard...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/july/survived-the-zombie-outbreak
You Asked – TI Answered: Enabling Student Career Success Through Products Developed With and for Teachers
...nts to create dynamic presentations using graphs, geometry and data with interactive software. When designing for a handheld graphing calculator, computer software or a tablet, we consider everything from start-up time to the location of icons on the screen. Our team spends countless hours learni...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/products-with-a-purpose
Five Tips for High School STEM Camps
...e, resources and training, complicate the task of creating an in-school STEM program, to say the least. This year, a team from Texas Instruments set out to find ways to excite students about math and science by giving them a meaningful experience in solving a real-world STEM problem. We launched ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/five-tips-for-high-school-stem-camps
#TIpTuesday: July 4th Edition
--> If you follow us on social media, you’ve likely seen our new #TIpTuesday video series, but if you don’t – go follow @TICalculators on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat now! In this new summer series, we post a short Snapchat video each Tuesday across all channels that highlights q...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/tip-tuesday-july-4th-edition
Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
...ost tech-savvy person and I didn’t think I was going to understand this very well,” said Hope Stanley, an eighth-grader at Travis Vanguard Academy. “But this was really easy and it was actually really fun.” Rover connects to the TI graphing calculator that many students already have and the TI-In...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
Celebrate Jack Kilby Day
...udents everywhere that it only takes one small spark to change the world. Use these resources to introduce your students to Jack Kilby, teach them about the integrated circuit and show them how science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is all around them. I want to inspire innovation in my...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/september/celebrate-jack-kilby-day
Game Plan for Educators
Put together a winning plan to kick off this school year. Start Today Put together a winning plan to kick off this school year. Game Plan for Educators Texas Instruments Game Plan for Educators websitehttps://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/game-plan-for-educators
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
...’t know for sure what next great invention will make history like the integrated circuit, what we do know is the students in your classrooms are the future scientists, engineers and mathematicians that will envision and create the solutions to our world’s greatest problems. In celebration of the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
Mission Imagination
...on design challenge from Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) (TI) and NASA. The national competition asked students from across the country to propose solutions to challenges astronauts would face on a journey to Mars. The questions were based on the challenges International Space Station (ISS) comma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
April Showers
Tom Reardon shows off the best blooms to brighten your classroom using TI technology. Find out how Tom Reardon shows off the best blooms to brighten your classroom using TI technology. April Showers Texas Instruments April Showers website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/april-showers
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
Detector Building has changed! The 2021–22 Science Olympiad Division C once again will include the Detector Building competition which challenges students to build, code and test a working sensor. Last year’s competition required students to build a working thermometer, but this year’s competiti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
roboticsweek2021
Did you know that the best way to understand how something works is to take it apart and examine the insides? That’s why “teardown” videos are so popular — they show us what’s on the inside of everyday products without having to worry about reassembling them. In celebration of National Roboti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
mathyoga
...g movement into math class. So, what are their top tips for getting started? First thing’s first: Find some yoga mats. They recommend reaching out to a PE coach at your school, a local community center or even applying for a grant that is interested in supporting unconventional ways of expl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
... This week, Texas Instruments (TI) surprised the first winner of the contest, calculus teacher Glen Marr from Park Vista Community High School, just outside of Palm Beach, Florida. High school senior Faith Southwick, who is the first person in her school’s history to receive an appointment to the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
How to Start the Year on a Math High
... With that initial smile at the door, you are already establishing that today, and every day, will be great in math class. 2. Clear and consistent routines As the saying goes, “what is essential for some is beneficial for all,” and this is so true in all areas of our life, including our classroo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...d Ms. Meinke. With the help of TI, she arranged for students at the school to surprise Mr. O with the news that he won the contest. While Mr. O went out to lunch with one of the school’s administrators, Ms. Meinke and many of the calculus students gathered to surprise Mr. O in his classroom. “Whe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Leveling the Math Playing Field
Mathematics education in the U.S. has long faced challenges. The recent shift to online learning has only widened the educational opportunity gap between affluent and disadvantaged students who lack computers and internet connectivity and are now falling even further behind. In this era of acc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
.... She is now a full-time engineer at TI. Starting my career in electrical engineering at Texas A&M University, I had a lot of challenging classes, but the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator helped me through it all. I was amazed by the capability of graphing/solving Fourier transforms and Bode P...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
Teachers are always keeping an eye out for stimulating activities that can get students more involved in their lessons. With Halloween just around the corner, these crowd-pleasing activities offer great opportunities to turn class time into good, ghoulish fun — while still delivering instruction...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
Texas Instruments (TI) teamed up with NASA earlier this year to host the TI Codes Contest, where students could compete in teams to put their programming, problem-solving and creativity into practice in a space-themed challenge. We asked students to think of ways to improve a process or product...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
...eeded anything.” Among her wishes was a green TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator to use in her IB®: Math Applications and Interpretation class and in future college courses. It’s a wish we were more than happy to grant, along with some other goodies to hopefully put a smile on Calderon’s face. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...apan in a much-anticipated competition since it was delayed by one year due to a global pandemic. Not only is this an exciting time for the athletes but also for fans of the sports they represent. Many of us will be glued to our televisions watching the “best of the best” do their thing and exper...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
Cheltenham High School computer science teacher Sarah Putterman, and the school’s marching band, pulled a fast one on senior drumline members Nate Norward and Jeffery Gaskin before band practice on the football field. At the start of practice, the band director sent the boys back to the band r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove