Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
...gh School math teacher honored About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
The ACT® exam is expected to go online this year. Technically, the ACT® has offered digital testing for about five years now, but only in school districts that require it as part of their end-of-course state testing. And, internationally, students have been taking the ACT® online since it ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...ingful profession,” said Mr. O. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
...Regional T³™ instructor, Nationally Board Certified and a reader for the AP® Computer Science Principles exam. She is passionate about integrating technology such as computer programming to build and enhance student understanding of mathematics. Python is included in the new TI-84 Plus CE Pyt...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...r 10 years. He currently teaches at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Scott is an advocate for using TI-technology and regularly presents at conferences, workshops and webinars, demonstrating how TI-technology can be effectively used by students to explo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...Nspire™ files) for exploration Did you know TI offers tons of FREE resources for use in your math classroom? If you are not yet aware of the sites MathNspired.com and 84 Activity Central, you should be! You can share these activities with your students through your LMS. There are many (literally ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...standing inequities are being exposed, and they demand our attention — now. Arbitrary circumstances into which kids are born — such as their race, ethnicity, ZIP code and socioeconomic status — should not be predictors of academic success. The fact that certain groups of students consistently un...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
In honor of National Engineers Week (Feb. 16–22), a week dedicated to increasing understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology careers, I wanted to share how my love for my Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator in high school helped to launch an engineering career at TI. Fr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
... If you want to keep the zombie fun going for a full week of Halloween-themed lessons, download the sequel activity (available for TI-Nspire™ CX technology). Students will dive deeper into science concepts by exploring chemistry and life sciences principles and observing processes, such as titr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
...ange. Visit www.ibo.org. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI six years ago, Fishpaw was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...national conferences, several Tuesday night national TI webinars, and local state teacher conferences. He is a firm believer in the integration of technology in the teaching of mathematical concepts to make learning more fun and interesting. On July 23, athletes began to assemble in a much-a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
...heltenham High School senior Jeffery Gaskin, computer science teacher Sarah Putterman, and senior Nate Norwood showcase the Texas Instruments (TI) technology they won. WATCH A VIDEO OF THE SURPRISE: HERE. “I immediately knew I wanted to nominate these two boys when I heard about the contest,” ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
...nessee Boston, Massachusetts About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...ar’s theme was “countries around the world”). "Engineers are problem-solvers, and the methods we apply are the same – whether we’re working on a technical problem or trying to build a structure of cookie boxes. And we love to compete. My advice to other women: Be bold!" Ayesha Mayhugh, Texas In...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...ght that uses lights and sound to signal when it is safe to cross the road. The students in my Introduction to Robotics course only use TI technology for their projects. We started the year with the 10 Minutes of Code units. They mastered those units and have moved on to other projects. O...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
... ride gone horribly wrong. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...Regional T³™ instructor, Nationally Board Certified and a reader for the AP® Computer Science Principles exam. She is passionate about integrating technology, such as computer programming, to build and enhance student understanding of mathematics. AP® is a trademark registered by the College B...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...with the opportunity to experience coding and help students see how STEM comes to life,” said Peter Balyta, president, Texas Instruments Education Technology. Like previous years, TI instructors led collaborative coding sessions using TI software and technology. But this year, instead of using ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...uilding blocks for new learning. Select an open-ended task with multiple entry points (such as the free tasks from Illustrative Mathematics or the technology-enhanced activities from Texas Instruments), then demonstrate different student approaches to showcase the learning for all students. By ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
...ge. Visit www.collegeboard.org. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
The start of a new school year has always been my favorite time of year. The freshness, anticipation and possibilities energize and excite me as I reconnect with colleagues and build relationships with new students and families. This year, though, educators are also facing the impact of a global ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...t the author: Erick Archer is a Market Strategy Manager at Texas Instruments and works with science and STEM teachers in the implementation of TI technology. He is also a former high school science teacher, father of two sons, married to his high school sweetheart and LOVES baseball. These are...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...h a joyful event when different aspects of my life somewhat magically mix together. My eyes lit up when Michelle Grooms, one of our TI Educational Technology Consultants (and also a fellow Girl Scout leader), shared her experience that she had been using Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
... comes to your cells. And, don't forget to check out the new “P³ — Puppies, Probability and Pi” "World of Pi" webinar for additional ways TI technology can be used to explore pi in relatable way for students! Another few helpful resource to check out for activity ideas is the "Mathtastic Pi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
... biology, including AP® Biology and marine science, at Reservoir High School in Howard County, Maryland. She is a T³™ National Instructor and sees technology as a great way to help students make real-life connections with science. Follow her on Twitter @MrsKohout. Make the most out of this sc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips