TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...n necessary, they navigate to nspireconnect.ti.com and connect their TI‑Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator to their Chromebook™ notebook computer. Sounds easy enough, right? It is. Let’s look at the progression of steps to do this. Getting started is easy. Once they have their calc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...In this era of accountability, long-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 certai...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...and, Texas. I was instantly captivated by the LED backlit screen and graphing capabilities. To simply type in an equation and have the visual in seconds, it made pre-calculus and calculus so much easier to understand. From conics to quadratics, the options were endless. Shreya Mandal graduat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...nd, girls are exposed to areas of STEM education that they might not experience in other places. When girls experience science and technology in a hands-on, minds-on way, they can build confidence in a field that may otherwise be a little intimidating.” TI Education Technology president,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
In honor of National STEM Day, we want to introduce you to the Texas Instruments (TI) STEM Squad, a team of former teachers, current teachers and TI employees that’s on a mission to get more kids interested and excited about STEM subjects. Since the summer of 2018, TI’s STEM Squad has been tour...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...a huge part of the success of these initiatives, as they donate their time to be role models to girls who might not know what they can do in STEM fields, or might not have the confidence to try something new, particularly in a male-dominated field like robotics. One shining exemplar of ours is A...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...y mastered those units and have moved on to other projects. One project was to create a traffic light using the TI-Innovator™ Hub with built-in RGB LEDs and a speaker. They also used the speaker to make music and learned how to read basic sheet music to have the TI-Innovator™ Hub play the songs. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...c. How Good Is Your Memory — A computer science project that uses the TI-Innovator™ Hub to create a sequence of colored lights and sounds the user must remember and repeat in order to continue playing. Note: The code shown is written for the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
San Antonio calculus teacher Walter Meyer thought he was heading to a meeting about funding for a gardening project, but instead he was surprised with cheerleaders, a marching band and news that he was the latest winner in the Texas Instruments (TI) Spread the Math Love Contest. Walter Meyer s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...-based, such as “unfinished learning” or “opportunity to learn,” rather than the deficit-based “learning loss,” helps address the social-emotional needs of teachers and students and sets the stage for positive learning experiences in the new school year. Students are more likely to feel safe and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
If you’re a math teacher, you’re familiar with students anxiously asking to use their calculators. For them, it may feel like a secret weapon that will help them be more successful in math class. Throughout elementary school, kids trudge through adding fractions, multiplying five-digit numbers ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...es can be awkward and sometimes seem like a distant dream. However, if you model what “think time” looks like, it will be the most important few seconds of your class. Set up think time by saying, “I want you to think about this for a minute. Don’t shout anything out; just think about the questio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...my classroom, there would be a number that we would tear down each day with a Calculus meme on it. Instead, I’m using Remind to communicate with my kids. Teach the structure of the test. No matter if the test is on papers (admin 1 and 2) or online (admin 3), this year the exam follows the typ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...e of work. For example, during the week I like to make Wednesday my day of rest. On Wednesdays, I try my best to leave school right when school day ends and intentionally do not bring any work home with me. On the weekends, I do the same. If I have work to do on the weekend, I’ll save it for one ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...et faces gleamed when they realized they had created something on the calculator. It was inspiring to see their creativity shine through and their minds processing the possibilities of what they could do next with their new coding skills. These activities are free and available online to any Girl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...ion Set March 8: Integration by Parts Problem Set // Solution Set March 22: Slope fields and differential equations Problem Set // Solution Set April 5: Polar equations Problem Set // Solution Set ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
To STEM and Beyond!
...ng the future workforce. Our students are being trained and taught for jobs that haven’t even been created yet. The ever-changing technology field needs those that can problem solve, understand logic and persevere through a problem. This is what computer science and STEM offers our students. Be...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...o! Have you heard of the Buffon’s needle problem? This problem approximates pi by dropping needles. Well, wouldn’t it be safer and tastier to use breadsticks? Yum! Watch this how-to video: 3: Everybody loves Pi and coloring! These Pi themed coloring pages are a great activity for when stu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...s me to go back and listen to learn their names and a little more about them. 2. Build skills for the future One of the things I missed most was hands-on learning when I was virtual and hybrid last year. I am hopeful that this year we can complete STEM Projects together. I want to foster collab...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
... temperature and pH changes on the diversity of fish. Screenshots from the Some Like It Hot activity. 7. Classification of Life: Needs of Living Things — Photosynthesis in Plants Students will explore the relationship between the visible light spectrum and photosynthesis in thi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
...h applied problems that students can see and touch can develop their understanding of the concepts they are learning. In this session, we did some hands-on experiments that connect math concepts to real-world observations. TI-Nspire™ CX technology Link to presentation>> Rate of Change: Algebra to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...r Science Principles, 9th-12th grade TEACHES WHERE: Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 13 years Alice in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I’ve always liked the idea of helping others. Initially, I choose a pre-med path in college, but while in colle...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...s a Valentine’s Day cryptoarithmetic puzzle. Is it possible to replace each unique letter in this equation with a unique digit (0 to 9) so that it holds? Note that once a letter is given a digit, that is its digit throughout the equation (if you set O to be 3 in YOU, it is also 3 in LOVE). Probl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...ied a variety of ways to put students into assigned seats the first week of school. Compared to how I assign seats after the first unit test, my methods for those first days when I don’t know students names are dramatically different. Over the past 23 years I have tried everything from the dreade...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... who explains things so well that students understand’ to ‘one who gets students to explain things so well that they can be understood.’”* This mindset shift was what was needed. Along with the other teachers in Oklahoma Excel, we began to test and perfect Puzzle Problems. These are short, fiv...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems