Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...and” used for grabbing and moving objects on the Graphing or Geometry pages. The TI-Nspire CX calculator is “menu driven” which means that most commands are found by pressing the menu key. The menus will be different for each application found on the calculator because there are different command...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...use to help our students build a foundation for financial literacy are further educating ourselves, becoming familiar with financial education standards, and integrating financial literacy concepts and skills into our current curricula. In honor of Financial Literacy Month, let’s explore these ob...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...nce Principles, and Java Programming I & II TEACHES WHERE: Knox Central High School in Kentucky TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 4 years Fatemia in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I was originally in the field of graphic design, and actually decided pretty late in life that I wanted to be a t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
... out how to bring this new tool back to my students. I attended a session, presented by my now good friend Jeff Lukens, on data collection, TI handhelds, and how they can be used with Vernier sensors. I was hooked! I attended every one of his sessions as well as any other with data collection in ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...s to connect students and educators to authentic STEM experiences and to increase the number of underrepresented and underserved students in STEM fields. Becky’s favorite quote: “Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...3: (grid-in) Solve for x 5. Use a Graph You probably know from your school math class that there is more than one way to solve equations: two methods are to use algebraic operations or to examine a graph. In example 4, you can find how many seconds it takes for a ball to hit the ground by gra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
The Heartbeat of STEM
...ghts in a sequence to show the flow of blood through the heart starting with the right atrium and ending with the left ventricle. Students add in sounds after each cycle to beep like an EKG machine. They can also figure out how to speed up or slow down their cycles and to calculate heart rate. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
...g about linear and quadratic functions. This activity can be done either on a TI-Nspire™ CX II or TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator. The commands are the same, but the menus are arranged differently. Note that in this blog, I have used the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator to demonstrat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
Understanding Slope Is More Than Computing It When I first started teaching, I taught algebra I to ninth-graders. My students were similar to most — highly energetic kids that, quite honestly, had more important things on their mind than mathematics. Let’s face it: their understanding of the sl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...ontent areas that seems to get pushed to the end of the year, right before state testing. With the time crunch, the focus for teaching probability tends to fall on calculation instead of helping students to develop a sense of randomness. Just about any mathematics topic can have a degree of rando...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
World-Emoji-Day
...day. But, I do remember emails that sent images in the signature, some basic, some complex and some from people who had way too much time on their hands using ASCII art. As an early user of the TI-80 … something (TI-81, TI-83 and TI-84 graphin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
...ver a few of the basics of music by the numbers. It was Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras who discovered that you can make different sounds with different weights and vibrations. Ultimately, this led to his discovery that the pitch of a vibrating string is proportional to and can be ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...nsights into their experiences. If you have not heard of the TI Codes Contest before, or are not sure if the contest is for you, read on. Their words, enthusiasm and ideas will inspire. “Thrilling, challenging, exhilarating.” — Stiles Middle School student member The TI Codes Cont...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...at is a story for another blog post). So, our hearts really lie in pure mathematics and the elegance and connections it brings. In the back of our minds, we both want to do the problem using the traditional methods followed with supporting methods to enhance understanding of the concept. But that...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
...t as an equation to memorize, but as a representation of real events? Get out of your seats to model relationships between position and time using hands-on data collection. Learn some surprising things about teaching rate of change from algebra through calculus. Technology: TI-Nspire™ CX graphing...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
There’s no need to fret when you’re away from class. We have hundreds of free math lessons and activities, including this huge collection of video resources, to give your substitute teacher while you’re gone. Whether you’ll be out for just a day or a bit longer, these math videos will keep stude...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
We’re celebrating teachers, like you, who make a difference in the classroom. This month, join us in getting to know Katie England, a teacher who’s on a mission to change students' minds about math. Fast Facts About Katie: TEACHES WHAT: High School Mathematics Content Specialist TEACHES...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...rated technology, coding and environmental resource management. The “Smart Water with TI-Innovator™” project and activity bundle, created by our friends at Texas Instruments, proved to be the perfect platform for an awesome extension project with a very practical purpose. Check out the project re...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...h class better for all of us. Clear Communication Whatever your grading system is — total points, percent weight for each type of grade or standards-based grades — communicate that at the start of the school year, and remind students of pertinent details along the way. Ideally, the students s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...ell as for the organizers — during this virtual summer camp, but the feedback from the students highlighted the value and long-term impact of this hands-on STEM experience. One of the advantages of the configuration where students wrote code on the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator was that...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
... tips for how to use TI calculators successfully on class assessments. Determine the Objectives The TI-84 Plus family and the TI-Nspire™ CX handhelds are robust teaching tools for calculating, graphing and more. During lessons, these devices enable students to work accurately and efficiently, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...eparation for podcast episodes, we listen to educators in our personal and professional circles, on social media, and through the NCTM discussion boards to determine topics that math educators are dealing with. We then individually explore resources around the ideas, draw on our personal experien...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...and engineering, 9th-12th grade TEACHES WHERE: Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 38 years Ellen in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I know the exact moment that I wanted to be a teacher. In high school, I was asked to teach someone how to play t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...ave probably seen the list method a.append(x) to add one element x to the list a. A comparable technique is a += [x] (short for a = a + [x]) which “adds” the list containing x to the end of list a. The square brackets around x are required: you are adding a list (containing one or more elements) ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Who knew math had moves?
...le. Students Bayaan Musa and Aurea Le programming Rover to dance to a Bruno Mars song Rover was designed for beginners. The purpose is to show all kids that learning to program can be fun, and easy to get started in coding and robotics. “I wasn’t really interested in programming, but today, afte...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover