Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest
...the TI-Innovator Hub and then use your use your graphing calculator to program them. Also, there are additional sensors you can purchase using the gift card that TI provided to your team for making it this far in the contest. In the video below, check out the automatic candy dispenser that stud...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/ticodescontest
Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers
... Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers — Session 11 Presentation Fall ’21 sessions to watch on demand Nov. 30: FTC (Fundamental Theorem of Calculus) Problem Set // Solution Set --> Sept. 13: Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers — Ses...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mondaynightcalculus
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
... leave the initial investigation comprehending that if y = f(x) + k, a function translates “up” k units and if y = f(x + k), a function translates “left” k units. However, many students leave the investigation puzzled as to why in one instance “+ k” results in a positive movement, up, and in the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
...team passionate about education and helping educators and students achieve academic success My STEM career has been evolving for many years. I’ve often been the only female and, more often, the only African American in the room; still I chose to be heard and actively contribute. Today, I cho...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Enter for a Chance to Win a TI-84 Plus CE
...e winner, selected at random, will receive a one-of-a-kind TI pool party package, which includes a TI-84 Plus CE, this dope float along with a $100 gift card to throw a little back-to-school pool bash. Who said you need sine and cosine to get tan? 😉 What are you waiting for…jump right in and win...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/contest
Ingenuity-takes-flight
Have you heard of the “The seven minutes of terror”? Sounds a bit like a horror movie, doesn’t it? And, actually for NASA, it is almost as nail biting! Feb. 18, 2021, was an important date for NASA. After an almost seven-month journey, and a landing often called “The seven minutes of terror,”...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
Three Pawsitively Fun TI-Nspire Math Activities
...e. Want to try an activity but don't have a TI-Nspire CX? Download a free 90-day trial version of the TI-Nspire™ CX and TI-Nspire™ CX CAS Teacher Software. This blog is for all the dog lovers out there. In this post, we will share a few math activities that involve dogs. Who knew dogs were ped...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/dog_blog
You only get one “first day of school” – use it wisely
...easier. Another one of my first day favorites is to give each student Play-Doh and let them make something that describes what they did that summer. After all, who doesn’t like playing with Play-Doh? 2. Set Expectations It may not be the most exciting part of the day, but review rules and expec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/firstday
Tips for Surviving the First Week Back at School
...hone Distraction in the Classroom Can Lead to Lower Grades, Rutgers Study Finds. They can get their cell phones out, and check their Instagram feed, after the bell rings. My advice, practice these routines early and often. #4. Share Your Values Take the time to allow students to learn what you va...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/first_week_tips
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
...unities in STEM fields. At home, it is important for parents to be patient during homework and to keep everyday conversations about math positive. After all, our survey showed that 75 percent of kids have heard adults speak negatively about math, and 44 percent have heard an adult say, “I hate ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
5 Tips for a Healthy, Happy Exam Week | Texas Instruments
...ere probably aren’t as many things stressing you out as you initially thought, and b) that some of the things on your list aren’t that big of a deal after all. Anxiety Tip #2: Take a Brain Vacay Getting worked up over that question that’s driving you nuts? Take a break. Seriously. Play with your ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/5-tips-for-a-healthy-happy-exam-week
Professional basketball star donates TI calculators to his former high school
...knowing Riverside students will be able to use these graphing calculators for many years to come. Warren was the 14th overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft and is currently the starting forward for the Phoenix Suns. “I think it says a lot about T.J. and how much he enjoyed his time here, for him to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/february/tj-warren-donates
How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career at TI
One of my earliest memories is of me in the car, at the age of four, playing electronic math drill games on my Little Professor. For many years, my primary car entertainment was seeing how many answers I could get right in a row. I could have never imagined that today I would actually work as a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/eweek2021
The Long Road to My STEM Career
...ass, was there a different, more engaging way, to teach the subject? Probably. Would it have made a difference for me? Yeah, I think so. In a Microsoft® study about STEM from 2018, 91% of fifth- to twelfth-grade girls said they are creative. But only 37% of them think STEM jobs involve creativit...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
7 Reasons Why Python on the TI-Nspire™ CX II Graphing Calculator Is a Must-Have for Your Classroom
This month marks the release of the latest update for the TI-Nspire™ CX II family. This update (version 5.2) includes support for Python, a significant feature that strengthens the use of TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators and software in math classes. Educators can now connect coding in ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/7-reasons-why-python-is-a-must
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
As we enter into this new frontier of virtual teaching and learning, I had the opportunity to connect with Richard Snow, an expert in distance learning and a T³™ National Instructor, for some guidance. Snow was the first educator to use TI graphing calculator emulator software while teaching stu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
Customize your TI calculator with a 3-D printed case
...u, “but it does give you some options if you lose your case or simply want to be the envy of everyone’s eye in algebra class.” Galu, who works as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer for Texas Instruments, created the prototypes in his free time and is sharing them on Thingiverse, a thriving des...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/3d-slide-case
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2021
...hed T³™ Webinars from 2021. These hour-long sessions are all free and available on demand. Watch recordings on your schedule and at your own pace. After finishing a webinar, don’t forget to print a certificate of completion. This may be accepted at your school or district for continuing educati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2021webinars
How To Use the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators To Succeed on the ACT®
Standardized tests have a way of asking questions that go past number crunching, and dive into the concepts. Often, these questions reveal misconceptions that students may have or just introduce a topic that the students haven’t really had a chance to explore. The fascinating part is that usual...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/digital-act-84
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...ted by Dan Ilaria and Jeremy Zelkowski Explore instructional practices that support the implementation of high-quality tasks using TI technology. After finishing a webinar, don’t forget to print a certificate of completion. This may be accepted at your school or district for continuing educati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
A case for handheld graphing calculators
...epts students must learn. Many “free” online tools do a couple of things nicely on the surface, but when you look closer, it ends there. These tools often don’t offer a complete package of features, lessons, customer service and training needed to fully support students and teachers in the classr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
STEM Challenge
Fifteen teams of middle-school STEM students rise to the TI Orion Space Capsule Challenge in Sarasota, Fla. Fifteen teams of middle-school STEM students rise to the TI Orion Space Capsule Challenge in Sarasota, Fla. STEM Challenge Texas Instruments STEM Challenge website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/stem-challenge
Best of Biology
...t some of the best biology activities below. These are just a few of the many activities available for free with your TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software or TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. Don’t have the software? Click here to get started. 1. Skills of Science: Buildin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofbiology
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
...ou’ll need the following equipment and materials (Figure 2): TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator or a computer with TI-Nspire™ software TI-Nspire™ Lab Cradle Vernier microphone A handful of small balls (pingpong, golf, lacrosse — we’re not picky!) Connect the micropho...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
...x it may be. I can also use the Rovers in my precalculus class, particularly when students are learning about radian measures. On a subject that can often be relatively dry, the Rover lets them program in radians while they draw their own figures. This gives them a ton of practice comparing radia...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/february/teacherofthemonth