TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
Did you know that you can use your Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators seamlessly with your Chromebook™ notebook computers? For a truly integrated approach to teaching and learning mathematics, students can now connect either their TI‑84 Plus CE or TI‑Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
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
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...for your phone, computer, keychain and, yes, still handheld versions. So, why shouldn’t we have a version for the calculator? TI graphing calculator connected with the TI-Innovator™ Hub Initially, the game will generate one color and the user will enter ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...aid 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 a graphing calculator, Shads were equipped with a perpetual license of the TI-Nspire™ CX S...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...lationships, as our students, like us, are experiencing an increased amount of stress, trauma and uncertainty. Building trust, expressing empathy and connecting on a human level is more important than ever for educators and the students and families they work with — a prerequisite for any semblan...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
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
... at some of the best physics 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: T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...e best middle grades science 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: B...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... the problem is the exploration and subsequent justification of the mathematical concept that is the objective of the lesson. We began to see more connections. Doug Roberts, our T³™ in-classroom systemic coach and our Oklahoma Excel NIC, guided us to think about connecting this work to cogniti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...d that picking one area to excel in is much better than being mediocre in a lot of different areas. What do you love most about teaching? I love the connections that I get to make with students. There’s nothing like witnessing students light up when they learn something new that they enjoy. Math...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...ich of the liquids had the strongest intermolecular force of attraction. Snapshot of the classroom usage of the TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software and the TI‑Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System where the student data is projected for the class to view. This is a data collection activity that...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
...e need to draw a heart. And, if you are going to draw a picture, you need dots. How else are you supposed to draw a picture if you don’t have dots to connect? (My best artwork always involved books where you connect the dots.) We are going to graph our dots by graphing a scatterplot. First, we wi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
...anner as to create this image. Recognize this? “Finding Fibo!” 2. What about the curve/spiral? The familiar Fibonacci spiral can be drawn by connecting successive quarter circles or arcs, known as the golden ratio, which is the ratio of a term divided by its previous term. Its value is 1...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
... If you know about this problem and you know the answer, feel free to skip ahead! Image courtesy of Cepheus on Wikimedia. An instructional arc for teaching probability Probability is one of those content areas that seems to get pushed to the end of the year, right before stat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...oir High School in Howard County, Md. She became a T3™ Regional Instructor in 2015 and sees technology as a great way to help students make real-life connections with science. Follow her on Twitter @MrsKohout. STEM skills are important for all students. How can we get more girls interested in S...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
World-Emoji-Day
...face. The advances have been nothing short of amazing. As a high school classroom teacher, I am always watching out for engaging ways to get students connected to what we are learning in the classroom. I decided to use our affinity for using emojis to introduce programing in Python to my Intro to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...ually fell in love in graduate school, but that 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 e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...hor: Mark Watson is the Senior Copywriter for Texas Instruments with years of experience in the areas of education technology and teacher and student software. A proud graduate from Texas Tech University, he has a passion for helping educators discover ways to enrich the classroom learning experi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...oward drawing the pictorial. Some kids may not need to this, and they’ll see that we're going to draw pictures. However, it helps all of the students connect the abstract idea to working out real symbols and problems. What is your primary goal for students? To have them love math. To have studen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...Water Day is coming, so get those lessons ready! About the authors: Don Gibbs is a science instructor and school leader at Pomfret School in Connecticut. An experiential learning educator with 28 years of service in schools, Gibbs harnesses his passions for marine science, chemistry and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...challenging two years. This was an opportunity that might not have been, without the restrictions of COVID-19, that left us searching for new ways to connect with teachers during this very challenging time. Being able to work with a friend and TI colleague, Curtis Brown, on this new endeavor, has...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...calculator. You will find the fireworks activity in the "Turtle Graphics" section, and you will need the Turtle module on your calculator or computer software. The code that generates one star polygon is: n is an odd number between 5 and 11. The is the number of vertices on the polygo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...each math. Fast Facts About Ellen: TEACHES WHAT: Integrated math 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 b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
...hor: Mark Watson is the Senior Copywriter for Texas Instruments with years of experience in the areas of education technology and teacher and student software. A proud graduate from Texas Tech University, he has a passion for helping educators discover ways to enrich the classroom learning experi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...of the day on the first day of school can be a bit trying for students after summer vacation. Not my students. These students were laughing, building connections to others in class, and engaged until the bell. AMAZING! How are the activities structured? In activity 1, my students explored b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology