5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
Instagram is quickly becoming one of the world’s most popular virtual teacher lounges. Not only is this social media site a hotbed of perfectly proportioned photos, but it also has great ideas, content and classroom inspiration for teachers. From funny facts about teachers’ daily routines to mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...ly — over Zoom — and the students used temperature sensors, an RGB (red green blue) LED, a microcontroller (TI‑Innovator™ Hub) and TI calculators to build a device that changed the color of the LED based on their temperature. The “Digital Mood Ring” STEM project. The students a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
You’ve been using TI graphing calculators in your teaching, and now it’s time for testing. Whether you are giving a short quiz, a chapter test or end-of-term exam, here are some tips for how to use TI calculators successfully on class assessments. Determine the Objectives The TI-84 Plus famil...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
... and share preliminary thoughts with one another on a planning call. We create a very loose structure by identifying a few key ideas and a couple of guiding questions that we use while we record. We are careful not to have too much of the conversation while we are planning, because we want our po...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...TI technology do you use in the classroom and how do you use it? I love using the TI-Nspire CX Navigator System in my class because I can send out a quick poll to figure out where my students are throughout each class and adjust as needed. We also use the TI-Nspire CX handheld, the TI-Innovator H...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...tion, see Unit 4 Application, which creates a simulation of tossing two dice and monitoring the different sums that are accumulated and analyzed. Building a list using .append() You have probably seen the list method a.append(x) to add one element x to the list a. A comparable technique is a +...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Who knew math had moves?
Veteran math teacher turned first-year computer science teacher, Katie Brown, wasn’t quite sure what to expect when she learned Texas Instruments was bringing its’ new robotic car, the TI-Innovator Rover, to share with her pre-AP computer science class. But after one 50-minute class period, she ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
There’s nothing quite like a newly spruced up classroom to kick off another school year. And we know getting your classroom decorations organized and set up is simply a must for back to school! To help make your classroom glow up easy and FREE, we’ve rounded up a set of awesome resources to fi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
The expression “seeing is believing” is usually true. But in science education, many of the concepts can be quite difficult for students to observe because they can be very small, very large, very fast or very slow. So how can we provide students with an experience of science phenomena in the co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...webinars. Our last IB® webinar of this school year was dedicated to IB® teachers preparing their students for the May 2022 exams. First, we took a guided tour of the IB® website, and looked at what test prep was available to teachers, and students, on the site. There are more than 50 IB® exam s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
... students to push their creativity. Encourage your students to enter for a chance to win some cash for their prom night!* To be honest, it’s been quite some time since I have thought about prom (1966; I did not attend any proms but our wedding song in 1970 was “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” by F...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
... the unknown “species”, they start thinking about the interactions between machines and living systems. Link to Activity 4. Electrical Engineering – Build a Speaker! Physics Electrical engineers develop solutions for every electrical device on the planet. From your cell phone to solar farms to s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...ovator™ Hub). I wanted to start the year off with a bang, or should I say lights and SOUND! It was a huge success. The activities in this topic were built so my students could work through them with partners and without any direct instruction from me. While they were busy learning how to use RGB ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
... that does the same thing for your graphing calculator and turns it into a pet. This is a good exercise that will get your students thinking through building a bigger program, which is what product managers do in the real world. A product manager has to think through all of the features of the pr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...r can enjoy and maybe even gain new ideas for the classroom. Featured books from our 2022 T3IC keynotes (Yes,you can still register!) “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by Peter Liljedahl This easy read includes easily applied and practical recommendations. It also incl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
At Texas Instruments, we love a good contest or quiz that helps get students and teachers excited about math and science. And, the winner of our latest #GenSTEM contest, gets us even more excited about math and science than usual. I didn’t even know that was possible! Meet Alex Livingston, a so...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
...ted in his Office Hours on Facebook Live. Missed the Facebook Live or want to watch it again? The link is included in the blog post. Download a PDF guide that details more of Tom’s tips for using the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator in your math class. 5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Mat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...art by displaying “HELLO WORLD” on the screen. This is a common starting point in learning any programming language. Luckily, TI offers step-by-step guidance on how to display text to the screen and other introductory programs in our 10 Minutes of Code resources. Start with Unit 1: Program Basics...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
In the spring of 2022, I was looking for some innovative ways to review my AP® Calculus students for the AP® exam. I read Peter Liljedahl’s book, “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics,” in the summer of 2021 and decided to implement some of the strategies from his book. My calculus classe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
... intersect to find the intersection point. 10: Solve Systems of Linear Inequalities Graphically There will also be problems on the ACT that will require you to solve systems of linear inequalities and find the points of intersection in the bounded region. You can solve that problem algebraicall...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...portant, life-long benefit of knowing how to program. “I went to our activities person and said we want to start a coding club and I need money for equipment, so she gave us some ideas for fundraising,” said Kachur. “We ended up raising almost $1,000 in candy bar sales, so that we could get 5 TI-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...acts end learning experiences, while questions and conjectures extend learning experiences. There is power in beginning a learning experience with inquiry rather than answers. Empower your students to play within the appropriate frame while increasing student ownership, rigor and joy. D...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
... “Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football” by John Urschel, former professional football player turned full-time mathematician, and his wife, Louisa Thomas. A New York Times bestseller, this book tells the story of Urschel’s life balanced between two passions: math and football. It explores...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...g and problematic — not anymore! Traditional Python can be tricky because it uses specific indentation for iteration and selection. Instead of squinting to see if the spacing is correct, TI-84 Plus CE Python uses diamonds ◊ to makes it easier to learn and debug Python spacing. I don’t know a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...recious cargo. Start the year by figuring out where you are, where you are headed and how you plan to get there. Remember, this year’s voyage will require a lot of course corrections and adjustments along the way. Celebrate meeting key milestones, incorporate lessons learned and, most importantly...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020