Coaching
On-site and virtual coaching programs offer customized professional development for teachers. Learn to strengthen teaching practices with graphing technology. Coaching global website .so...https://education.ti.com/en/educators/district-school-leader-resources/coaching
Mission Impossible: A Perfect March Madness® Bracket
...every game correctly? Spoiler alert: To date, no one in the history of the NCAA tournament has ever made a verifiably perfect bracket. Approximately 70 million people compete in basketball brackets during March Madness® every year, making them almost as popular as the basketball tournament i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/basketball
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-Nspire™ CX Graphing Calculator
...piled a list of six of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator. 1. Regression Analysis It is unlikely that you will be asked to draw a scatterplot on the exam; however, being familiar with creating and analyzing a scatterplot of bivariate data c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstatstipsfornspire
You Asked – TI Answered: Enabling Student Career Success Through Products Developed With and for Teachers
...nce – and with good reason. This also didn’t happen overnight. For the past 30 years, we have worked with teachers to ensure that every product we develop is built for the sole purpose of improving the ways in which students engage with math and science. With this in mind, TI is focused on makin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/products-with-a-purpose
Professional Development
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Celebrate Jack Kilby Day
Use these fun, free resources to teach students how STEM can change the world Fifty-nine years ago on September 12, Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby ushered in the era of modern electronics when he shared his invention of the integrated circuit (IC). Jack's world-changing creation began wit...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/september/celebrate-jack-kilby-day
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
... with what I saw, so I dipped my toe into the computer world using acoustic modems, paper tapes and decks of cards with holes punched in them, noisy teletype machines, time-sharing systems, minicomputers and mainframes. I found the strict structure and logic demands of programming really satisfyi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
John Urschel - From the Gridiron to the Classroom
NFL offensive lineman and published mathematician, John Urschel, took his love of mathematics to a Baltimore County high school to show students how he uses math on and off the field. NFL offensive lineman and published mathematician, John Urschel, took his love of mathematics to a Baltimore...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/august/john-urschel-love-of-math
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
...will instead require teams to create a working conductivity sensor. The rules state: “Teams will build a durable Conductivity Device that will accurately measure and display both voltage and concentrations of NaCl in parts per million (ppm) from 0 to 5000 ppm of different water samples.” What ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
DIY TI Codes Contest
Have you heard about our TI Codes Contest? Each spring, Texas Instruments challenges teams of students from around the U.S. to come up with creative solutions to a proposed theme and submit their ideas. As the groups advance, they ultimately build a functioning model of their concept, which they ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
roboticsweek2021
Did you know that the best way to understand how something works is to take it apart and examine the insides? That’s why “teardown” videos are so popular — they show us what’s on the inside of everyday products without having to worry about reassembling them. In celebration of National Roboti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
mathyoga
It was a stressful school year to say the least! To help you and your students exhale, while learning (or teaching) a thing or two, we’ve partnered with two of our favorite math educators, Perry High School teachers Ashley Meinke and David Olszewski, to introduce you to math yoga. So, grab a yo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
It’s been a year like no other — one many of us would like to forget! To try and help, we’ve been hard at work developing new video resources to save you time and energy in the classroom, whether you are teaching in person, remotely or in a blended environment. All of our videos are posted on ou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
...ents have been taking the ACT® online since it was first introduced in 2018. In fact, ACT® provides an online practice test so that you can get the feel of what it is like to take an ACT® exam on the computer. Try it! You will notice there is a TOOLS drop-down menu containing: a highlighter, a l...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
Have you heard the BIG news? Python is now included in the new TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator! What does this mean for math class? Python on the handheld gives teachers a tool to teach algorithmic thinking, provide authentic opportunities for problem solving, and enhance mathematical re...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
You can't spell Calculus without the letters C, A, and S, but a Computer Algebra System has unforeseen potential in any math class that requires algebraic thinking. (Try to find one that doesn't!) I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't sure I was a “CAS fan” when first introduced to it. I didn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...knowledging and addressing factors that contribute to differential outcomes among groups of students are critical to ensuring that all students routinely have opportunities to experience high-quality mathematics instruction, learn challenging mathematics content, and receive the support necessary...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
In honor of National Engineers Week (Feb. 16–22), a week dedicated to increasing understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology careers, I wanted to share how my love for my Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator in high school helped to launch an engineering career at TI. Fr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
Teachers are always keeping an eye out for stimulating activities that can get students more involved in their lessons. With Halloween just around the corner, these crowd-pleasing activities offer great opportunities to turn class time into good, ghoulish fun — while still delivering instruction...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
This Valentine’s Day, we want to celebrate a straight-A student whose love of learning is inspiring everyone around her. Jasmine Calderon, 17, is an exceptional senior at Pahokee High School in Florida who continues to excel despite her entire household coming down with COVID-19 over the summer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
It’s that time again! Every four years there is a worldwide international athletic competition that features the very best athletes in the world. On July 23, these athletes began to assemble in Japan in a much-anticipated competition since it was delayed by one year due to a global pandemic. Not...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
Many people know about Girl Scouts, especially when cookie season comes around and boxes of Thin Mints® and Samoas® line the break rooms of offices and accrue in the pantries of homes. Yes, the cookies are delicious, but what Girl Scouts is doing to shape girls to be the next generation of scie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
Are your students struggling with graphing the parent functions or how to graph transformations of them? Texas Instruments is here to help teachers — and students — with a video resource that contains over 250 short colorful animated videos with over 460 examples that illustrate and explain these...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...ational Space Station. We learned how to use a microprocessor to run our experiment — I was intrigued. How could I utilize the skills learned in this elite group of students for all of my students? I was then introduced to the Texas Instruments TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board. My stu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...cise every day.” To this day, that has never happened. Ever. In 2019, after a lot of life transitions, I discovered that I was frequently neglecting self-care. In 2020 — you are hearing it here first — I want to commit to some more realistic, more attainable goals to take better care of myself. S...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare