3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...ompared to how I assign seats after the first unit test, my methods for those first days when I don’t know students names are dramatically different. Over the past 23 years I have tried everything from the dreaded alphabetical seating chart to allowing students to pick their own seats. In my exp...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
...p them? All of these lingering questions came into focus when the teachers in my school began work with Oklahoma Excel, a statewide networked improvement community dedicated to using the principles of improvement science to study that very goal. Can our students increase their mathematical re...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...4 Plus model. Locate these important keys arranged around and near the Touchpad: Home/ON (with its house icon), menu, esc, Scratchpad (looks like a “moving” calculator), and the blue ctrl key. The Touchpad acts like a “swiper” pad similar to the touch screen on a tablet or laptop. You can swipe i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
... budget. Once again, a spreadsheet (figure 1) or app could be the best way to keep track of the money going in and out of your account. The Balance provides a guide on “How To Make a Personal Budget in 6 Easy Steps.” Once you have a better grasp of your spending and saving habits, you can start c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
... guide you through the subject. "It’s an amazing feeling when students do understand math, because you know that you were integral to helping them overcome whatever obstacle was in their way." Fatemia Fuson, TI Teacher of the Month What advice would you give to your first-year teaching self?...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
As a chemistry teacher, I have grown to love the inclusion of real-world data collection and analysis in my classroom instruction. Chemistry is a difficult subject for most students to grasp because of the invisible nature of atoms and molecules. Having students collect data on the chemical phen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
... panelists are female engineers, scientists, and mathematicians – women who are already encouraging the next generation of STEM leaders! Meet our lovely panelists: Becky of @NASAedu Becky Kamas is the Activity Manager for STEM on Station, a NASA Office of STEM Engagement activity dedicated t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...s long and contains 38 questions. There are 30 multiple-choice questions, each with four answer choices, and 8 “grid-in” questions with no choices provided. There is also a set of reference formulas and diagrams provided for your use; so don’t memorize what is already given. For more informati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
The Heartbeat of STEM
... As an Advanced Placement biology teacher, I don’t always have the time to do as much STEM integration as I like. However, when the AP® exams are over, I utilize as many of the STEM projects as possible. “The Heart Project” is a favorite of mine to go more in depth about the circulatory syste...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...where that makes sense. Maybe it’s a graph of the distance between a person and a wall vs. time, the graph of temperature of water as it cools on a stove, or a graph of the number of pounds of bananas there are on the table at a grocery store from open until close. These don’t have to be linear. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...ntering his 32nd year in education. After serving the past three years as an instructional technology consultant for the Hamilton County ESC, he has moved into a new role as an instructional technology coach, a math coach, and a math and computer science teacher for Mariemont City Schools in Cinc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
As a science teacher, I love to encourage all my students to pursue their interests and expose them to career opportunities that they may never have considered, including STEM careers. As a female science teacher, I especially want to highlight to my female students that STEM careers are for eve...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
World-Emoji-Day
Do you recognize any of these? The first (known-to-me) emojis! Yup, quite primitive, and predating the smartphone versions of the fancy emojis we know and love today. But, I do remember emails that sent images in the signature, some basic, some complex and some from people who had way too much t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
...ts are easy to explain, while others are probably better suited for someone professionally trained in music (or math for that matter). So let’s just cover a few of the basics of music by the numbers. It was Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras who discovered that you can make different ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
“Involving, innovative, inspiring” — students call it like it is on the TI Codes Contest For five years we’ve hosted the TI Codes Contest, an annual engineering design challenge for students, where they design prototypes of useful products using TI technology. Each year students are pres...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...om Arkansas and Louisiana spent two days digging into the ACT® and the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator to learn strategies for helping students improve math scores. This is particularly important for teachers in Arkansas because all eleventh graders are provided a free ACT® test, which is then ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
Thanks for stopping by the TI booth or joining a session at #NCTMregionals Kansas City. We loved meeting all of you! You can check out some of the resources we shared, and download the materials from your favorite exhibitor workshop below. Texas Instruments Staff at the NCTM Kansas City Booth ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...then ranging from quadratics to exponentials and more. From linear relations to quadratics, exponentials and more, each module includes videos that provide a step-by-step explanation on how to graph the main parent function, as well as a series of additional videos that teach students how to appl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...nd always had a positive demeanor. I still remember them and strive to be just like them. I’ve always wanted to teach math, too, because I’ve always loved math. “In fact, mistakes are better than OK, they’re wonderful and we need them. If my students are making mistakes, then theyre learning, a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...aper. Names are optional. 1. Tell me something specific you did well or are proud of this quarter. 2. Tell me something specific you want to improve for next quarter. 3. Tell me something you think I did well. 4. Tell me something you want me to change or improve. I give students time to r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
... help you survive the school year. Keep scrolling to meet some of our favorite teachers to follow on Insta, in no particular order. 1. Mrs. Rory Yakubov(@iteachalgebra) This mother, dog-lover and long-time Algebra teacher shares anchor charts, foldables and math posters that are sure to keep you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
...th the ease of coding on TI graphing calculators, some students may have programs — such as a quadratic equation solver — that give them an advantage over students without them, so you can level the playing field by deleting the program for that test. There are several other ways to set up the h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...st has been a professional silver lining from a 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 co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...g display for both the TI-Nspire™ CX II and the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculators: Try the Fireworks activity shown above which is found in the recently added sections “Python Modules” on TI Codes for the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator and TI Codes for the TI...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...s what I want to do, this is it. I am just as excited to teach 38 years later. What advice would you give to your first-year teaching self? Always be over-prepared and find out what your students need as you go along. Develop a means to figure out where they are, so you can alter your lessons bas...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth