DIY TI Codes Contest
...short video. The challenge themes change each year, but the creativity and coding skills these students show with their projects always impress our judges. As the contest has grown in popularity, we’ve heard about several schools and STEM programs holding their own mini versions of the contest. W...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
roboticsweek2021
...follow safety protocols and get permission from their robotics coach/parent before breaking out the screwdrivers (and with good reason). A panel of judges (or a parent or coach) then reviews the students’ reports. I was lucky enough to be one of the judges on the Electronics Online Challenge pane...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
...channel and shared our videos 3,240 times. And, students and teachers smashed that like button 9,616 times on our videos. Way to spread the knowledge, and we hope you keep it going in the New Year. Cheers! AP® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...ation. In its position paper on access and equity in mathematics education, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) states: “Acknowledging and addressing factors that contribute to differential outcomes among groups of students are critical to ensuring that all students routinely...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...esses more efficient, to improving the quality of life aboard the station. The innovation and ingenuity the teams demonstrated was outstanding. Our judges had the difficult task of picking the winners out of so many forward-thinking and inventive solutions. We are excited to introduce you to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...0 Minutes of Code, but added the TI-Innovator™ Hub. My students rose to the challenge with very little coding experience, as well as my limited knowledge, and we learned together. Their successful smiles and “yahoos” when they determined their errors, solved their problems and designed their own ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
StatisticsOfficeHours
...tent will be original, unique problems and data sets that Starnes has written for our Office Hours series to deepen student and teacher content knowledge. Starnes, a former reader for the exam, will offer tried-and-true strategies to help you and your students succeed. The YouTube Live “AP® Sta...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ects fit into your classes at different times of the year. Why not integrate computer science throughout the year? Try one or try all five! The abridged versions of the featured activities are as follows: Rolling Along (theoretical probability) — Students create “unfair” dice using a list,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...xpected result of the disruptions to learning last spring, we can make more progress by focusing on moving students forward with the skills and knowledge that are already solidified. Instead of using formative assessment to find holes, try using them to identify what students know and understand,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
If you’re a math teacher, you’re familiar with students anxiously asking to use their calculators. For them, it may feel like a secret weapon that will help them be more successful in math class. Throughout elementary school, kids trudge through adding fractions, multiplying five-digit numbers ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...using a variety of resources and considering different perspectives. The TI in Focus: AP® Calculus Resources are a great way to refresh teacher knowledge on a problem or how a problem should be graded. As an AP® reader, I reference the PDF slides often and appreciate the extensions that are provi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
To STEM and Beyond!
...persevere through a problem. This is what computer science and STEM offers our students. Being a chemistry teacher, my programming background knowledge and skills were limited to a Fortran programming class way back in my undergraduate program. I was first introduced to TI technology for my che...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...ind out a few facts about the physics behind their favorite roller coaster or analyzing the tides of the ocean can help them maintain their academic edge. You may be surprised what a trip to the beach can yield! #5: Get in the game Let your students explore the math and science behind a well-exe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...ven piece of information) or red (if it does not). A red square learns this information (becomes green) if at least two of its neighbors (sharing an edge) already knows it. For example, in this situation the bottom middle square becomes green: On a 10 X 10 grid, what is the minimum number of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...he blue ctrl key. The Touchpad acts like a “swiper” pad similar to the touch screen on a tablet or laptop. You can swipe in any direction, press the edges for up, down, left and right arrows, or “click” in the center. The blue ctrl key acts together with other keys. Look around for the blue icon...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... at a few examples: 1. The squares Using “the sequence,” you can create a visual of it using the sequence value to represent the length of an edge of a square. They can be creatively arranged in such a manner as to create this image. Recognize this? “Finding Fibo!” 2. What about th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...s with a short video describing their innovation to be voted on by the public — effectively teaching students how to communicate their ideas to the judges and others. 2022 TI Codes Contest winner video. By leveraging their creativity, they learn some valuable marketing strategi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...udents don’t know how to do the problem, they can sometimes solve the problem by estimating a distance or an angle. Also, students can use this knowledge to quickly check if their answer makes sense. While the mathematicians in us might cringe at this notion, students love this strategy and can s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...to ensure that every student in your area has these hands-on STEM experiences? “Collaborating with TI has been instrumental in providing cutting-edge technology to youth in my rural community and state.” — Crystal R. Bishop Collaboration is the first step in realizing the STEM opportun...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
...uiz, it is critical that the device itself is a useful tool for students and doesn’t interfere with the process of assessing their mathematical knowledge. Setting up the handhelds before testing helps meet this goal. A simple reminder to the class to set calculators to degree mode, for example, c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...ay. As you listen to the different discussion topics we’ve explored in the podcast, you’ll hear Curtis’ beliefs in students’ ownership of their knowledge and learning. As an AP® Statistics teacher, he saw that when he focused on presenting relevant topics with explicit connections to the world, a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Who knew math had moves?
...ce-off, along with Peter Balyta, president of TI Education Technology “Since they have implemented more robotics into the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills), it’s a perfect time for us to be able to have something like this in the classroom,” said Brown. Students in her computer science ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...d angles) A surveyor standing on the bank of the Reedy River measures the equal distance to the far left end and the far right end of the Liberty Bridge in Greenville, South Carolina, at a central angle of 120°. She found this distance to be 160 ft. See the diagram below (not to scale). ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...playing the roots of a quadratic given in standard form. All of these calculation-type programs give students an opportunity to reinforce their knowledge and deepen their understanding of those relationships, and exposes them to writing code for mathematical processes. There are other types of pr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...s as capable, creative thinkers and doers in STEM. As educators, we must reflect on what implicit biases must be addressed, and recognize and acknowledge what students bring to the class. This helps educators understand their students. In an effort to use data as a reflection tool, it is importan...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways