Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
...gh School math teacher honored About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
...tand about quadratics? Quadratics can cross the x-axis twice, once or not at all. The quadratic formula is one way to calculate the x-intercepts. The discriminant can be used to determine if there are two distinct real x-intercepts, one double real x-intercept, or two imaginary x-in...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
... in your classroom. Using screenshots As you create and assign activities through your LMS — such as Canvas or Google Classroom — consider the depth of exploration students can have using their own, dedicated graphing calculator. Now students can easily share the work on their device directl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...n’t be successful in a standard algebra I course. Although our intentions were good in wanting to find a way for students to feel successful in an adapted course, our principal rightly pointed out that these students would be engaging in coursework that was less than algebra I. In doing so, we wo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
... week of Halloween-themed lessons, download the sequel activity (available for TI-Nspire™ CX technology). Students will dive deeper into science concepts by exploring chemistry and life sciences principles and observing processes, such as titration, all while designing experiments, predicting out...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
...ange. Visit www.ibo.org. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI six years ago, Fishpaw was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
... them make predictions based upon what they see. What do they predict will be the world record in the year 2030? Use this scatterplot to prompt the following student questions: What do you notice about the men’s and women’s data? What do you think might happen in the future? Will the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...eadboard kits, as well as a few TI-Innovator™ Rovers, so that we could have an Introduction to Robotics course. For the past two years, I have attempted some coding in my chemistry class by having students do the 10 Minutes of Code activities on Fridays. Students enjoy the break from the conten...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ojects I would use if I wanted to reinforce and practice math content; other projects engage and spark interest in computer science topics such as cryptography. Why limit computer science to only one week? You might find more than one of these projects fit into your classes at different times of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...or just-in-time support with prerequisite topics that may be unfinished learning for students. Rushing through content for the sake of coverage is tempting, but any teacher who has had to remind students what they were taught yesterday, last week, last month or last year can attest that “coverage...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...t the author: Erick Archer is a Market Strategy Manager at Texas Instruments and works with science and STEM teachers in the implementation of TI technology. He is also a former high school science teacher, father of two sons, married to his high school sweetheart and LOVES baseball. These are...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...h a joyful event when different aspects of my life somewhat magically mix together. My eyes lit up when Michelle Grooms, one of our TI Educational Technology Consultants (and also a fellow Girl Scout leader), shared her experience that she had been using Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...e, I have added simulations to my “bag of tricks.” Science Nspired, Math Nspired and 84 Activity Central all provide activities that can easily be adapted to do at home or in the classroom. In my hybrid biology class last year, I would take a simulation like “Zombie Apocalypse,” from the STEM B...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...t ways they can solve a problem. To me, what’s most important is being flexible in your thinking. How do you help your students learn difficult concepts? One of the best things I’ve heard is that if you're teaching something hard that you let it go a little bit, but then you come back to it. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
Do you have what it takes to go head-to-head with former pro-football player turned professional mathematician, John Urschel? Now is your chance to flex your mental muscles and find out. Each problem tackles a subject from chess to cryptography -- things students are naturally interested in – an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...nalities. It also gives all students a sense of belonging from day one: the quiet and shy ones who might want to hide in the back are not given that option, and students who are new to the school don’t feel left out when they don’t know whom to sit next to. Following are some suggestions for mak...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...for financial literacy are further educating ourselves, becoming familiar with financial education standards, and integrating financial literacy concepts and skills into our current curricula. In honor of Financial Literacy Month, let’s explore these objectives along with ideas on how we can inco...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...avenues for my students because I think that they need to see what success can look like for them. How do you help your students learn difficult concepts? It’s important for me to find new ways to break down concepts. When you first start teaching, it's hard to know exactly what kids are going to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...e, I was first introduced to TI technology for my chemistry classes as a data collection solution and interactive simulations for tough-to-teach concepts. I attended every session that I could to learn more and to figure out how to bring this new tool back to my students. I attended a session, pr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
...ational TI webinars, and local state teacher conferences. He is a firm believer in the integration of technology in the teaching of mathematical concepts to make learning more fun and interesting. Fibonacci Day is Nov. 23. Join educator Brad Posnanski as he explores some unlikely hiding place...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
World-Emoji-Day
... Math connections? Yes! We have since revisited this emoji project/challenge and what the students have learned since that time is the concept of creating a function in Python. We have emphasized creating graphics as a function that they will be able to locate on the screen based upon c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...st finalist videos. For the most recent contest in spring of 2022, the student teams had to imagine and design a solution that automates or optimizes something related to pets or animals. Q: What was your favorite thing about the TI Codes Contest? “My favorite thing about the TI...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...to do one problem but about making sure that they understand the mathematics behind each problem. As a teacher, it’s important to show kids this concept in many different ways. We need to look at problems visually, concretely and abstractly. We have to teach all kids —those who are visual learner...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...eful not to have too much of the conversation while we are planning, because we want our podcast episodes to be authentic discussions rather than scripted talking points. We think it’s more interesting that way, and we hope our listeners agree. The hosts Whether you have been a longtime li...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
... students. I love helping my students reach their goals. I also love watching my students’ faces light up when they have an aha-moment and get a concept we’ve been working on. What is most important to you about being a teacher? "Connecting with kids. If you can connect with them, you could tea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth