Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
Over the past month, students have seen games, light sequences, scales and even familiar songs come to life during ShadOnline. Hundreds of ShadOnline participants solved coding problems virtually during Texas Instruments’ innovative workshops. Whether it was running a program p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...n didn’t even consider my own needs as I was consumed with the needs of my children, my students and their families, but this ultimately leads to frustration, burnout and even resentment. When we make the time for self-care, we refill our own tanks, so we have the energy to give to our students, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
San Antonio calculus teacher Walter Meyer thought he was heading to a meeting about funding for a gardening project, but instead he was surprised with cheerleaders, a marching band and news that he was the latest winner in the Texas Instruments (TI) Spread the Math Love Contest. Walter Meyer s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
TI’s Response to COVID-19: We Are Here for You
...d teachers have been thrust into a new reality: virtual learning. For many teachers, it has been a crash course in preparing and delivering online instruction. Complicating matters, schools and districts vary wildly in their ability to deliver educational services. Now that we have a better unde...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/coronavirusresponse
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
How many times have you heard an administrator, professional development presenter or master teacher say, “100% engagement”? I have lost count. Would you believe me if I said there really is a way to engage all of your students, even the most distracted, most reluctant learner? 100% engagement i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Best_Of_Science
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either for in-person or virtual instruction. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring important science concepts to life for students by enabling them to test...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/best_of_science
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
... fan and, last but not least, a Girl Scout leader! I started my career in engineering because I loved math and science. Both subjects were concrete, straightforward and fascinating to me. I want my daughters and other young girls to find the same interest and confidence in math and science, so wh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
... Ring of Fire activity. 3. Earth’s Water: Fresh Water — The Water Cycle Students will explore all components of the water cycle in this straightforward simulation. In addition, they can change global temperatures to see the effect on ocean levels. Screenshots from The Water Cy...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Inspiring students and simulating space travel with TI technology
TI Education Technology president Peter Balyta inspires students at STEMsmart summit in Sarasota. Read His Thoughts TI Education Technology president Peter Balyta inspires students at STEMsmart summit in Sarasota. Inspiring students and simulating space travel with TI technology Peter Balyta ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/june/skys-limit
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
... different, six move routes could the king take? Problem 2 | Virality Suppose we have the following model for information (e.g. photo, video, post) transfer (i.e. spread) in a grid: each square is colored either green (if it knows a given piece of information) or red (if it does not). A red squ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
Are you transitioning to TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculators from TI-84 Plus family models in your classroom? The TI-Nspire CX graphing calculator is a powerful tool with many features, yet it is easy to perform familiar operations like calculating and graphing. Here are some suggestions to get ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...duals who have a deeper understanding about personal finances are better prepared for financial management and long-term economic success [1]. Three strategies that we can use to help our students build a foundation for financial literacy are further educating ourselves, becoming familiar with fi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
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
The Heartbeat of STEM
Does your heart skip a beat when you think about STEM? If it doesn’t already, it will after you learn about the heart STEM project. “The Heart Project” is a great way to introduce your students to coding while teaching your students about the structure of the heart and flow of blood through the h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... posthumously given the nickname Fibonacci (derived from filius Bonacci, meaning son of Bonaccio). Now that we have that possible bit of mathematical trivia out of the way, let’s get on with our “Finding Fibo!” You may be pretty surprised where else he lurks. Photo courtesy of Fibonacci....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
... If you know about this problem and you know the answer, feel free to skip ahead! Image courtesy of Cepheus on Wikimedia. An instructional arc for teaching probability Probability is one of those content areas that seems to get pushed to the end of the year, right before ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
World-Emoji-Day
...for just under 11 years. And by the time you finish using all 4,000, who knows how many more new ones there will be! There is even a website (emojitracker.com) that tracks in real time what emojis are being tweeted out. Can you guess what the most tweeted emoji is? Yup it is … crying...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
..., enthusiasm and ideas will inspire. “Thrilling, challenging, exhilarating.” — Stiles Middle School student member The TI Codes Contest structure — using the engineering design process to challenge student thinking Built in four phases (pitch, design, build, vote), the contest for...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...e in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Presenter, Corey Boby, engaging with participants during the workshop. Thanks to support from Texas Instruments and the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts Director Corey Alderdice, 27 teachers from Arkansas and Louisiana spent tw...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...your substitute teacher while you’re gone. Whether you’ll be out for just a day or a bit longer, these math videos will keep students learning and on track with your lesson plans. A win for you, your students and your sub. Check out these three featured video resources for your substitute teac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...oding and engineering design process to work while investigating water scarcity! The World Bank reports that 40% of the Earth’s population faces extreme water scarcity. Population growth and climatic shifts are placing additional pressure on agricultural systems, pressure that is tapping a rap...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...y aren’t surprised at the end of the quarter. I make sure that my students know the grade they earned in my class and how the different components contributed to that grade. Before we had an online grading portal for students to check their progress, I would print out grade slips so students coul...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
The summer of 2020 was filled with uncertainty. Schools had just wrapped up a year disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and summer programming was not a high priority for most school districts. Crystal R. Bishop, a STEM education coordinator at West Virginia State University, wanted to make sur...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
Have you heard of “Room to Grow: A Math Podcast”? For the last two years, I’ve had a standing call on my calendar with Curtis Brown, the Math Segment Manager at Texas Instruments. Our conversation on these calls is typically focused on the challenges that math teachers face, and what we thought o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
... to a “fireworks” display and a flag 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...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth