Tips for Surviving the First Week Back at School
As summer comes to a close, it is time to think about the most important week of school – the first week! In the first week, we make our first impressions and set the tone of the year. A good first week can make a huge difference in a classroom environment for the whole year. Here are 5 ways to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/first_week_tips
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
How many times have you heard someone say they’re not a “math person?” Probably more than you can count. Most of the time, it’s an adult saying this. It’s likely because their math education relied heavily on memorization to learn facts and procedures. Fortunately, that’s no longer true. Te...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
5 Tips for a Healthy, Happy Exam Week | Texas Instruments
...ressed, we usually either forget to eat entirely or eat super crappy food full of sugar and caffeine, which ends up elevating our heart rate — the opposite of what we want when we’re feeling anxious and stressed out. For real: you are what you eat. Ditch the processed foods and turn to fresh frui...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/5-tips-for-a-healthy-happy-exam-week
Going Back to School With Stations
...t that has our group norms and is constantly referenced throughout the year. Want to learn more about creating class norms? Check out this blog post. In conclusion, utilizing stations the first week of school sets the tone for the school year, especially if you use learning centers or st...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtoschool_stations
How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career at TI
...n the class, there were very few females in the class, and a few of the boys were openly against the idea of women becoming computer scientists. The hostile, and frequently crude, remarks made me question my capabilities. I was about ready to admit defeat and switch majors when my professors, Cra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/eweek2021
The Long Road to My STEM Career
... trigonometry class was to memorize a three-by-three grid of the relationships among the three sides of a right triangle and the value of each sine, cosine and tangent function. At 12 years old, I didn’t see how the assignment was relevant. This learning activity was the opposite of fun; it wasn’...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
... circumference of the Earth? If students ask questions that are not necessary to ask as part of the solution, we suggest you provide answers where possible. Don’t reply, “Oh, you don’t need to know that.” If the students fail to ask the necessary questions, should we supply that information any...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday
7 Reasons Why Python on the TI-Nspire™ CX II Graphing Calculator Is a Must-Have for Your Classroom
...n now connect coding in Python to math, science, physical computing and robotics on a single platform. This update introduces students to one of the most popular and powerful programming languages on a familiar platform. Here’s a list of reasons why this update is a must-have for all educators ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/7-reasons-why-python-is-a-must
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
... person as you do online.” Snow realized that by just focusing on teaching the curriculum, without paying attention to his tone, he was not coming across in an approachable manner. Since then, he has made an effort to infuse humor into his virtual communication with students. “Use your sense of g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
Customize your TI calculator with a 3-D printed case
If you lose the slide case for your graphing calculator, or simply want to up your style game, you can now print a spare case for your TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. Texas Instruments Engineer and 3-D printing pundit, Jim Galu, designed printing files to create custom slide covers for TI’s n...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/3d-slide-case
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...asy, achievable sections. If professional development is one of your goals, we’ve put together a list to help you get started. Below are the top 10 most watched webinars from 2019. These are all free and on-demand. You can watch at your leisure, and most are only an hour long. You can knock one ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
A case for handheld graphing calculators
I’ve been getting some questions recently about the usefulness of graphing calculators when we’re already surrounded by laptops, tablets and smartphones. There’s no arguing the transformative effect of this technology on our world. But in the classroom, these general-purpose devices have had mix...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Engineers who code
TIers who code: TI engineers share how they learned to code on their TI calculator Did you know in just 10 minutes, you can learn to code? Coding is more than just a computer language; it requires the same problem solving and curiosity needed for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/engineers-who-code
Best of Biology
...Addition by Division This activity is an interesting approach to exploring how cells make copies of themselves. Students break down the stages of mitosis by evaluating how different cell types reproduce at different rates, all while seeing images of cells in prophase, metaphase, anaphase and tel...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofbiology
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
Most students instinctively know already that for each consecutive bounce, a ball will reach slightly less height than in the bounce before. They may have even explored the mathematical model that describes how the height decreases for a series of bounces, like the one shown in Figure 1. In p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Graphing Calculators Are Now Approved for the AP® Biology Exam, but What Else Can I Do With Them?
...a bigger part of the AP® biology curriculum, it makes sense to enable students to take advantage of the learning that a graphing calculator permits. Most biology teachers may be wondering what can be done with graphing calculators other than graphing and calculating. To answer this question, let’...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/graphingcalculatorsapproved
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Stacy Thibodeaux
...e she thought I should be a teacher. At the time, I didn’t think I wanted to. But, when recruiters came to the university looking to fill a teaching position, I thought, “Why don’t I try this?” So I got hired and have stayed since. It was hard the first year. However, once I started getting more ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/teacherofthemonth
Building a Band With Famous Mathematicians
...” presentation at the 2019 Teachers Teaching with Technology™ International Conference (T3IC). While it’s generally known that math and music are closely intertwined — chords in all keys are numbered in a standard pattern, for instance — Sword went deeper into the topic by introducing an imagin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/june/music-in-math
Calculus + Graphing Calculator = More Teachable Moments
This is part 1 in a three-part series from the author on creating teachable moments. It was almost 30 years ago, but it was one of those teaching moments indelibly etched in my memory. I had been assigned to teach introductory calculus, a course I had taught often, but on this day there was a n...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/september/calculascalcs
Free Resources for AP® Calculus by @TICalculators
In a world bursting at the seams with resources for teaching AP® Calculus, we are all in search of a resource that can further our ability to teach students the depth and breadth of understanding needed for success on the exam and in further math courses. Former AP® Calculus Chief Reader Steve ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/january/free-resources-for-ap-calculus
Madness in March Underscores the “M” in STEM
...on one thing: We are in a STEM education crisis. Many of my Texas Instruments (TI) colleagues and I experienced our own madness in March by spending most of the month on the road to talk, experience and champion STEM education, beginning at our 31st annual Teachers Teaching with Technology™ (T³™)...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/mathmadness
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Lisa Goddard
...same ho-hum lessons every day. I’ve found that introducing concepts through new, unique activities really gets my students excited. What do you love most about teaching? I absolutely love seeing that aha! moment from students. It lets me know that I’m getting through to my students who have been...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/march/teacherofthemonth
Download Stepbystep
Download Stepbystep global website What should I do if I run into issues downloading, installing and connecting to devices with TI Connect? TI Connect will not download and or install. 1. Close any prog...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/download_stepbystep
Solution 27230: Performing a Poisson PDF and Poisson CDF on the TI-83 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
... Plus and TI-84 Plus family of products Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search How do I use the poissonpdf or possioncdf command on the TI-83 Plus family of graphing calculators? The command poissonpdf( computes a probability at x for the discrete Poisson di...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/27230
Solution 11890: Registering a Texas Instruments (TI) Graphing Calculator on the TI Online Store.
... Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Is it necessary to register the calculator for Warranty verification purposes? Congratulations on the purchase of your new TI product! TI provides a one-year limited warranty against defective materials and construction....https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/general-information/11890