How to Start the Year on a Math High
...are five ways you can start the year on a math high. 1. Warm and inviting presence While I am a sucker for bright bulletin boards and a motivational quote, you create your classroom environment. Smile — a lot. Your energy is contagious, and while it is important to set and maintain clear rules a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...me mathematical friends forever. Ms. Meinke teaches AP Calculus AB, and Mr. O teaches AP Calculus BC. They have the chance to collaborate often, practice vertical alignment and disagree on notation. “We need more educators like him — people willing to fight for change, love math with all the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...assroom. In the past, colleagues would ask me, “What is CAS?” and my short answer went something like, “It can calculate algebraic expressions in exact form … like √12=2√3.” Thankfully, upon further investigation of the CAS “toolbox” on the TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS graphing calculator, I discovered...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
... on their device directly back with you. For example, on a Google Slides™ web-based presentation program slide containing a task, some instruction or questions, students can work through their exploration on their calculator, and then capture and add a screenshot of their exploration directly bac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...the high school I attended in Sugarland, Texas. I was instantly captivated by the LED backlit screen and graphing capabilities. To simply type in an equation and have the visual in seconds, it made pre-calculus and calculus so much easier to understand. From conics to quadratics, the options were...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...eived dozens of entries, ranging from ways to make the ISS cleaner and safer for the astronauts, to making processes 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 picki...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...s Instruments engineer Education is critical to our future, our industry, and to the communities where we operate around the globe. Today’s world requires STEM aptitude, and like ACT and Girl Scouts, we’re hard at work to ensure all students are prepared. Barring cookies, nothing could be sweet...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...ips, here is a screenshot from the video “How to Graph y = mx +b” that has students discover the relationship between the slope, y-intercept and the equation of a line and how to graph the line. Students should recognize that the y-intercept is always the constant being added (or subtrac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...e and high school physics, the ghost of Dead Man’s Curve engages students in explorations of electromagnetism, the relationship of wavelength, and frequency and practical applications of electromagnetic principles with the TI‑Nspire™ CX or TI‑Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. Unrav...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ode are too many? Should it focus on Python to teach math, Python to enhance math or computer science that uses math? I decided the answer to all the questions above was, “Yes!” Why make it one size fits all? Therefore, this is a “choose your own adventure” in coding blog. Find something that str...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
... lights in different colors and play with varying frequencies of sound. These sessions were held in virtual classrooms, where instructors could interact with Shads over video or through the chat feature. In the first coding workshop, TI instructors challenged Shads to solve lines of code for a c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...t, expressing empathy and connecting on a human level is more important than ever for educators and the students and families they work with — a prerequisite for any semblance of learning in this unusual time. Don’t be afraid to take the time for relationships, even if you feel that you might be ...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
...-Nspire™ CX II CAS graphing calculator, along with a trip to Boston to visit MIT. “It’s all been kind of a blur. One minute I was making copies for a quiz and the next I’m going to Boston on a trip to MIT. So that’s a huge surprise and really great,” said Meyer. He has been teaching mathematics a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...mpact of a global pandemic on students’ mathematical understandings, opportunities to learn and social-emotional well-being. The situation creates unique challenges as we begin the 2021–22 school year, but by shifting our perspectives, we can view each of these challenges as an opportunity for po...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...ir calculators incorrectly and usually have no idea why their answer is wrong. Inevitably, they end up raising their hands during tests with profound questions. The answer the calculator gave them isn’t an answer choice. So much for being the secret weapon! The reality is that many students lack ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...re are handouts with solutions available in this BulleTIn Board post. The AP® Statistics Office Hours with Daren Starnes YouTube live series is a quick 4 video playlist that students can use to review the major topics of the Statistics course and includes some quick calculator tips as well. T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...o help you jumpstart your self-care routine for a better you in the new year, grab my free weekly planner here! I’d love to hear what your favorite practices are to help make self-care a priority. Microsoft is a registered trademark of its owner. About the author: Stephanie Yi, a Californi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
To STEM and Beyond!
...nnovator™ Hub. I was hooked! Seeing all the engaging ways that were currently available for my students to learn coding and STEM projects using this equipment, I had to get my hands on some. I wrote several grants and acquired TI-Innovator™ Hubs, I/O kits and TI-Innovator™ Breadboard Packs. I s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
Any day is a better day with a little π (pi). Let’s celebrate Pi Day with some fun, meaningful activities that show students how the mathematical constant shows up in real life. 1: Happy Pi Day Activity Worksheets Choose from two quick-start activities; Ready-made Pi or Homemade Pi. In thes...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...um Software. We would go through the simulation as a class and discuss. I would also take screenshots of graphs and images and upload them along with questions into a quiz in our learning management system or Google Forms to check for understanding. Hybrid setup to demonstrate activity for s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...e “STEM Squad” Starting now through September, TI’s STEM Squad will visit kids across the country sharing some of our favorite project-based learning activities that engage kids with math, science and basic engineering. The STEM Squad made its first stop in Charleston, SC, this week, where studen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
...bservations. TI-Nspire™ CX technology Link to presentation>> Rate of Change: Algebra to Calculus What if you could help students see slope not as an equation to memorize, but as a representation of real events? We got out of your seats to model relationships between position and time using hands-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...jeopardized her chance to use her gift for mathematics, especially in classes like AP Statistics, where graphs and other visual representations are required. In the past, this has been the end for students, like Lillie. She and others simply had to stop learning mathematics because no graphing ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...rally interested in – and force students to explore the math behind them. John, who is currently pursuing his PhD in math at MIT, created each of the questions himself and wants to see students exercise their brains as they kick-off a new school year. John’s first problem looks for mathematics in...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math
TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Read the Story TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math Texas Instruments Albuquerque schools using high-tec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/october/ti-tech-in-use