Plan To Attend 2023 Virtual T3IC | Texas Instruments
... teaching the new AP® Precalculus course this year? We have sessions just for you! Not only are TI graphing calculators approved for use on this new exam, but we also have the resources for you to help your students explore concepts in class and prepare for the test. In our 2023 Virtual T³IC, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/plan-to-attend-2023-virtual-t3ic
5 Fresh Spring Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
...e for a bonus entry (case sensitive): SPRINGIDEASBLOG. Spring into the sweepstakes About the author: Mark Watson is a Senior Copywriter for Texas Instruments with years of experience in the areas of education technology and teacher and student software. A proud graduate from Texas Tech Un...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/fresh-spring-ideas-for-classrooms
Summer Reading List for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...s a game plan for overcoming obstacles with actionable steps, activities and tools for implementation, as well as instructional tasks and real-world examples. “The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Eleme...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Helping Students Save for Retirement | Texas Instruments
...tten letter (yes, handwritten!) explaining why it is so important for high school students to understand retirement savings and investments, he knew exactly what to do with it. He passed it on to the Education Technology division with employees who also understand the importance of financial lite...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/retirement-planning-program
Inverse Functions on the TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
Have you ever thought: “I want to include more technology to support my math lessons, but may not exactly know what best practice may look like?” TI has a series of videos that can help you with just that. Even if you think you know, you may still benefit from hearing another expert talk through...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/investigating-inverse-functions-ti-84-plus-ce
Collecting Data With Sensors and TI Tech | Texas Instruments
... Plus, it’s a nice benefit to be able to use the same, familiar technology most of the students already use in their math classes and on high-stakes exams. More data collection options to get students thinking like scientists TI’s Go Direct Python module offers science teachers the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/match-made-in-stem
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
...obotics Week is simple: to inspire students in robotics and STEM-related fields and to share the excitement of robotics with audiences of all ages. Texas Instruments can help you, inspire your students, with the TI-Innovator™ Rover (Rover) programmable vehicle. It’s fun, it’s cool, and best of al...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/using-robotics-to-teach-math
6 Resources to Jump-Start the School Year | Texas Instruments
... more resources. From all of us at TI: Have a great year! About the author: Cara Kugler currently works as the Instructional Content Manager at Texas Instruments. She has been with TI for over 16 years and works with educators to create content and resources to help both teachers and students...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/tiresources
A New School Year, A New You(Tube) | Texas Instruments
...s on the tutorials playlist. Test prep resources Test readiness is always important for student success. Whether it’s state or final exams, or the really big AP®, IB®, ACT® or SAT® exams, this is the go-to YouTube channel for prime content to help students prepare, including testi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/new-school-year-new-youtube
Calculators and Order of Operations | Texas Instruments
...ow had to enter √(2X) instead of √2X. Fourteen years later, that participant’s dream of being able to input √2X without parentheses came true after Texas Instruments launched the TI-84 Plus operating system version 2.53MP with the MathPrint™ feature. The math palette eliminates the need...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/calculators-and-order-of-operations
3 Math Activities for Back to School | Texas Instruments
...activities, hands on math activities, back to school math activities, math exercises, fun algebra activities 3 Math Activities for Back to School | Texas Instruments 3 Back-to-School Math Activities to Reenergize Your Students Make planning for back to school easier with these three math ac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/three-back-to-school-math-activities
5 Study Tips from a Student #StudyGrammer | Texas Instruments
...utine. “Right when you get home from school you just want to crash or take a nap — but you can’t. Because you have to do homework, or you have an exam the next day. So, one of the things I did was to make sure I block my time.” Despite all the pressure of school, it’s still very important fo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-study-tips-from-a-student-studygrammer
Middle School Math Meets Python Game Design | Texas Instruments
...in pixels for the largest triangle, could they use the ratios they found to find the dimensions for the three smaller triangles in pixels? That’s exactly how this activity is set up. Before students can play shuffleboard, they use ratios and proportions to fit a shuffleboard on the calculator ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/middle-school-math-python-game-design
5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
... students, LeAnn Neel Romine suggested having them pick a word that matches the first letter of their name. Then using those nicknames all year. For example, “Annie Algebra.” Another helpful teacher tip that can go a long way toward building positive student relationships is the idea of e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2022 | Texas Instruments
... Expressions using the home screen and tables. Inequality graphing and applications. Geometric transformations. “Awesome helpful tips and great examples to start the year.” — Robin Midiri, Oak Park USD (California) Assessing Student Thinking and Understanding Beyond the Right Answer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/2022-webinars-top-10
Solutions To Keep Your Students Learning All Summer | TI
...nd create their best solutions to everyday problems using TI technology. Be sure to check out the list of past contest prompts and plenty of student examples in the “Get Inspired” section of the TI Codes Contest site. If you really want to motivate, offer some simple prizes for those who take on ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/keep-students-learning-all-summer
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
...lying a flag! Now that you know how to make some stars, let’s add some stripes! This U.S. flag is a modification of an activity that draws out the Texas flag. Using flags as an artwork template is a great opportunity to explore and experiment with your coding skills. Drawing the Texas flag activ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
...t? Is he using an appropriate strategy, or is his thinking flawed in some way even though it yields the correct answer in certain situations? For example, let’s look at what happened in my classroom. Answer to a problem outlined by the teacher. When I asked Sarah how she arr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
...555 2px}.custom-table-wrapper p{margin-bottom:0}.wb .wb-header a{height:auto}} As the most recommended graphing calculator brand by teachers, Texas Instruments (TI) has a long history of helping students succeed in math and science. When considering a graphing calculator, there are many rea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/why-buy-graphing-calculator
How To Avoid 5 Common Grant Writing Mistakes | Texas Instruments
...st. (Know your audience!) The second way happens when educators focus on their own needs rather than what their target audience’s needs. A typical example is a teacher writing a proposal to fund a classroom set of graphing calculators. That’s the teacher’s need. The proposal should instead a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-common-grant-writing-mistakes
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
... groups were not quite ready to showcase their project. They had a little more tinkering to do and begged me to shorten their review for their final exam in favor of finishing their trash wheel. Now, when upper-level ninth grade students ask you something like this, you know they are engaged in t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Fan’s Favorite Features on TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
...s of the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. In general, teachers love the variety of built-in features that make graphing easy to do. Most importantly, they love the features that help students make deeper mathematical connections. (Deeper discussions = better understandings!) We highlighted...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/five-fan-favorite-features-ti84plus
Taxicab Geometry
In this activity, students begin a study of taxicab geometry by discovering the taxicab distance formula. They then use the definition of radius to draw a taxicab circle and make comparisons between a circle in Euclidean geometry and a circle in taxicab geometry. Lastly, they construct taxicab pe...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/taxicab-geometry
Exponent Rules
This activity allows students to work independently to discover rules for working with exponents, such as the Power of a Power rule. Students also investigate the value of a power whose exponent is zero or negative. As an optional extension, students investigate the value of a power whose exponen...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exponent-rules
But What Do You Mean?
...g using a spreadsheet and the mean command). Students also use these methods to find the mean when given the frequencies of each number in a list. Lastly, they discover that the same method can be used to find the weighted mean of a set of numbers. An optional extension has students explore how t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/but-what-do-you-mean