Leveling the Math Playing Field
... shifted our approach to provide a support class for our students, in addition to the standard algebra I class. During the support class, we provided just-in-time intervention on key, unfinished learning and previewed upcoming algebra I content. Teachers were strategic about using graphing techno...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
... students in STEM fields, and give real-world examples on how critical problem-solving skills can be used in the industry. In the spirit of EWeek, I just wanted to say: Thanks for everything, @TICalculators! About the author: Shreya Mandal is an Electrical System Engineer at Texas Instruments...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
Teachers are always keeping an eye out for stimulating activities that can get students more involved in their lessons. With Halloween just around the corner, these crowd-pleasing activities offer great opportunities to turn class time into good, ghoulish fun — while still delivering instruction...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...ocesses 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 picking the winners out of so many forward-thinking and inventive solutions. We are excited to introduce you t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
...gh School in Florida who continues to excel despite her entire household coming down with COVID-19 over the summer and losing her father to the virus just four days after Father’s Day. “It was then that I felt like my world was falling apart. And in a way, it did,” said Calderon. Calderon’s fa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
...cities, students have programmed their TI-Innovator™ Rovers to do choreographed dances. We’ve seen students program their Rovers to floss, wobble and just about everything in between. Who knew Rover, or middle school students, had such moves? Students at Falcon Elementary in Colorado Springs...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...for the students. The students who require more assistance can obtain it easily and repeatedly, if they need it. At the same time, those students who just need a quick review are not bored by watching topics they already know and understand. All students can learn at their own individual pace. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
.... My response is always the same: My students — our students today — are in competition for jobs in the marketplace that don’t exist yet! We are not just content deliverers. We must look to the future and plan the context of our classrooms for what will benefit our students when they leave us. T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
... Bykovsky. Shad Victoria Sephton liked that she was able to combine her passion for coding and her love of music, proving that coding isn’t always just about the numbers. “The lights were really fun to turn on, but I’m also musical myself so I like to play around with it. I was just figuring o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...d sequence document to allow for more focused instruction around fewer topics, flexibility for students to make meaning of new content, and space for just-in-time support with prerequisite topics that may be unfinished learning for students. Rushing through content for the sake of coverage is tem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...be the most important few seconds of your class. Set up think time by saying, “I want you to think about this for a minute. Don’t shout anything out; just think about the question and what it means.” You can set a timer, or just feel the room as students think. By doing this, you allow your varie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...fe for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their own ideas. Take a look at some of the best physics activities below. These are just a few of the many activities available for free with your TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software or TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
... Admin1: Tuesday May 4, 8AM local time (Paper, in-person only) Admin2: Monday May 24, 8 AM local time (Paper, in-person only) Admin3: Wednesday June 9, 11 AM local time (Digital, in-person and at home) AP Statistics Admin1: Monday May 17, 12 PM local time (Paper, in-person only) Ad...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...ded reminders for me (and hopefully some of you) on how I plan to make self-care a priority. Here’s to a new year and a better me! Plan out time just for you. I like to keep one weekday and one weekend day free every week to do things I enjoy outside of work. For example, during the week...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
To STEM and Beyond!
.../O kits to add some engineering design to the course where the students were able to get creative and design their own automatic dispenser and even a jukebox! The automatic dispenser used the built-in brightness sensor to turn a light on as well and turned a servo motor to dispense beans. The ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
... and the TI-Nspire CX put students in the middle of competition and challenges them to make meaningful connections between math and science. It might just give your students an edge while their friends are busy playing catch-up. *Excerpted from “Doesn’t Every Child Deserve a Memorable Summer?,” p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...s by enabling them to test variables and challenge their own ideas. Take a look at some of the best middle grades science activities below. These are just a few of the many activities available for free with your TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software or TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...ething hard that you let it go a little bit, but then you come back to it. From there, you start adding that concept back into your lesson plans. Not just that week, but over multiple weeks so that students can start getting a better understanding. Any other words of wisdom for other teachers? ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
"This calculator changed my life.”Lillie Pennington, Junior, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio THE CHALLENGE Lillie Pennington, 17, can keep up with any high school student when it comes to academics. The Turpin High School junior took Advanced Placement history as a sophomore and scored a fi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
..." argument. Note that the total perimeter of the green squares never increases, but is 40 if the entire grid is filled. Problem 3 Solution: Sadly, we just can’t make this equation work. Because U + E has E in the ones place, we know U is zero. Y, L and O have to be nine, one, and zero, otherwise ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...rving student behaviors and learning about my students, even before the final bell rings. Advantages It is relatively easy to swap out note cards or just cross off names if there are a lot of schedule changes. It also helps with small group formations as everyone can see the names on the desks. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
... center. The blue ctrl key acts together with other keys. Look around for the blue icons above those keys. You don’t need to hold the ctrl key down, just press it once, then press the other key you want to use (similar to how the 2nd key works on TI-84 Plus models.). For example, ctrl then divid...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...l you ask. 2. Get to know the financial literacy standards There is a set of unified “National Standards for Personal Financial Education” from the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and the Council for Economic Education. These standards create benchmarks for financial concept...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...hen I understood — you can’t push yourself to do everything. People often go into teaching believing that they’re going to save the world, but that’s just not reality. Instead, I would say start small. Focus on your niche. I’ve realized that picking one area to excel in is much better than being ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...ETC (Educational Technology Consultant) to can assist you with borrowing TI technology to try out data collection in your classroom, like me! You may just get hooked (and your students too) just like I did! About the author: Stacy Thibodeaux is a T³™ Science National Instructor. She holds a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students