Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
It’s Computer Science Education Week, an annual event for partners and educators to come together and encourage students to try computer science. In 2015, I was introduced to coding with students when I became part of an after-school organization with a team of teachers, students and professi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
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
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
Like many of you, I wear a variety hats in a day — daughter, sister, wife, mom, marketing professional, runner, math education advocate, PTA member, college football fan and, last but not least, a Girl Scout leader! I started my career in engineering because I loved math and science. Both subject...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
... Score! Below, you can download a problem set or two for the upcoming session. We’ll continue to update these problems every week in advance of the next session. Sept. 14: Limits at Infinity and Infinite Limits Problem Set // Solution Set Sept. 28: Derivatives of Trigo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
...red to thank your teacher? Download this free printable card and #ThankATeacher. Learn some of the ways the math teachers are changing the world one student at a time. Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes Kim Gonzales (@kimsgonzales) Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
The last year and a half has been really hard for many of us in education. We dealt with so many big changes in such a small amount of time. We learned new ways of doing our jobs and connecting with students. As we venture into the uncertainty of what another school year will bring in the age of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...l student when it comes to academics. The Turpin High School junior took Advanced Placement history as a sophomore and scored a five – on a scale of one to five – on the final. Lillie also happens to be legally blind. The fact that Lillie can’t see never slowed her down – until the end of her sop...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... them? All of these lingering questions came into focus when the teachers in my school began work with Oklahoma Excel, a statewide networked improvement community dedicated to using the principles of improvement science to study that very goal. Can our students increase their mathematical rea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
In order to raise public awareness about the importance of financial education in the U.S., April is designated Financial Literacy Month. Research shows that individuals who have a deeper understanding about personal finances are better prepared for financial management and long-term economic su...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
We are constantly looking for things, whether it be our car keys, ourselves or the next best smartphone. Sometimes, finding things become pop hits. Back in 1985 there was a video game that was popular called “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?” Not too long after the debut of that game came ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
... its original host, Monty Hall. The puzzle is presented like this: You are given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door and the host, who knows what’s behind the doors, opens another door which has a goat. H...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
As a science teacher, I love to encourage all my students to pursue their interests and expose them to career opportunities that they may never have considered, including STEM careers. As a female science teacher, I especially want to highlight to my female students that STEM careers are for eve...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
There’s no need to fret when you’re away from class. We have hundreds of free math lessons and activities, including this huge collection of video resources, to give 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 stude...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...t note (usually just a syllable in this case). Each element is a Python tuple such as (“f4”,0.125,“the”) which represents the note “F” in the 4th octave as a quarter note (0.25) for the word “the.” The program also uses a Ball Class (see my previous post about Python classes) to represent the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
It’s that chilling time of the year again — no, not testing season — Halloween! Lift spirits in the classroom with these three spooky, fun math activities. Students will never know you tricked them into learning math concepts. Plus, we’ve included a costume template that will make you look boo-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
It’s prom season, and it can be hard to keep your students from daydreaming about prom night. How about an activity that will grab their attention while you sneak in some programming skills? Plus, be sure to encourage your students to participate in our TI Promposal Contest. It will provide extra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...ng into the couch to read is a great way to beat the heat. We’ve gathered a list of seven books that every math teacher can enjoy and maybe even gain new ideas for the classroom. Featured books from our 2022 T3IC keynotes (Yes,you can still register!) “Building Thinking Classrooms i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...o implement some of the strategies from his book. My calculus classes did numerous thin-slicing tasks in random groups at our VNPSs (vertical nonpermanent surfaces — aka white boards on the wall) throughout the 2021–22 school year. I was convinced that these strategies were making a huge differen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
... the opening keynote with Dan Finkel, Ph.D., to the 7 for7 “Ideas that Inspire,” and everything in between, #T3IC2021 did not disappoint! Finkel opened the conference by encouraging educators to create a culture of ownership, rigor and joy in their classes. He suggested that we invite students ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
For teachers, the summer months can be a prime time for catching up on reading to get inspired and recharge your batteries for the upcoming school year. One of the most effective ways to keep your teaching skills sharp is the same thing we encourage our students to do over the summer: read. We p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Innovation in Biology
When you hear things in your classroom such as, “Well, that didn’t work! Let’s try this …” or “That was so hard! I am so proud of myself,” it is music to an educator’s ears. By incorporating engineering design and coding skills in my biology classroom, I was able to tap into my students’ creativ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
...r teacher. Rising senior Lauryn and rising sophomore Connor Johnson, waiting to surprise their mother and math teacher, Kimberly Karaman, the July winner of TI’s Spread the Math Love Contest. Connor said he was up late one night scrolling Instagram (don’t tell his mom) and saw a post about Texas ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
Calculus is the study of rates of change and of lengths, areas and volumes. Often, students have a hard time grasping the concepts of calculus, and even more, making connections among them. Dynamic visualization is a good tool for helping students to visualize and interact with the mathematics. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
The Math Behind 'Going Viral'
As we continue to explore everyday items and concepts that are made with math, this week we are exploring the concept of going viral. I’m sure you remember the star-studded selfie from the 2014 Academy Awards in which an Ellen Degeneres tweet nearly broke the Internet. Within hours it became one...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/the-math-behind-going-viral
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
Chemical equilibrium is one of the most difficult concepts for students to understand, and it’s even more difficult to find a model that will work every time. Like the late-night infomercials say, “I’ve tried everything.” I’ve used the popular method of moving water from one beaker to another ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever