End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...uture. Here is how I have turned my end-of-quarter evaluations into valuable conversations about how to make math class better for all of us. Clear Communication Whatever your grading system is — total points, percent weight for each type of grade or standards-based grades — communicate that ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...s is and always has been a self-described “tech geek,” intrigued by inventive ways to use technology to explore and make sense of the world, and that comes out when we talk about teaching and learning math. As for me, well, I was born to be a teacher. At ten years old, I was playing school with ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
... for some extra help on their math homework. What many kids don’t know is that learning to code on the TI graphing calculator can lead to a degree in computer science, engineering and many other great careers. We wanted to share a few secrets from an insider that might help inspire your students ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
... I was first introduced to STEM projects and the support that TI can offer when I hosted my own STEM camp through a GEAR UP grant in the summer of 2018. I had the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculators and TI-Innovator™ Hubs in my classroom and had used them with my STEM club after school. My distri...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...ts to share to get you started! Here is my first Mixed Six. Example: Mixed Six activity I gave it to my students a few weeks later to complete, and they immediately started making suggestions of other topics. I was a little overwhelmed at first. I sent out an email to several othe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...in the curriculum are broken down and explained in an affirming and upbeat tone. “Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning” by Pooja K. Agarwal et al. Recommended by a math teacher and T³™ instructor from Charlotte, North Carolina, Rob Sharpe, this book illustrates ways to apply the sc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
This is a back to school like no other; it is taking shape in living rooms, bedrooms and classrooms, and our already overworked and underappreciated teachers are being asked to do more than ever before. Whether finding ways to develop relationships with students they have never met, coming up ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Learning With Your Students
...nce in Motion using the TI-Innovator™ Rover. It was very helpful to have so many resources I could use to begin this journey, but the real test would come with my final project. The Grand Finale By the end of the year, students had a basic understanding of how to write simple programs using ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
BestofChemistry
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either in person or online. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring the concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
Did you know it’s National Chemistry Week October 17-23, 2021? A community-based program of the American Chemical Society (ACS), National Chemistry Week is a celebration among chemists, chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts. To commemorate this special week in science, I’m sharing five of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Solution 11546: Compatibility Between Programs for the Calculator-Based Laboratory™ (CBL) and CBL 2™.
Solution 11546: Compatibility Between Programs for the Calculator-Based Laboratory™ (CBL) and CBL 2™. Solution 11546: Compatibility Between Programs for the Calculator-Based Laboratory™ (CBL) and CBL 2™. global Solution 11546: Compatibility Between Programs for the Calculator-Based Labora...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/11546
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
Four seconds left in the big game, and the score is 27-28 — you’re behind. A 50-yard field goal wins the game. Your task is to use a mathematical model to demonstrate kicking a field goal to win the game. Wait … are you more into the celebration and all the hoopla (I mean all those snacks and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...uniors lead Keota third graders through the program that uses Rover to draw a robot. Much to the excitement of teachers and students, The Oklahoma Welcome, a local newspaper, wrote a news story the event, giving the students some well-deserved recognition: Keota students get hands-on with new TI-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
...s and restaurants. The one place where we don’t have enough robots is the classroom. Robots can be a very valuable addition to all classrooms. They come in many shapes, sizes, and don’t always look like you would think a “robot” would. There’s a common misconception that only robotics or a tech...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...ble platforms, and discover why using modules can be more fun, or can certainly at least save you time. Modules give us a powerful way to reuse common code These custom “support” files are easily shared among my many Python programs and can be shared with others. When developing a Python ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...tudents will build, code and test a working speaker. The speaker is built with a plastic or foam cup , a magnet, iron nail, soda straw and breadboard components. TI can loan you this project to try with your students if you’d like. Contact the TI STEM Team at STEM-Team@ti.com if you’d like to bor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...never have actually related the motion to the graph and equation that models the motion with distance as a function of time. In this lesson, students compare and contrast the motion of two trains and relate their motion to graphs of distance as a function of time. For more information, downloa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
...rough the top of the bottle and past the egg. Because the fire burns up the oxygen inside the bottle quickly, and the egg is acting to stop any incoming air by acting as a seal, the air pressure inside the bottle quickly becomes less than the air pressure outside the bottle and above the egg....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...perhaps teach you a thing or two about your class. But with many schools across the country starting virtually, getting to know your students, with a computer screen between you and them, has its challenges. For starters, a virtual setup makes it harder to read students’ facial expressions, and i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
A first-of-its-kind STEM strategy charts path to help educators
...borated in order to lay out a framework that can help educators across disciplines equip all students for a world that’s increasingly demanding STEM competencies. "A project of this nature has never been done before – assembling disparate yet dependent education organizations to learn from eac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/a-first-of-its-kind-stem-strategy-charts-path-to-help-educators
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...oom. In this follow-up post (part 2), I intend to present ideas for how CAS can be utilized to benefit the algebra II classroom. Finding a lowest common denominator In my algebra I post, the Factor tool was employed as an approach to motivate students to recognize patterns between the prime ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Professional basketball star donates TI calculators to his former high school
...ready. “Riverside has always meant a lot to me. I started off my high school career here and it feels good to give back to the school and to this community that meant so much to me – I am happy to do it,” said Warren, who was joined by his parents and former basketball coach.” Warren, who ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/february/tj-warren-donates
How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career at TI
...t was seeing how many answers I could get right in a row. I could have never imagined that today I would actually work as a software engineer for the company that created that very toy! Despite an early beginning using arithmetic for entertainment, I don’t remember ever thinking that “when I g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/eweek2021
The Long Road to My STEM Career
...earning activity was the opposite of fun; it wasn’t accessible, and it penalized risk-taking. I still remember how helpless I felt because I couldn’t commit that little table to memory. I didn’t do well in that class. I failed miserably with a low F! Eventually, I recovered, and in high school I ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
...t reply, “Oh, you don’t need to know that.” If the students fail to ask the necessary questions, should we supply that information anyway? We don’t recommend that. Eventually students will ask for the necessary information. We want this to be as close to a real-world application problem as possib...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday