T³™ Regional Summit: California

Program

8:15 – 9 a.m. | Check-in and continental breakfast

9 – 9:15 a.m. | Opening remarks

9:25 – 10:55 a.m. | First morning sessions

Session 1 | Valuable Tips for the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator and TI-SmartView™ Emulator (Calculator and Software)

• Explore creative and cool essential ideas to utilize the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator and its color version, the TI-84 Plus CE, much more effectively.
• Get an overview of the TI-84 Plus CE along with the basic computation, graphing and functionality, and discover how this member of the TI-84 Plus graphing family is different than previous versions.
• Learn how to easily use the TI-84 Plus CE as an evaluator of complex expressions, trace on a graph and table simultaneously, quickly evaluate the quadratic formula, store window settings, quickly investigate transformation graphing with lists, and more.
• Get tips on how to fully utilize the TI-SmartView™ software.

Session 2 | Developing Deeper Conceptual Understanding to Prepare for the Digital SAT^® Exam With the TI-84 Plus CE

• Students who only excel at procedural fluency (i.e. memorizing steps and formulas) will have a tough time on the math section of the redesigned SAT^® exam. They need a deeper understanding of the concepts. Learn to leverage the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator to help meet this goal by providing activities and ideas that promote conceptual understanding.

Session 3 | Exploring Topics in Precalculus With the TI-84 Plus CE: Polynomial and Rational Functions

• Learn the makeup of an Advanced Placement^® course and, in particular, what is important to know about AP^® Precalculus.
• Explore insights about the exam and ways TI technology can be useful, such as helping students:
  • Develop both procedural and conceptual fluency.
  • Interpret and connect multiple representations.
  • Get engaged in interpreting and reasoning about mathematical concepts and relationships.
• Discover how TI technology can also deepen student understanding of rate of change, end behavior, asymptotes and function transformations.
• Strategies for engaging students in these mathematical practices for AP^® Precalculus will be shared during the four sessions in the AP^® Precalculus strand.

Session 4 | Valuable Tips for Using TI-Nspire™ CX II Technology (Calculator and Software)

• Get an overview of TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator, including general calculator, graphing and statistical functionality.
• Explore dynamic and interactive lessons for algebra I and algebra II, geometry, precalculus and calculus, and statistics.
• Learn the basic features of the TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software.

11:05 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. | Second morning sessions

Session 5 | Exploring Middle Grades Topics With the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators

• Learn about the features for modeling with multiple representations.
• Explore interactive lessons that make connections between ratios, proportional relationships and linear functions.

Session 6 | Analyzing and Interpreting Data in a Vertical Curriculum With the TI-84 Plus CE

Join this session as we explore how the topics below can help students move through a vertical curriculum, from middle grades math through algebra II and beyond, including:

• Analyzing and interpreting univariate data: Representing data with dot plots, box and whisker plots, histograms; comparing center and spread of data sets.
• Use of the mean and standard deviation to fit a data set into a normal distribution, including qualitative and quantitative data, and comparing sets of data and identifying outliers.
• Interpreting bivariate data: Represent bivariate data on a scatter plot, describe the relationship, and interpret the slope and intercept of a linear model in the context of the data.

Session 7 | Exploring Topics in Precalculus With the TI-84 Plus CE: Exponential Functions, Logarithmic Functions and Regression

• Learn how the TI-84 Plus CE is used to investigate the relationship between exponential and logarithmic functions, inverse and composite functions, and the concept of regression as a way to find a model for contextual data.

Session 8 | Integrating TI Technology for Emergent Bilinguals

• "¿Cómo se usa esto?" Learn how activities and video resources can be integrated in an ELL/ESL classroom when using the TI-84 Plus CE Python or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators.

12: 35 – 1:20 p.m. | Lunch

1:20 – 2:50 p.m. | First afternoon sessions

Session 9 | Building Concepts: Statistics and Probability With TI-Nspire™ CX Family of Graphing Calculators

• Designed for middle grades mathematics educators who are beginning with or already using TI-Nspire™ CX technology, this workshop focuses on strategies for engaging students in new ways of visualizing and thinking about statistics and probability.
• Connect mathematical concepts through a coherent story within and across grades, and in the vertical alignment of concepts.
• Leverage technology to enhance visualization in support of learning and developing concepts.
• Implement effective teaching practices to support developing concepts and empower learners to drive the conversation by asking and answering questions of others.

Session 10 | Advanced Tips With the TI-84 Plus CE: Data Collection in Science and Math Classrooms

• Get an overview of the TI-84 Plus CE, including data collection with the Vernier EasyTemp^® sensor and CBR™ 2 motion sensor.
• Explore data analysis through the development of mathematical models.

Session 11 | Exploring Topics in Precalculus With the TI-84 Plus CE: Trigonometric and Polar Functions

• Use the TI-84 Plus CE to develop understanding of concepts related to the trigonometric functions and make the connection to polar coordinates.

Session 12 | Learning to Code With the TI-Innovator™ Hub (and the TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire™ CX Families of Graphing Calculators)

• This session is designed for educators interested in introducing coding to their students using the TI-Innovator™ Hub.
• Expand on the lessons featured in TI’s 10 Minutes of Code to excite students in learning the code to control the TI-Innovator™ Hub and its built-in sensors, including light and sound.
• Engage your students with the latest technology, preparing them for the next stage to explore real-world STEM applications.

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Second afternoon sessions

Session 13 | Exploring Algebra Topics With the TI-84 Plus CE

Utilizing the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator, we will explore topics such as:

• Linear functions
• Systems of linear equations
• Functions and relations
• Quadratic, exponential, radical and rational functions
• Probability

Session 14 | Exploring Topics in Statistics With the TI-84 Plus CE

• Explore STAT functions to determine critical values, p-values and more, as well as DISTRIBUTION functions for normal distributions, binomial distributions and others.
• Review premade activities available on the TI Education Technology website that help students get a deeper understanding of some basic topics in statistics.

Session 15 | Topics in Calculus With the TI-Nspire™ CX II Graphing Calculator

• Explore topics focused on teaching calculus with TI-Nspire™ CX technology, including:
  • Tangent line approximations.
  • The relationship between a function and its derivatives.
  • The relationship between integration and the area between a curve and x-axis.
• Discuss strategies to prepare students for the AP^® Calculus exam.

Session 16 | Making Math and Science Meaningful With the TI-Innovator™ Rover

This session is designed for teachers interested in introducing the Rover to their students. Explore lessons that feature topics to get students engaged with this exciting technology, such as:

• The relationship between distance, rate and time.
• Designing and measuring a segmented path.

This session includes both TI-84 Plus CE and TI-Nspire™ CX families of graphing calculators.