TI Virtual Learning Communities
Join your fellow educators for a series of extended professional learning opportunities that explore ways to enhance teaching practices with education technology from Texas Instruments (TI).
Participate in new sessions every second Wednesday of the month, starting August 2021 through May 2022. Choose from four different TI Learning Communities strands, and join any of the sessions that interest you. All sessions are included free with your CAMT 2021 Virtual Conference registration.
- Receive 10 hours of hands-on, interactive learning
- Participate in one-hour long sessions every month
- Try out new strategies, and get answers to all your questions
- Get time between sessions to collaborate with peers and reflect on lessons
How to join the TI Virtual Learning Communities
- Log in to the CAMT Virtual Conference platform by visiting camtonline.org.
- Navigate to the Communities tab, and find the community you want to join.
- Feel free to join as many communities as you want — and we’ll see you online!
CPE credit, free TI software and giveaways
Receive complimentary TI software for your sessions, and get a Certificate of Attendance that may qualify for school- or district-level professional development credit. When you attend five sessions, you’ll also earn the TI math swag box and free T-shirt.
TI-84 Plus Family Technology Learning Community
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Successfully Integrating TI-84 Plus Family Technology From the Start in a Middle School Classroom
Aug. 11, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Utilizing TI-84 Plus family technology for middle school classrooms. Learn how this powerful technology can help your students visualize concepts clearly and make faster, stronger connections between equations, data and graphs, with a focus on ratios and equations. Leave with tutorials, resources and videos to help you and your students. Join |
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Successfully Integrating TI-84 Plus Family Technology From the Start in a High School Classroom
Sep. 8, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Exploring TI-84 Plus family technology with a focus on high school classrooms. Learn how this powerful technology can help your students visualize concepts clearly and make faster, stronger connections between equations, data and graphs. Leave with tutorials, resources and videos to help you and your students. Join |
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The TI Website: The Math Teachers Go-To for Planning and Resources
Oct. 13, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Simplify lesson planning with free standards-aligned activities that cover the full spectrum of math and science topics from middle grades through high school. Need a quick how-to guide, video tutorial or investigation activity? We got you covered! Join |
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Taking Your TI-84 Plus Family Technology Skills to the Next Level
Nov. 10, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Whether you are a TI-84 Plus graphing calculator veteran, or are picking up the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator for the first time, there are many valuable, often overlooked features that can enhance instruction and increase student understanding. Join |
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Making the Most of the TI-84 Plus CE App for Chrome OS™
Dec. 8, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Teachers can help their learners continue their explorations at home using the technology of the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator and the Chromebook™ notebook computer. We will explore asynchronous lesson ideas that make use of the TI-84 Plus CE App for Chrome OS™. Whether your students have the TI-84 Plus CE at home or just the Chromebook™ notebook computer, this session will highlight how teachers can use TI technology to enhance student learning. Join |
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Introduction to TI Technology for Pre-Service Teachers
Jan. 12, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time This session introduces pre-service and beginning teachers to TI technology and resources that can be used to enhance classroom instruction and deepen student understanding. Participants will engage in a hands-on exploration of ready-to-use tools and applications. We will explore basics and discuss similarities and differences of TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire™ families of graphing calculators and resources. This session will provide participants with foundational tools that build confidence in teaching with TI technology. Join |
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Teaching Algebra II With the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator
Feb. 9, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Learn how the TI-84 Plus CE can be used for more than computation and graphing. From systems of equations to families of functions (quadratic, trigonometric, polynomial, rational, etc.), we will go beyond the basics as we use images, graph databases, apps and programs to support student understanding and concept development. Join |
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Using the TI-84 Plus Family Graphing Calculator and TI-SmartView™ Emulator to Make Your Math Lessons Come Alive
March 9, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time TI-SmartView™ emulator software for the TI-84 Plus graphing family emulates the TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators on a PC or Mac®, making it an ideal demonstration tool for leading classroom instruction of math concepts. This session will show you how to enhance your instruction with screenshots, multiple representations and more. Join |
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Friendly Factoring
April 13, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Factoring polynomials is tough for many students, often because they’re taught different methods for different instances. Come learn one method that will always work, with a little help from technology. Join |
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Building Math Confidence With TI Technology
May 11, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Take a deep dive into TI graphing calculators to unlock the full power and give your students the tools to succeed. Learn how you use the technology to assist students build confidence in skills they will use all throughout their math careers. Join |
TI-Nspire™ CX Technology Learning Community
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Successfully Integrating TI-Nspire™ Technology From the Start in a Math Classroom
Aug. 11, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Whether you are new to the middle school math classroom, or new to TI-Nspire™ technology, we will help you get off to a great start. Learn how this powerful technology enables a deeper understanding of abstract concepts in math, with a focus on ratios and equations. Leave with tutorials, resources and videos to help you and your students. Join |
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Differentiation Through Blended Learning Whether Virtual or In Person
Sept. 8, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time In this session, you will learn about the “Restaurant Classroom Model,” a standards-based approach to differentiation through blended learning. We will discuss how to leverage TI technology as students choose the path, place and pace of their learning. Join |
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Teaching With TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software
Oct. 13, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Ditch that document camera and seamlessly integrate the TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software into your math instruction. Present concepts, encourage discussion and assess understanding with software that turns a teacher’s PC or Mac® into a virtual TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. This hands-on session will show you how to make your lessons come alive with this dynamic software. Join |
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Getting Started With the TI-Nspire™ Navigator™ System
Nov. 10, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Learn how to use your TI-Nspire™ Navigator™ System to connect with all of your students, perform real-time assessment, share files and monitor student understanding of concepts and more. Get tutorials and resources from taking it out of the box to integrating it for daily formative assessment to enhance your instruction. Join |
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I Didn’t Know My TI-Nspire™ CX Graphing Calculator Could Do That!
Dec. 8, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Started using TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator, but know you could be doing so much more? During this hands-on session, attendees will use the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator to explore a variety of ninth through 12th grade concepts to support instruction of the TEKS. The session will also focus on many features of the calculator, including multiple and linked representations of data to dive deeper into mathematical thinking. The TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System will also be used for instruction. The TI-Nspire™ CX handheld is acceptable for use on the STAAR® Algebra I EOC, STAAR® Math Grade 8, SAT®, ACT®, IB® and AP®exams. Join |
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Encourage Deeper Math Conversations Through Visualization
Jan. 12, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Far too often, students get overly focused on procedures and answers. How might we open their eyes to see the beauty inherent in the math they engage with daily? In this session, we will explore how harnessing the power of visualizing seemingly standard math problems taps into students’ curiosity and motivation to learn mathematics. Join |
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Nspired Geometry for Beginners
Feb. 9, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Learn how the dynamic geometry app on your TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator can help your students gain deeper conceptual understanding of geometry. Join |
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Playing With Quadratics in Standard Form and Other Curiosities
March 9, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time How can we engage our students in the beauty and wonder of mathematics? Often we explore math in unusual places. But what about the puzzles that lie within mathematics itself? Come dive into interesting relationships within the world of quadratics. Join |
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Differentiated Instruction With TI-Nspire™ CX Technology
April 13, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Whether students are learning virtually or in person, differentiating instruction is vitally necessary. Join this session and learn how TI-Nspire™ CX technology can assist you in tailoring activities to help fit the needs of your students. Join |
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Taking Your TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System to the Next Level
May 11, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time The TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System can create a powerful learning environment in a math classroom that encourages collaboration, discussion and increases engagement. This hands-on session will demonstrate some advanced features of the TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System and show some effective uses of the TI-Nspire™ handheld technology to support instruction of the TEKS and STAAR® preparation. Join |
Exam Strategies Learning Community
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Exploring Functions From Algebra Through Precalculus Using the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator
Aug. 11, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Provide your students the opportunity to explore and discover the effects changing parameters has on a parent graph, from linear through trigonometric functions. We will utilize the graphing feature and the transformational graphing app on the TI-84 Plus CE to help your students build a conceptual understanding of transformations. Instructional content for all modes of teaching and learning will be provided. Join |
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Creative Activities, Strategies and Ideas to Better Prepare Your Students for the Revised ACT® That Provide Deeper Conceptual Understanding
Sep. 8, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Prepare your students by integrating ACT® problems and activities throughout your daily lessons. Get interactive activities, proven test-taking strategies, cool technology tips for conceptual understanding, and many sample ACT® problems. Goal: Students learn and retain the math better, not just score better on the ACT®. Encourage conceptual understanding and thinking graphically. Join |
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Teaching High School Statistics With the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator
Oct. 13, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time During this hands-on session, attendees will use the TI-84 Plus CE to explore several activities for teaching statistics in the high school classroom. The session will focus on a variety of topics from graphical displays to sampling distributions and inference. We will explore a variety of features that enhance student understanding of relevant high school statistics topics. If you have any version of a TI-84 Plus family graphing calculator you can still use these materials. Join |
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Texas Eighth Grade Math EOC Exam Strategies With the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator
Nov. 10, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time This session will help eighth grade mathematics educators in Texas who are either beginning to use the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator or who want to learn more to drive student success on the Texas eighth grade mathematics EOC exam. You will analyze and solve a wide range of sample problems using graphs, tables and calculator tools. Come explore premade activities that reinforce technology skills and deepen student understanding of key EOC exam topics. Join |
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Texas Eighth Grade Math EOC Exam Strategies With TI-Nspire™ Technology
Dec. 8, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time This session will help eighth grade mathematics educators in Texas who are either beginning to use TI-Nspire™ technology or who want to learn more to drive student success on the Texas eighth grade mathematics EOC exam. You will analyze and solve a wide range of sample problems using graphs, tables and calculator tools. Come explore premade activities that reinforce technology skills and deepen student understanding of key EOC exam topics. Join |
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Texas Algebra I EOC Exam Strategies With the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator
Jan. 12, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time This session is designed for algebra I educators in Texas who are either beginning to use the TI-84 Plus CE or who want to learn more to drive student success on the Texas Algebra I EOC exam. Participants will cover the key elements of teaching with the TI-84 Plus CE and TI-SmartView™ CE emulator software for the TI-84 Plus graphing family, and the workshop will focus on helping students use the TI-84 Plus CE to better understand key topics on the Texas Algebra I EOC exam. Join |
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Texas Algebra I EOC Exam Strategies With TI-Nspire™ Technology
Feb. 9, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time This session is designed for algebra I educators in Texas who are either beginning to use TI-Nspire™ technology or who want to learn more to drive student success on the Texas Algebra I EOC exam. Participants will cover the key elements of teaching with the TI-Nspire™ CX grapping calculator and TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software, and the workshop will focus on helping students use the TI-Nspire™ CX handheld to better understand key topics on the Texas eighth grade mathematics EOC exam. Join |
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Help Students Score on the AP® Calculus Exam With TI Technology
March 9, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time This session will cover question topics and technology tips for using either TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ technology to illustrate AP® Calculus concepts in the classroom. You’ll receive a wealth of resources to help prepare students for the AP® Calculus AB and BC test. Join |
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Help Students Score on the AP® Stats Exam With TI Technology
April 13, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time This session will cover question topics and technology tips for using either TI-84 Plus or TI-Nspire™ technology to illustrate AP® Statistics concepts in the classroom. You’ll receive a wealth of resources to help prepare students for the AP® Stats test. Join |
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Navigating New STAAR® Question Types for Algebra I EOC
May 11, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Help your students prepare year-round for the new STAAR® question types that will be on the 2022 Algebra I EOC. The TI-Nspire™ Navigator™ System can help you integrate a variety of these assessment items on a regular basis, inform your instructional decisions and, most importantly, inform your students’ thinking. Attend this session, and receive question documents, tutorial videos and examples ready to integrate right away. Join |
STEM Learning Community
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Using Pictures to Expand Students’ Awareness of the World
Aug. 11, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time By incorporating digital images into the classroom, teachers can make visual connections between the world around them and mathematical concepts. Learn how to insert an image into a TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator, and make it possible for students to graph functions on top of the image. Also learn the new ability of the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator to animate a graph in real-time, called a path plot. Join |
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Modeling Across the Curriculum
Sept. 8, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time We’ll investigate potentially messy, real-world questions and the use of technology to connect meaningful mathematics to problems arising in the world around us — from rating quarterbacks, to predicting salary gaps, to modeling how a virus spreads. Explore the power of technology for creating and analyzing useful mathematical models. Join |
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TI Codes: Creating a Pathway Toward STEM Careers
Oct. 13, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Use the graphing calculators from TI for so much more than calculations. We will explore the coding side to give students skills for the 21st century. Create music, mood rings and more. Join |
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Let Math Come Alive By Collecting and Analyzing Data Using the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator
Nov. 10, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time We can all agree that understanding data has become important in many areas of life. Students are much more engaged when they collect their own data, and this is easy with the TI-84 Plus CE. We will use the list feature to enter our own data and also collect data using a temperature probe. We’ll analyze this data to determine a line of best fit, discuss correlation and predict behavior. We’ll also learn how a CBR™ 2 motion sensor can be used to help students build a conceptual understanding of distance and time. Face-to-face and virtual data-collection options will be discussed, and instructional content for all modes of teaching and learning will be provided. Join |
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Getting Started With Data Collection in a Math Classroom With TI-Nspire™ Technology
Dec. 8, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Whether you are new to the high school math classroom or new to TI-Nspire™ technology, we will help you get off to a great start. Learn how this powerful technology enables a deeper understanding and real-world, engaging experiences through data collection. Join |
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Motion Match in the Virtual World
Jan. 12, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Even in a virtual teaching situation, it is possible to analyze real-world motion data. We will analyze distance-time and velocity-time graphs created using data collected using the CBR™ 2 motion sensor and displayed using TI software. Collaboration strategies with the Google Jamboard™ electronic whiteboard will be used. Join |
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Integrating Coding in Python in Your Math Classroom on the TI-Nspire™ CX II Graphing Calculator
Feb. 9, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Explore the basics of coding in Python; learn everything beginners need to get started coding in their math classroom. This session will give you the basics to get started coding on TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. Join |
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STEM in Motion
March 9, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Get hands on with STEM in your classroom. We will explore TI-Innovator™ Rover activities that will engage all learners. Give students the skills to think critically, and use coding to make STEM happen. Join |
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Integrating Coding in Python in Your Math Classroom on the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator
April 13, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Explore the basics of coding in Python; learn everything beginners need to get started coding in their math classroom. This session will give you the basics to get started coding on the TI-84 Plus CE. Join |
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Bringing STEM Projects Into Your Math Classroom
May 11, 2022 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Central time Develop skills for 21st-century success with project-based learning activities that help students explore, understand and connect the principles of science, math, coding, engineering design and electronics. Join |
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