Free Resources from Texas Instruments
Ed Nolan
Texas Instruments provides a free online player
to help you experience TI-Npire software on
your computer.
Free
Some math activities include:
*area formulas
*domain and range
*projectile trajectories
Some science activities include:
*electron configurations
*waves and spectrum
*traveling blue genes
They provide hundreds of additional activities
at the resource center for educators teaching
various secondary mathematics courses!
Check it out!
Professional Learning Library
Articles to spur reflection and inspire learning…
Education through Technology
How Early Should Students Learn to Code?
Education through Technology Improves Learning
Are you Tech-Ready for Common Core?
Digital Conversion Service Publishes Accessible,
Multi-platform Textbooks
Digital Wish Opens Virtual Volunteer Site to Match
Teachers with Experts
Social Media
Tips for Tech-Cautious Teachers
Creative PD Idea
Pennsylvania teachers spend the day as
middle-school students
Teachers at Pleasant Hills Middle School in Pennsylvania
get to be students again as part of the school's "Day in the
Life" program, created by Principal Daniel Como. The
teachers follow a student schedule, including choir and
language arts classes, and some teachers said they realized
students are under a lot of pressure and may be more
understanding of students in the future. "It's a long day,
and if a kid has multiple tests, it could be a really long
day," said Robert Kerr, a social studies teacher who
followed a student schedule Tuesday.
Classroom Connections
Math Program Encourages Students to
Learn from their Mistakes
Why Long Lectures are Ineffective
Should We Connect School Life to Real
Life?
Defusing Power Struggles: It's Not
About Getting the Last Word
Engaging Students in Math
Teachers View Tapes of Themselves to
Master New Skills
Spice Up Your Classroom Routine
Curriculum Corner
Take a peek at some of the inspiration materials that are driving the mindsets of our Algebra
curriculum writers!
N Ways to Apply Algebra with the New York Times
Population Growth
Mathematically Modeling
Mortgages
This past summer, the political scientist Andrew
Hacker, wrote the New York Times Op-Ed essay “Is
Algebra Necessary?” The commentary set off a
national debate on mathematics education. The debate
also inspired New York Times to suggest several
algebraic opportunities that exemplify the Standards
for Mathematical Practice. These opportunities are
also spurring some creative ideas for development of
project based learning tasks in the C2.0 Algebra
curriculum. Take a look at some of the ideas below
and read the article for more in-depth information.
Algebra of the
Election
Recipes
Do the MetroCard
Math
Evaluating Colleges
Solve for
Stocks
Olympic Algebra
Calculating Car Costs
Football
More Free Resources
Interactive resources for teaching mathematics in the 21st century!
NCTM Illuminations
If you haven’t checked out NCTM’s
Illuminations, do it now! They supply a
plethora of free activities, lessons, and
interactive software for mathematics
education. Check out the one below,
Dynamic Paper.
Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall?
Or a number line that goes from -18 to 32 by 5's?
Or a set of pattern blocks where all shapes have
one-inch sides? You can create all those things and
more with the Dynamic Paper tool. Place the
images you want, then export it as a PDF activity
sheet for your students or as a JPEG image for use
in other applications or on the web.
Core Math Tools
Core Math Tools is a downloadable suite of
interactive software tools for algebra and
functions, geometry and trigonometry, and
statistics and probability. The tools are
appropriate for use with any high school
mathematics curriculum and compatible with
the Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics in terms of content and
mathematical practices.
Professional Development Opportunity
Professional development courses that you can experience now, anytime, anywhere!
Intel® Teach Elements
Intel® Teach helps K–12 teachers of all
subjects learn to engage students with digital
learning, including digital content, Web 2.0,
social networking, and online tools and
resources. Intel Teach professional
development empowers teachers to
integrate technology effectively into their
existing curriculum, focusing on their
students’ problem solving, critical thinking,
and collaboration, which are precisely the
skills required in the high tech, networked
society in which we live.
See a course
that interests
you?
Click here to
check it out!
Looking for Some Motivation?
For Teachers…
For Students…
Five Reasons Why Teaching Is Still Great
By Paul Barnwell
Want a good job? Study math.
By Jim Gallagher
“I can open up just about any news source
and click on yet another manifesto about how
teachers are exhausted, schools are failing, or
parents don’t parent.
“If you want a good job when you grow up,
study math. It doesn't matter whether you
plan to go to a technical school or an Ivy
League college.
But there is no other job I'd rather have than
teaching right now.
Knuckle down on math and you can be
driving a new car when you're 25 instead of
your parents' hand-me-down beater.
I’m downright tired of the negative news.
There are still countless reasons to celebrate
the profession and we educators are due for a
reminder.”
Read Paul’s five reminders why teachings is
great here!
The numbers prove it. Payscale.com, a
website for salary information, lists the toppaying jobs for new college grads. Of the top
30, all but two require advanced math.”
Read the rest of Jim’s column here!
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