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Flying Like Leonardo Envisioned … In the Classroom!
Posted 14/04/2023 by Ian GallowayDid you know you can fly a Tello drone using Texas Instruments graphing calculators? This new feature allows you to bring flying to the classroom. Using flight and drone technology offer many opportunities for delivering the curriculum. In addition to building math skills, teachers could work on centre of gravity, Newton’s Second Law, air resistance, Bernoulli’s Principle, or ethical issues around drone use. And how about the fact that da Vinci invented three flying machines like the drone 500 years ago?
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Exchange and Cooperation: Value of the T³ Teacher Network
Posted 30/10/2021 by Stephan GriebelThe history of the T³ teacher network is a history of cooperation on many different levels. It is about cooperation between individuals as well as between institutions across national and ‘content’ boundaries.
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Computational Thinking and Coding in the Classroom – Sharing Inspiration 2021
Posted 30/09/2021 by Ian GallowayOn Sept. 16, close to 150 people logged in for the third quarterly Sharing Inspiration conference 2021, Computational Thinking and Coding in the Classroom. Four teachers gave presentations of the coding they were carrying out in the classroom and the way in which it impacted student thinking.
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Best Practice From France: How To Start Programming With BBC micro:bit and TI Handhelds
Posted 06/07/2021 by Ludovia, article originally published in Ludomag.comProgramming and teaching students how to code are an important part of the transformation of education in France. Four years after the start of this process, and a global pandemic later, two observations can be made that are also valuable for other countries in Europe. Firstly, teachers are willing to take up the challenge, but they are still very much in need of support. Secondly, numerous projects have been launched with the help of new tools to support both teachers and students to understand these new concepts. Among these tools, BBC micro:bit is popular, as is the TI-Innovator™ Hub and the robotic vehicle TI-Innovator™ Rover.
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Discover Yoga’s Flexibility in Math Class
Posted 09/06/2021 by Curtis BrownIt was a stressful school year to say the least! To help you and your students exhale, while learning (or teaching) a thing or two, we have partnered with two of our favorite math educators. Perry High School teachers Ashley Meinke and David Olszewski will introduce you to math yoga. So, grab a yoga mat, some comfortable clothes, a water bottle and let’s celebrate International Day of Yoga by exploring yoga’s flexibility in math class.
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Computational Thinking for all students Dutch Leo Kanner school
Posted 13/05/2021 by Koen StulensThe aim of the Computational Thinking strategy at the Leo Kanner secondary school in Leiden is to teach children to approach problems logically and to use digital tools to solve them. To this end, the school organised a pilot programme using TI-Nspire™ CX technology. “An important plus is that you learn the basics of computational thinking through this technology,” says teacher Zeno van der Zalm. “We started small, but we are now in the phase where we are involving more teachers and subjects in the trajectory.
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STEM Education for a Sustainable World – Sharing Inspiration 2021
Posted 10/05/2021 by Ian GallowayApril 22 was Earth Day and was also the second quarterly Sharing Inspiration conference 2021. Aptly, the theme was "STEM Education for a Sustainable World." More than 100 people logged in to listen to a keynote speech from European Commissioner Vladimir Garkov and STEM stories from the classroom.
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You go girl! The experiences of women in STEM
Posted 12/04/2021 by Sónia ReisWhat can we do to empower girls in secondary school to opt for a STEM focus in their education and career? In a world where scientific and technological solutions are desperately needed, we cannot exclude half the world’s talents. We need girls and women! Our T3 teacher network understands the importance of motivating girls to pursue STEM. Four T3 instructors and two students from Europe share their experiences with gender issues, classroom methods and STEM education.
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A safe TI-Rover touchdown on earth
Posted 05/04/2021 by Hans-Martin Hilbig, Ian GallowayOn February 18, 2021 billions of people from all over the world held their breath when NASA’s Perseverance Rover landed safely on Mars. This event inspired Hans-Martin Hilbig, a retired engineer and T³ instructor to stage a TI-Rover landing on Earth, using his DIY drone.
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Happy birthday to us! T³ Europe - 25 years old and still young
Posted 18/03/2021 by Stephan GriebelIn 2021 we are celebrating the 25th birthday of the teachers' network T³ - Teachers Teaching with Technology. At the end of the 1980s, the first graphing calculators appeared on the market. Two professors for math education, Bert Waits and Frank Demana, realized that the real potential of graphing calculators lay in the educational opportunities. Within a decade the developing new didactic possibilities excited many teachers and the T³ network was founded.
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