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Saturday Session Details

Session Details MARCH 1

Saturday Session Details MARCH 1

Saturday

8:15am - 9:45amPegasus BALGEBRA 1, GENERAL SCIENCE

203 Analyze this!

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • Apps, CBL 2™, CBR™, TI-Navigator™ , TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™, TI-Nspire™Vanessa Cleaver, Little Rock School District, LITTLE ROCK, AR, USACo-Presenters: Marcelline CarrThe TI-Navigator™ system and graphing calculator will be used to present several standards-based lessons and activities for high school. Collect and analyze data using motion detectors and voltage sensors.

8:15am - 9:45amReunion AALGEBRA 1, GEOMETRY

204 Graphing Geometric Data to Connect Algebra and Geometry

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASEugene Olmstead, Elmira Free Academy (retired), DUNDEE, NY, USACome and explore TI-Nspire™ documents that show how to collect and graph geometric data in the coordinate plane. Have fun trying to predict the graphs involving lengths, perimeter, area, arc length and angles. These simple lessons can help students make geometric and algebraic connections that were never possible before the introduction of TI-Nspire™ technology. Loaner handhelds will be available for this session and participants are encouraged to bring their own TI-Nspire™ handhelds to receive (.tns) files.

8:15am - 9:45amReunion BALGEBRA 1

205 Enhancing Your Algebra 1 Classroom with the TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Navigator™ Cassandra Eckstorm, Blythewood High, COLUMBIA, SC, USAThis session will focus on new and innovative ways for educators experienced at using the TI-Navigtor™ system to enhance their Algebra 1 classroom.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland L

206 Using New Technology to Inspire Our Students – An Introduction to TI-Nspire™

Jo Ann Miltenberg, Farmingdale High School, HICKSVILLE, NY, USA

The new TI-Nspire™ handheld and software offer an integrated platform for connecting the numeric, algebraic, written, graphical, and geometric representations of a problem situation. Come and explore this new technology designed to enhance mathematics understanding for your students.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland FALGEBRA 2, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE

207 Tools to Engage Sutdents in the Algebra Classroom

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionPeg Greene, Florida Community College, JACKSONVILLE, FL, USAThis workshop will focus on using graphing calculator software applications (Apps) as a tool to engage students in learning. Participants will be given other App-based projects to engage students in hands-on activities.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland GALGEBRA 2, ALGEBRA 1, PRECALCULUS

208 Curriculum and Technology: Evolving Together

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Nspire™ CASKevin Waterman, Education Development Center, Inc., NEWTON, MA, USACo-Presenters: Bowen Kerins, Al CuocoAs the new CME Project (published by Pearson Education) was developed, the high school of this session’s presenter found many cases where technology, especially a Computer Algebra System (CAS), enhanced the desire to develop mathematical “habits of mind.” This session will look at how the development of TI-Nspire™ technology influenced and was influenced by the presenter’s high school curriculum goals. This session will also look at field-tested approaches to using CAS in order to solve algebraic equations, factor and expand polynomials, look for patterns, understand functional language and make sense of iterative definitions of functions.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland HALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

209 Motivating students in Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 by using real-life data and student-centered projects using the TI-83/84.

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus, TI SmartView™ Todd Sikora, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, LINCOLNSHIRE, IL, USACo-Presenter: Steve IkennThe attendees will learn how to motivate students in Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 by finding appropriate models of real-life data. Projects which motivate students will also be shared.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland IALGEBRA 2, ADMINISTRATOR, ALGEBRA 1, CALCULUS, GENERAL MATH, MIDDLE GRADES MATH, STATISTICS

210 Practical Use of the TI-Navigator™ System for High School

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™ Michael Houston, Riverside High School, ELLWOOD CITY, PA, USAThis session will take participants through a brief introduction of the TI-Navigator™ system and dive into practical classroom applications that this interactive technology makes possible. Participants will use Vernier Software & Technology™ probes to collect data to make the math more realistic and engaging for students. Educators will walk away with a better understanding of the TI-Navigator™ system as well as activities to use in the classroom that can help save the time and make lessons more enjoyable for students.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland JALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2,TRIGONOMETRY

211 The New Flashcards – Create TI StudyCards™ for Algebra 1 and 2, Trigonometry and other mathematics using TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculators

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • AppsTI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionCarol Rychlik, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, ALEXANDRIA, VA, USALearn how to create electronic TI StudyCards™ – the new flashcards – for use in Algebra 1 and 2, Trigonometry and other mathematics. These cards can be used for quick review or linked to student graphing calculators to help review at home. StudyCards can be used on all TI graphing calculators that have Apps. Participants are encouraged to bring a flash drive and will receive numerous StudyCards already written and ready to use.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland KALGEBRA 1, GENERAL INTEREST

212 The Power of TI-Nspire™ Computer Software to Create Your Algebra Lessons

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™ Margo Lynn Mankus, State University of New York at New Paltz, WASHINGTONVILLE, NY, USACome experience how TI-Nspire™ computer software can be added to the educator’s instructional tools. Participants will create, manage and present dynamic TI-Nspire™ documents for Algebra.

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Saturday

8:15am - 9:45amParlor 362ALGEBRA 1, ADMINISTRATOR, GENERAL INTEREST, GENERAL MATH, MIDDLE GRADES MATH, STATISTICS

213 Using Technology and Professional Learning Communities to Increase Student Achievement on High School Assessments

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-Navigator™, TI-84 PlusDonna Johnson, Central Office, DENTON, MD, USACo-Presenters: Melissa Mulligan, Heather Fahey, Toni PowersAs part of an educational technology grant 6 teachers in Caroline County High Schools became part of a professional learning community to increase student performance in the Algebra 1/ Data Analysis year long course and the state assessment. Teachers were given professional development and instruction in developing engaging lessons collaboratively, as well as integrating educational technology (which included SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards, TI graphing calculators and TI-Navigator™ systems) into schools that previously had limited use of technology. Experience the struggles and successes faced in this journey. Teachers will share lessons that were developed to be used with the year-long Algebra course, as well as discuss the process of developing a successful professional learning community that centers around pedagogy and technology use.

8:15am - 9:45amCottonbowlMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1

214 Connecting the TI-Navigator™ System and the Connected Math Program 2 (CMP2) – Several Lesson Examples

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-73 ExplorerRay OBrien, Cedarbrook Middle School, MALVERN, PA, USACo-Presenter: Jane DamaskeParticipants will be walked through several Connected Math Program 2 (CMP2) lessons enhanced by the TI-Navigator™ system. The session will include activities that educators can use with 7th and 8th grade CMP2 units.

8:15am - 9:45amMarsalis GMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ELEMENTARY MATH, GENERAL MATH

215 Deconstructing PEMDAS: Exploring the Order of Operations

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™ Jackie Vogel, Austin Peay State University, MT. JULIET, TN, USAThis session will address the PEMDAS procedure as a mathematical convention that we must all agree upon. This session will share specific examples and misconceptions provided during a mini-lesson presented by a pre-service teacher in a middle school mathematics content and pedagogy course. The examples were based on erroneous information the pre-service teacher received from a Web site. The TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator and TI-SmartView™ software will be used to explore these examples.

8:15am - 9:45amMarsalis FMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1, GEOMETRY

216 Area, Perimeter and Technology, Oh My!

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionEva Airhart, Lehman Middle School, CANTON, OH, USAExperience how to use the TI-84 Plus family graphing calculator to tie analytical, graphical and numerical concepts together. This session will demonstrate activities designed to engage students in their own discovery of the relationship between area and perimeter. Enhance student understanding using STAT, LIST, TABLES and GRAPHING functions. Improve classroom discussions using graphing calculator technology to investigate Algebra and Geometry concepts.

8:15am - 9:45amMarsalis BMIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE, GENERAL SCIENCE

217 Proving the Conservation of Energy Law in Middle School

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionTara Windle, Educational Technology, GROVE CITY, OH, USAThis session will lead participants through a lesson designed to prove to middle and high school science students that the total amount of energy stays constant as an object is dropped from two meters. Using TI technology to collect data and crunch the numbers, participants to this session will be able to convince even the biggest skeptics in class.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland AELEMENTARY MATH

218 Teaching Fractions with the TI-15 Calculator and TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator in Elementary School

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • Apps, TI-15 Explorer, TI-73 ExplorerMarsha Burkholder, Westgate Elementary, COLUMBUS, OH, USAThis session will focus on using the TI-15 calculator and TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator to teach fractions to students at the elementary school level.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland BGEOMETRY, GENERAL INTEREST

219 Investigating the Angles of a Triangle

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Sylvia Brown, Mountain Empire Community College, BIG STONE GAP, VA, USAParticipants will use the built-in Graphs & Geometry feature of TI-Nspire™ technology to construct a triangle, then measure each angle to discover what the sum of the angles equals. The session will also cover how to use the TI-Nspire™ technology’s interactive Grab-and-Move feature to manipulate the triangle in order to discover the relationship between the sum of two interior angles and a remote exterior angle.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland CGEOMETRY, PRECALCULUS

220 Analytic Geometry with Cabri™ 3D for All Levels

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Intermediate, Advanced Jean-Jacques Daham, IREM of Toulouse, TOULOUSE, FRANCEParticipants will see a lot of examples showing how to use all the features of Cabri™ 3D in relation to coordinates and equations. Experience how it can change completely the way of teaching analytic Geometry for the teacher and the way of understanding it for the student. Learn the importance of creating points given by their coordinates and modifying these coordinates. See the link between the intersection of planes and systems of equations. Other special features include: “dot product” and “cross product” to illustrate a lot of ideas – impossible to illustrate with paper and pencil.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland DGEOMETRY, ALGEBRA 1

221 TI-Nspire™ Technology for Beginners - Multiple Representations is the Key to Increased Achievement

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASJerry Cummins, NCSM, WESTERN SPRINGS, IL, USAThis hands-on workshop uses the TI-Nspire™ learning handheld. Focus will be on the handheld’s ability to display multiple representations connecting Algebra and Geometry. Applications will include problems that demonstrate the power of combining arithmetical, visual, algebraic and spreadsheet capabilities to address the desire to increase student learning.

8:15am - 9:45amCumberland EGEOMETRY, ALGEBRA 1

222 Discovering Pi Using the TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-Navigator™, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Jennifer Wilson, Northwest Rankin High School, FLOWOOD, MS, USAHow many times have you heard the question “What is Pi?” Attend this “Round-Up” session to connect cowboys, tape measures, the Cabri™ Jr. Geometry application (App) and data collection using the TI-Navigator™ system to help students discover Pi. Participants to this session will learn how to use the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator to manually find a line of best fit.

8:15am - 9:45amReverchon AB


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Saturday

8:15am - 9:45amMoreno ABPRECALCULUS

224 Visual Parametrics for High School Using TI’s CBR 2™ Motion Detector and TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • CBR™ Constance Smith, University of Louisiana at Monroe, CROSSETT, AR, USA This session will demonstrate parametrics visually using TI’s CBR 2™ motion detector and TI-84 Plus graphing calculator. Positioning CBR 2™ motion detectors at right angles to each other, participants will collect horizontal and vertical data points for a random motion. These data lists will be used to plot points on the coordinate plane, which will duplicate the pattern of the observed movement.

8:15am - 9:45amSanger ABTRIGONOMETRY, GENERAL MATH, PHYSICS, PRECALCULUS, TRIGONOMETRY

225 Humm a Perfect Sinusoid: Hum into a Microphone and Create a Sinusoid to Analyze Using the TI-84 Plus Family and TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • CBL 2™, TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionPeg Alofs Becker, Kalamazoo Math and Science Center, JENISON, MI, USAThis session will include a brief introduction to the TI-Navigator™ system. Participants will then hum into a Vernier Software & Technology™ microphone connected to TI CBL 2 data collection devices and TI-84 Plus family graphing calculators. The graphed sinusoids will be analyzed using the STAT function. Other Vernier data collection sensors and probes may also be demonstrated.

8:15am - 9:45amParlor 357PRECALCULUS, CALCULUS

226 Seeing the Composed Function y=sin(2x) Using the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator and TI’s CBL 2™ Data Collection Device

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • CBL 2™, TI-83 Plus, TI-89 TitaniumShin Watanabe, Tokai University, SHIZUOKA, JAPANCo-Presenters: Chieko Fukuda, Kyoko KakihanaMaking a graph with TI’s CBL 2™ data collection device is interesting for every student. The session will show the composed function y=sin(2x) with the hiker program – using “the walking” and “the hiker.” The function has two variables, one is time and other is distance. The time variable is not visible, so it changes according to the distance. Participants will draw two white cycles on the flower, one is moving x and other is 2x, seeing the x. It is important to understand the rule of functions. This session will use the definition of the trigonometric functions.

8:15am - 9:45amReunion GCALCULUS, GENERAL MATH

227 TI-Nspire™ CAS Primer and Calculus with TI-Nspire™ Technology and SMART Board™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™ CASSean Bird, Covenant Christian High School, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, USAFrom new users to those who want to learn about some of the more advanced features of TI-Nspire™ CAS technology, this sessions offers hands-on activities featuring the use of this integrated multiple representation math and science learning technology. Receive a handout of “TI-Nspire™ CAS Primer (especially for TI-83/84 users)” written by the presenter. Calculus .tns files of activities and explorations will be available and demonstrated using a SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard.

8:15am - 9:45amReunion ECALCULUS

228 Integrating Technology Using TI-Nspire™ CAS Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™ CASPeter Fox, Elisabeth Murdoch College, SKYE, AUSTRALIAA much greater range of challenging Calculus application questions becomes accessible when students are using a Computer Algebra System) CAS. Even more so when using TI-Nspire™ CAS technology. The questions explored in this hands-on workshop will demonstrate the need for student understanding. These questions are drawn from the presenter’s experience teaching and assessing students in a CAS-enabled state education system.

8:15am - 9:45amReunion FALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

229 Algebra Under the Sheets: Investigating CAS Spreadsheets with the TI-Nspire™ handheld

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire CAS™Michael Edwards, Miami University, OXFORD, OH, USA Co-Presenters: Michael Meagher, Asli Ozgun-KocaAdd new life to your algebra instruction! The TI-Nspire™ CAS learning handheld links the power of symbolic manipulation with the flexibility of spreadsheets to provide students (and their teachers) fresh ways to consider algebraic generalization. We will share several inquiry-based, classroom-ready activities that exploit this capability.

8:15am - 9:45amReunion HGENERAL INTEREST, GENERAL MATH

230 New Views at Teaching and Learning with a Computer Algebra System (CAS)

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™ CASBernhard Kutzler, ACDCA, LINZ, AUSTRIAUsing powerful technology such as a Computer Algebra System (CAS) for teaching and learning means enormous enrichment that, for many educators – in particular novices and technophobes – appears at first glance too complicated. This session offers several views at how to involve technology in the classroom, particularly CAS that can be helpful in various ways, such as for planning its proper use, getting more educators excited about educational technology and making teacher training more efficient.

8:15am - 9:45amMarsalis AADMINISTRATOR, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS, PRECALCULUS

231 Parametric Representation with TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Richard Parr, Rice University, HOUSTON, TX, USAEnhance the teaching of Algebra 2 and Precalculus by incorporating parametric graphing throughout the curriculum. TI-Nspire™ technology allows for parametric and functional representations to be graphed simultaneously, guiding a deeper understanding of concepts related to functions.

8:15am - 9:45amMarsalis CALGEBRA 1, GENERAL INTEREST

232 A Beginner’s Look at the TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionGina Allred, Asheboro High School, ASHEBORO, NC, USAThe TI-Navigator™ system revolutionized how I teach – come see the basics of the TI-Navigator™ system and how to incorporate these interactive features into a basic Algebra classroom. Simple TI-Nspire™ activities are included in this session.

8:15am - 9:45amMarsalis EALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, GEOMETRY, STATISTICS

233 Multiple Representations – Teaching Mathematics with TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASRishana Bloom, Sleepy Hollow High School, BRONX, NY, USALearn how to use TI-Nspire™ technology. In this hands-on workshop, participants will connect together Algebra, Geometry and Statistics. Learn how to collect and display data, as well as interpret the results. Participants will leave with activities ready to use upon returning to their schools.

8:15am - 9:45amReunion CSTATISTICS

234 Type II Error and Power of a Test: Statistics with the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionMike Koehler, Blue Valley North High School, KANSAS CITY, MO, USASimulation techniques that enhance the understanding of Type II error and the power of a test will be examined using the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator. Hands-on activities that model effective classroom use of technology will be presented.




Saturday

8:15am - 9:45amMarsalis DPRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

235 What’s the Limit with TI-Npire™ Technology: Exploring Limits of Exponential Functions with TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Linda Griffith, Department of Mathematics, CONWAY, AR, USAThis session will use the interactive capability of TI-Nspire™ technology to explore exponential functions in real world settings. Applications of limits of these sequences will be explored.

8:15am - 9:45amPryor ABGENERAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, ELEMENTARY SCIENCE, GENERAL SCIENCE, MIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE

236 Food Safety Science Lab Using the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator, TI-Navigator™ System and Probeware

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™ TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Darin Detwiler, BEST High School, KIRKLAND, WA, USAFood-borne pathogens cause approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. One way or another, a focus on food safety in the science classroom is pertinent to students now – and in their future. Learn how to include this topic in class and demonstrate using the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator and TI-Navigator™ system (along with Vernier Software & Technology™ probes and sensors) to teach powerful, real-time labs. Presenter Darin Detwiler is a high school science teacher, an FDA/NSTA Food Safety program graduate and a former USDA national policy advisor.

8:15am - 9:45amBryan-BeemanGENERAL SCIENCE

237 Getting Started with TI’s CBL 2™ Data Collection Device

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • CBL 2™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionChris Coker, Camden Fairview High School, CAMDEN, AR, USAParticipants will become familiar with working with light, temperature and electrode probes that come with the TI’s CBL 2™ data collection device. Get familiar with navigation through Vernier Software & Technology™ EasyData™ software to set up different types of labs and data collection exercises.

8:15am - 9:45amBaker


Todd Morstein, Glacier High School, KALISPELL, MT, USA


8:15am - 9:45amSunset Suite 3ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, GENERAL SCIENCE, PRECALCULUS

239 Walk This Way and Other Engaging Activities

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • CBL 2™, CBR™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionSherri Abel, JL Mann Academy, MAULDIN, SC, USAUse TI’s CBR™ and CBL 2™ data collection devices and other various direct-connect sensors and probes to collect and analyze data. This session is guaranteed to keep you hopping – come join the fun. Participants receive a CD of classroom-ready activities.

8:15am - 9:45amParlor 359ALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

240 Making “Nspired” Connections Using TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™James Reeder, University School, TWINSBURG, OH, USAThis session will use the TI-Nspire™ handheld to demonstrate connections between numerical and graphical patterns, as well as between sequential and functional notation. Using both the spreadsheet and graphing feature of the TI-Nspire™ handheld, participants will explore the patterns of linear, quadratic and exponential functions, as well as delve into modeling such scenarios as medication in the body, saving for college and logistic growth. Come make connections with TI-Nspire™ technology.

8:15am - 9:45amParlor 353GENERAL MATH, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, GENERAL INTEREST, GENERAL SCIENCE, PRECALCULUS

241 Teaching Programming Skills Using the TI-Navigator™ System and TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • Apps, TI-Navigator™, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionHoward Stern, DeWitt Clinton High School, MILLWOOD, NY, USATI-Basic, built into the TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators, coupled with the TI-Navigator™ system create an ideal platform to help teach rudimentary programming skills. Participants of this session will be guided through sequential programming, branching statements and looping structures.

10:00am - 11:00amPegasus BALGEBRA 1, GEOMETRY

243 Line Designs for Algebra and Geometry

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Deobra Solomon, Retired Teacher, SPARKS, NV, USAParticipants will create a line design using the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator. Participants will explore domain restrictions, saving pictures on the graphing calculator, and sending files to the teacher via the TI-Navigator™ system.

10:00am - 11:00amReunion AALGEBRA 1, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

244 Using the Topics in Algebra Graphing Calculator App to Enhance Algebra 1

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • Apps, TI-73 Explorer™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionElizabeth Nelson, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, CLEVELAND, OH, USACo-Presenter: Sheryl EdwardsThe session will introduce the Topics in Algebra 1 graphing calculator application (App). Participants will actively explore each chapter and come away with ideas of how to incorporate this App into their current curriculum.

10:00am - 11:00amReunion BALGEBRA 1, GENERAL MATH, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

245 Real Data Leads to Real Learning

60-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Jane Damaske, Lakeshore Public Schools – Retired, ST. JOSEPH, MI, USAWhen students examine numerical data, find graphical and symbolic models, discuss and make predictions, they think at a higher level. Combine this with immediate formative assessment and you have the ingredients for success. Come experience what the TI-Navigator™ system and TI-84 Plus graphing calculator can do for your classroom.

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland FALGEBRA 2, ALGEBRA 1

247 NUMB3RS Activities for Algebra Classes

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™ Valerie Hudson, Grapevine High School, COLLEYVILLE, TX, USAThis session is an introduction to various secondary mathematics lessons available through the television show NUMB3RS.

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland GALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

248 Having fun with Conics

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • AppsElena Acciardo, Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, BRECKSVILLE, OH, USACome see the advantages of using TI-SmartView™ emulator software to enhance your digital presentations. TI-SmartView software is a dynamic tool for any teacher with or without an interactive whiteboard.




Saturday

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland HALGEBRA 2, GEOMETRY

249 Animating Shapes Using TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculators

60-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, Karen Pikula, Dearborn Center for Math, Science & Technology, DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI, USALearn a creative, hands-on use for matrices. Create animations with TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus graphing calculators, including the use of of transformation geometry, matrix arithmetic, programming, story telling and presentation skills. Begin with a dot-to-dot picture. Place the coordinates into a matrix and use matrix addition or multiplication to “move” the shape with slides, flips, turns and size changes. Utilize the draw feature of the calculator for labels and background pictures. Use programming shortcuts like loops. The entire program is written on the calculator or with the TI-GRAPH LINK™ software.

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland IALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, GENERAL MATH

250 Getting Started with TI-Navigator™ System in Any Classroom

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-83 Plus Silver EditionDella Highman, Franklin Heights, COLUMBUS, OH, USASee how to get all your students involved in class using the TI-Navigator™ system. Participants will learn how to use the system’s Quick Poll and Activity Center features – and more – to make class fun.

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland JMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1, ELEMENTARY MATH, GENERAL MATH, GEOMETRY

251 Math Tools, tPoWs, TI-Nspire™ Technology and You!

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™ Suzanne Alejandre, The Math Forum, Drexel University, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA Get hands-on about problem-solving uses for TI-Nspire™ technology. In this session you will be introduced to the Math Forum’s Math Tools, a community library of technology tools, lessons, activities and support materials for teaching and learning mathematics. Check out Technology Problems of the Week (tPoWs), which are constructed-response problems enhanced by using technology as a tool. This session will also demonstrate the TI-Nspire™ “tPoWs” that have been recently developed and discuss together how to create more.

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland KGEOMETRY

252 “Nspire” Your Geometry Students with Dynamic Instruction

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Joshua Mize, Reservoir High School, FULTON, MD, USAParticipants will utilize the interactive Geometry features of TI-Nspire™ technology to learn how to “change” their Geometry instruction in order to get students more interested and more involved, opening the doorway to discovery learning.

10:00am - 11:00amParlor 362MIDDLE GRADES MATH, GENERAL INTEREST

253 Programming Using a TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionRodney Anderson, Moreton Bay College, WELLINGTON POINT, AUSTRALIAProgramming – a feature that is rarely used in classes. Learn how to write graphing calculator programs that can be used in the classroom. For example, why not write programs to check assignment answers? You’ll find students really enjoy programming – all students, not just those who are high-achieving. No prior experience in compiling programs with a TI-84 Plus graphing calculator is required to participate in this session.

10:00am - 11:00amCottonbowlGENERAL INTEREST, GENERAL SCIENCE

254 Mathematical Modeling Using a TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Constance Edwards, Western Kentucky University, BOWLING GREEN, KY, USAIn this workshop, participants will use the sequence capabilities of TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus family graphing calculators to model several examples taken from science, mathematics and business. No previous knowledge of sequences is needed and all examples are appropriate for use in a high school classroom.

10:00am - 11:00amMarsalis GMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ELEMENTARY MATH

255 Creating Lessons in SMART Board™ Notebook Interactive Viewer with TI Graphing Calculators

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-15 Explorer™, TI-73 Explorer™, TI-83 Plus, TI SmartView™ Bill Whitmire, Francis Marion University, FLORENCE, SC, USAParticipants will be shown how to use the SMART™ Board Notebook interactive viewer and TI’s graphing calculators to create dynamic mathematics lesson plans. In addition, virtual manipulative Web sites will be explored where the study of mathematics can be brought to life. Student-centered and teacher-created lesson plans will be shared.

10:00am - 11:00amMarsalis FMIDDLE GRADES MATH, GENERAL MATH

256 The TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator is Not Just a Graphing Calculator

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-73 Explorer™Joseph Fiedler, CSU Bakersfield, BAKERSFIELD, CA, USAThe TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator is designed as a pedagogical tool with preloaded applications like Number Line, Geoboard, SMILE, and (gasp) Math by Hand. Explore how this device may be used to teach and reinforce arithmetic, geometric and algebraic concepts.

10:00am - 11:00amMarsalis BMIDDLE GRADES MATH, STATISTICS, TRIGONOMETRY

257 Air-Powered Projectiles and the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™ Seth Danner, Wallace Middle School, WATERBURY, CT, USAParticipants will use the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator and Trigonometry to calculate the height of an air-powered projectile when fired straight up in the air. If completed, predictions can be made about where a projectile will land if fired at a specified angle. Excellent hands-on lab for middle grades students, who have already worked with formulas and solving equations.

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland AGENERAL INTEREST

258 New Digital Projection Technologies Enrich Classroom Multimedia Experiences

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Robb Robles, InFocus Corporation, WILSONVILLE, OR, USADigital projection has become an integral tool for educators using technology to enrich students’ learning experiences. Come learn how new technologies make it easier than ever to integrate projectors into the classroom and actively engage students through the use of multimedia.

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland BALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

259 Mathematical Modeling with the Super Duo: The TI-Navigator™ System and NetLogo

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Navigator™ Iris DeLoach Johnson, Miami University, OXFORD, OH, USAExplore a mathematical modeling exercise typically done hands-on accompanied by TI graphing calculators (e.g., popular bungee-jump modeling exercise), and experience the super-sizing power of exploring this activity with the TI-Navigator™ system and NetLogo (free software). Issues of level of cognitive demand and cognitive, pedagogical and content fidelity will be discussed. A brief intro to NetLogo will also be provided.

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland CGENERAL MATH

260 An Introduction to Easy Programming on TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculators

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Jan Erik Woldmar, Grännaskolan, KUNGÄLV, SWEDENCome see how constructing small programs by using Input, Disp, Goto Lbl etc., can help deliver a better understanding of bigger programs, for example those you can find under the Apps function on TI graphing calculators. Participants to this session will also experience how much easier it is to edit programs by first knowing how the commands operate.




Saturday

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland DGEOMETRY, ALGEBRA 1, GENERAL MATH

261 Interactive Geometry for At-Risk Students with the TI-Nspire™ Handheld

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Christine Kasitz, Opportunities for Learning Charter School, SUN VALLEY, CA, USAThis hands-on demonstration of activities utilizes the TI-Nspire™ handheld in a classroom for at-risk students in Geometry. Activities include constructing angle bisectors, perpendicular bisectors, chords and arcs, transformations and rotations, and many more. Come see how TI-Nspire™ technology can change the way students see Geometry and discover geometric concepts.

10:00am - 11:00amCumberland EGEOMETRY, ALGEBRA 1

262 “Navigating” Transformations with the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionJanna Smith, Region 5 ESC, SILSBEE, TX, USACome experience the 32-student interactive system that provides wireless communication between students’ TI graphing calculators and the teacher’s PC. In this session, participants will see an activity involving transformations using the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator and TI-Navigator™ system.

10:00am - 11:00amMoreno ABPRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 2

264 Graphing Composite Functions, One Step at a Time

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionAbel Maests, Bishop Manogue Catholic High School, RENO, NV, USAParticipants will learn how to use the TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators to lead students in an investigation of graphing various composite functions using a step-by-step approach. This will give students a better understanding of how the twelve basic functions can be used to graph composite functions. Further investigation will be done using the TI-Navigator™ system’s Activity Center feature in Match-My-Graph lessons.

10:00am - 11:00amSanger ABTRIGONOMETRY, PRECALCULUS

265 “Slinky” Sine Waves for Precalculus and Trigonometry Using the TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator and TI’s CBR 2™ Motion Detector

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • CBR 2™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver EditionKevin Matson, Moses Brown School, PROVIDENCE, RI, USAParticipants will use a slinky and TI’s CBR 2™ motion detector to generate and collect data that can be analyzed with the CBL App on the TI-83 Plus graphing calculator. Participants will then be asked to calculate an equation that models their data and to test the accuracy of their calculation. This is a great activity for Precalculus and Trigonometry students after they have demonstrated a solid understanding of Trigonometry concepts.

10:00am - 11:00amParlor 357PRECALCULUS, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE, PHYSICS

266 Exploring Projectile Motion with TI-Nspire™ Technology

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™Lisa Blank, Lyme Central School, CLAYTON, NY, USAExplore projectile motion problems using the features of the TI-Nspire™ handheld. In this session, the TI-Nspire™ handheld and related software will be demonstrated. Attendees will use TI-Nspire™ handhelds to solve problems and explore variations on projectile motion problems. Problems to be explored will come from high-flying stunt acts and the world of sports – sure bet to grab the attention of students. Both quadratic and parametric functions will be explored, and data will be captured from parametric graphs and used to generate quadratic equations.

10:00am - 11:00amReunion GCALCULUS

267 The Mean Value Theorem Meets TI-Nspire™ Technology

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Intermediate • TI-Nspire™ CASVicki Carter, West Florence High School, FLORENCE, SC, USAParticipants will explore the Mean Value Theorem using TI-Nspire™ CAS technology. Several recent AP Calculus problems will be the focus of the investigations.

10:00am - 11:00amReunion ECALCULUS, PRECALCULUS

268 Using TI-Nspire™ CAS Technology to Visualize a Classic Calculus Problem

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™ CASPatricia Gabriel, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, ALEXANDRIA, VA, USACo-Presenter: Ann DrobnisA classic calculus problem involves a person running and rowing from the shore to an island. How far should they run and how far should they row? TI-Nspire™ CAS technology allows the students to visualize what is happening as well as set up and solve the problem. Participants will receive overview worksheets with detailed instructions and solve the problem using TI-Nspire™ CAS technology.

10:00am - 11:00amReunion FCALCULUS, PRECALCULUS

269 Infinite Power with the TI-89 Titanium Graphing Calculator

60-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • Apps, TI-89 TitaniumKim Schjelderup, Mercer Island High School, MERCER ISLAND, WA, USACo-Presenter: Lynn AdsitCome find out more about what the TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator can do for educators and their students in a hands-on demonstration of the advanced features of this symbolic mathematics calculator. Precalculus and calculus activities designed for use with the symbolic features will be investigated. Learn how to help students transition from numeric to symbolic problem-solving. Learn to think differently about assessments when students have a calculator with Computer Algebra System (CAS) capabilities.

10:00am - 11:00amReunion HGENERAL INTEREST

270 Inquire with TI-Nspire™ Technology

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™ Jean McKenny, Consultant, DERBY, VT, USAThe student’s conceptual understanding can be enhanced and misconceptions can be corrected through inquiry-based activities. This session will share some “discovery learning” activities for TI-Nspire™ technology.

10:00am - 11:00amMarsalis AGENERAL INTEREST, GENERAL INTEREST

271 Multiple Solutions to One Lovely Problem using a TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator, Computer Algebra System (CAS) and Soap Bubbles

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Interactive!™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-89 Titanium, TI SmartView™, TI-Nspire™ CASRon Lancaster, University of Toronto, HAmILTON, ON, CANADAParticipants will solve a standard max/min problem using Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus. Participants will also discuss models (one involves the use of soap bubbles) and make use of the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator and interactive Geometry software.

10:00am - 11:00amMarsalis CGENERAL INTEREST

272 Teaching Fractions To Reluctant High School Students

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner Elizabeth Ahlgren, Morse High School, LA MESA, CA, USAMany students believe they cannot do math because they never understood fractions. Yet many of the concepts taught require some skill with fractions. The result: students become bogged down in Algebra and Geometry classes. This session will help you discover a different algorithm for adding, subtracting and simplifying fractions designed to empower your students.

10:00am - 11:00amMarsalis EALGEBRA 1, GENERAL INTEREST

273 Exploring Core-Plus with TI-Nspire™ Technology

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Ellen Bacon, NA, LAMBERTVILLE, MI, USAIn this hands-on session, participants will explore how innovative TI-Nspire™ capabilities can be used to support student discovery and problem solving in the 2nd edition of the Core-Plus Mathematics Algebra and Functions Strand.




Saturday

10:00am - 11:00amReunion CSTATISTICS

274 Data & Statistics on TI-Nspire™ Technology

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASLynda Ferneyhough, Fletcher’s Meadow SS, CALEDON, ON, CANADAAn introduction to TI-Nspire™ technology’s built-in Data & Statistics function will be presented with examples from a grade 12 data management class.

10:00am - 11:00amMarsalis DSTATISTICS, GENERAL SCIENCE

275 Some Exercises Where We Can Use Test of Hypothesis with the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-83 Plus Silver EditionAlfonso Ledesma, UNITEC, ZAPOPAN, MEXICOCo-Presenters: Rosaura Parra Giljuan, Manuel GonzalezThis session will provide some practical exerciseses where the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator is used to solve hypothesis tests with average and standard deviation known, standard deviation stranger and difference of averages.

10:00am - 11:00amPryor ABGENERAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY

276 Shear Madness

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • CBL 2™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionJeff Lukens, Roosevelt High School, SIOUX FALLS, SD, USAIn this session, participants will develop an understanding of the value of insulation in animals. Simple and effective models will be used to simulate a mammal living in a cold environment and the effect of insulation on the survival of that animal.

10:00am - 11:00amBryan-BeemanCHEMISTRY, GENERAL SCIENCE

277 Improving Science Classroom Instruction Using TI-Nspire™ Technology

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™Greg Dodd, George Washington High, CHARLESTON, WV, USAParticipants will learn how to use the TI-Nspire™ handheld to improve science classroom instruction. A hands-on science activity will be used to teach TI-Nspire™ skills and proficiency in using the handheld’s built-in Graphs and Geometry and Lists and Spreadsheet features. Handouts will be provided.

10:00am - 11:00amSunset Suite 3ALGEBRA 1

279 TI-Nspire™ CAS Technology in the Algebra 1 Classroom

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™ CASMargaret Bambrick, Volusia County Schools, DELAND, FL, USACo-Presenter: Ruth CaseyParticipants will explore how the different applications of the TI-Nspire™ CAS handheld can motivate students and help build a deeper understanding of Algebra.

10:00am - 11:00amParlor 359ALGEBRA 2, ALGEBRA 1

280 Inspiring Mathematics Using TI-Nspire™ Technology

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASJoyce Lee, George Washington Carver High School, COLUMBUS, GA, USAWays to integrate and connect algebraic strands using TI-Nspire™ technology will be explored in this session.

10:00am - 11:00amParlor 353GENERAL INTEREST, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, GEOMETRY, MIDDLE GRADES MATH, PRECALCULUS

281 Conics and Other Mathematical Curves in the Real World Using the Calc/Comp Program

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-89 Titanium, TI SmartView™Scott Oliver, AE Stevenson HS, LINCOLNSHIRE, IL, USAConic sections, spirals, cycloids,and fractals will be illustrated and discussed using paper folding, TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus and TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator programs, Java applets and the Cabri™ Jr. Geometry application (App). Real and humorous examples will be explored, with teachers at all levels of expertise invited to attend.

11:15am - 12:45pmPegasus AALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

282 The TI-Navigator™ System in the Algebra Classroom

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Lauren Jensen, Wisconsin Heights High School, RICHLAND CENTER, WI, USAParticipants will explore the many uses of the TI-Navigator™ system in the Algebra classroom with interactive and hands-on experiences.

11:15am - 12:45pmPegasus BALGEBRA 1, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

283 Get Inspired with TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-Nspire™ Kathy Hale, Region 14 Education Service Center, ABILENE, TX, USABegin the journey – participate in an exploration of new capacities that will pave the road to better understanding of mathematical concepts for your students.

11:15am - 12:45pmReunion AALGEBRA 1, GENERAL MATH

284 How do we “Nspire” the less than inspired? Using TI-Nspire™ Technology with our Lowest Achievers

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASJessica Kachur, Case High School, RACINE, WI, USAHave you taught lower level students that have little-to-no-interest in anything you communicate in class? Now there is a way to “Nspire” them into actually enjoying math. This session will include activities that feature TI-Nspire™ technology, and participants will receive ready-made lesson plans.

11:15am - 12:45pmReunion BALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

285 Work Smarter Not Harder in Your Algebra Classroom Using the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator and TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • Apps, CBL 2™, CBR™, TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™ Marceline Carr, Little Rock School District, LITTLE ROCK, AR, USACo-Presenter: Vanessa CleaverThis will be an interactive session using the TI-Navigator™ system and TI-84 Plus graphing calculator, which are designed to keep the entire classroom engaged in exploring real-world algebra problems.

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland LALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

286 “Nspirational” Algebra

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Sam Gough, The Westminster Schools, ATLANTA, GA, USACo-Presenter: Jill GoughIn this session, participants will explore classroom-tested activities using TI-Nspire™ technology. The activities will show how TI-Nspire™ technology can bridge the gap between Algebra and Geometry. Connections between these two areas of mathematics will be investigated.

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland FALGEBRA 2, GEOMETRY

287 Understanding The Spirit of TI-Nspire™ Technology: Multiple Representations Using the Document Model

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASCharles Vonder Embse, Central Michigan University, MT. PLEASANT, MI, USAThe true spirit of the TI-Nspire™ handheld comes from its ability to explore a concept or problem from multiple perspectives. This effective pedagogical model is facilitated by the “document model” built into the TI-Nspire™ handheld and computer software. This session will explore the classroom implications of TI-Nspire™ technology for making connections and building understanding in Algebra and Geometry concepts and problems.




Saturday

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland GALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

288 The Shapes of Cleveland

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionSheryl Edwards, SuccessTech Academy, ELYRIA, OH, USACo-Presenter: Elizabeth NelsonAlgebra 2 and Precalculus students were given a page of graphs of parent functions and a digital camera. They then walked the streets of downtown Cleveland, OH, in search of structures to photograph that would represent each function. The pictures taken by the students will be presented in this session using the TI-Navigator™ system’s Activity Center feature. Participants will then use the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator to match each picture with a graph. Participants will also be given the opportunity go take pictures and learn to upload them into the TI-Navigator™ system’s Activity Center feature. Bring a digital camera if you have one – there will be several cameras available to sign out for this session.

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland HALGEBRA 2, GENERAL INTEREST

289 Buckaroos Come on Over for a Delicious Sampler Platter of Activities from TI’s EXPLORATIONS™ Book “Real Math Made Easy” (TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculators and TI’s CBR 2™ Device will be used)

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, CBR™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionCausaundra Bradley, Catholic Diosece & Memphis City Schools, CORDOVA, TENNESSEE, USACo-Presenter: Donna PorterIf you have never used TI’s EXPLORATIONS™ series activity book: “Real Math Made Easy,” then this session is for you. Participants will be working in groups to collect data and obtain hands-on experiences with several of classroom activities.

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland IALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

290 Learn to create LearningCheck™ Documents and Use the Class Analysis feature of the TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionMichele Bigelow, Bartlett HS, DOUGLAS, MA, USACo-Presenters: Carrie GuntherAre you using the TI-Navigator™ system but uncomfortable with the LearningCheck™ and Class Analysis features? Are you unsure how to create your own LearningCheck documents or what to do with the resulting Class Analysis file? Do you have trouble collecting student answers or finding class results at the end of a LearningCheck activity? In this session, you will learn how to create your own LearningCheck document using the TI-Navigator™ system. You will also learn how to use Class Analysis to get the most out of your results. Tips for integrating these features with the system’s Quick Poll feature will also be shared.

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland JALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

291 Gather and Deliver Using TI-SmartView™, TI-Connect™ and TI-Interactive!™ Software

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Interactive!™, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™ Pamela Bailey, Spotsylvania County Public Schools, FREDERICKSBURG, VA, USAFrom the Internet to the personal computer to the graphing calculator, data may be gathered to analyze and explore. TI-SmartView™, TI-Connect™ and TI-Interactive!™ software and the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator will be used to gather and disperse data. Which path will you choose to investigate the Algebra lesson of the day?

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland KTRIGONOMETRY

292 The 21st Century Spring Problem Real Data Using TI-Nspire™ Technology and QuickTime® Video

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™Tom Hanson, Thompson Valley High School, LOVELAND, CO, USAUse real data collected from QuickTime® video and using TI-Nspire™ technology to create a trigonometric equation and an exponential equation that will model the data with amazing accuracy out to more than 40 seconds.

11:15am - 12:45pmParlor 362MIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1

293 An Hour with the Tower: Using the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator and Other Approaches to Investigate the Tower of Hanoi Problem.

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • CBR™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionLarry Ottman, Haddon Heights Jr/Sr High School, HADDON HEIGHTS, NJ, USAParticipants will explore this rich and interesting problem using TI graphing calculators and make connections with other areas of mathematics including binary numbers, probability, recursion and sequences, as well as an amazing solution achieved through a paper folding activity.

11:15am - 12:45pmCottonbowlALGEBRA 1

294 Mystery Graphs: Starbursts and Hearts

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Judy Wheeler, Berrien County ISD, BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI, USAParticipants will see how to use graphing calculator technology to help students visualize function transformations, operations and compositions.

11:15am - 12:45pmMarsalis GMIDDLE GRADES MATH, GEOMETRY

295 Exploring the Geometrical Terrain of Middle Grades Mathematics with the TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Apps, TI-Navigator™, TI-73 Explorer™Christine Browning, Western Michigan University, GOBLES, MI, USACo-Presenter: Judy O’NealInvestigate how the TI-Navigator™ system and TI-73 Explorer™ Apps such as Geoboard, SMILE and Explorer Draw are used with pre-service/in-service teachers as tools for promoting and assessing conceptual understanding of middle grades Geometry concepts.

11:15am - 12:45pmMarsalis FMIDDLE GRADES MATH

296 TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator Games for the Middle School Classroom

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-73 Explorer™Bob Garvey, NA, LOUISVILLE, KY, USAPractice is indispensable in learning mathematics, yet students resist it. Games motivate students and make practice fun. This session presents a variety of games that can be used with the TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator that re-enforce taught skills.

11:15am - 12:45pmMarsalis BMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1, ELEMENTARY MATH, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

297 Making Math Fun on the TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator Using Literature and Games

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-73 Explorer™Heather Riddle, Granite School District, WEST JORDAN, UT, USAParticipants will explore a variety of activities that use the TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator to incorporate games and literature in teaching different mathematical concepts. Participants will receive handouts and a CD with all of this session’s activities and more.

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland AELEMENTARY MATH, ELEMENTARY MATH, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

298 The Power of the TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator in Grades K-8

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • Apps, TI-73 Explorer™, TI SmartView™ Ann Bledsoe, Columbia College, COLUMBIA, MO, USAIn this session, participants will explore the power of the TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator as a tool for enriching the teaching and learning of elementary and middle school mathematics topics. Come explore fraction capabilities and the calculator’s Area Formulas App, Geoboard App, Number Line App, Probability Simulation App and more.




Saturday

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland BMIDDLE GRADES MATH

299 I3 – Inspiring Integer Ideas with the TI-Navigator™ System through Activity Center

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Navigator™, TI-73 Explorer™Angela Ciszewski, North Junior High, RICHARDSON, TX, USACo-Presenter: Karrie KellermanLooking for inspiring, new ideas for teaching integers in your classroom? This session will help beginning TI-Navigator™ system users integrate middle school integer lessons in their classrooms using the TI-Navigator™ system and Activity Center feature.

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland CGEOMETRY

300 Inspire your Geometry Students with TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™Patricia Brooks, Mt. Carmel High School, SAN DIEGO, CA, USAThis session will be a hands-on demonstration of Geometry activities using TI-Nspire™ technology.

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland DGEOMETRY, STATISTICS

301 Paper Folding Revisited with TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Gregory Williams, Maury High School, NORFOLK, VA, USAPaper folding by hand, paper folding with a graphing calculator – come to this session and do both. Collect and analyse data and look at residuals. The TI-Navigator™ system will also be used.

11:15am - 12:45pmCumberland EGENERAL INTEREST, ALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

302 Translating Exponential Functions with the TI-84 Plus, Tables, List, and the TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-SmartView™Philip Magner, Peter Johansen High School, MODESTO, CA, USAExplore the translation of exponential functions (y = a*b^(x - h) + k) using the Table, List, Seq, Vars, and Stat Plot features of the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. What is the effect on the graph of a, h, and k. How can the Activites Center of the TI-Navigator™ system be used to help students match graphs? Finally, Learning Check documents to check for understanding and follow-up on the progress of student learning.

11:15am - 12:45pmReverchon ABPRECALCULUS, GENERAL INTEREST

303 TI-Nspire™ Technology and Seismology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™ CASDerrick Driscoll, Westminster SS, LONDON, ON, CANADAParticipants will examine a hyperbolic function through reflection seismology. The characteristic speed of a layer, the depth to a boundary and TI-Nspire™ technology are all we need.

11:15am - 12:45pmMoreno ABPRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 1

304 We All Use “Navigator” Every Day!

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionJennifer Chirles, Gen. Douglas MacArthur HS, LEVITTOWN, NY, USACo-Presenter: Brittany ZweibelLearn to use the TI-Navigator™ system to it’s fullest potential from TI MathForward and TI Fast Track participants who use “Navigator Every Day” in the high school classroom. Implement the TI-Navigator™ system on a daily basis for attendance, classroom management, assessment and content. Obtain practical lessons for Algebra to PRECALCULUS courses that utilize the TI-Navigator™ system’s various features. Take home ready-to-use activities that scaffold learning to be implemented at any level. Activities and lessons include data collection and regression using the system’s Activity Center feature, NetLogo and Cabri™ Jr. Geometry App. Be sure to bring your flash drive.

11:15am - 12:45pmSanger ABTRIGONOMETRY, PRECALCULUS

305 Enhance Your Trigonometry Class with Graphing Calculator Activities

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionBruce MacMillan, University of Arizona, TUCSON, AZ, USAProblems, applications and data collection activities will be presented to enhance Trigonometry classes. Participants will receive classroom-ready worksheets to use with students. Please be sure to bring your graphing calculator.

11:15am - 12:45pmParlor 357PRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS, GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY

306 TI-Nspire™ Applications for Precalculus, Calculus, Algebra and Geometry

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASJeff Gadette, Oregon Episcopal School, PORTLAND, OR, USACo-Presenter: Gabriel EdgeDiscover how to apply TI-Nspire™ technology to a variety of topics from Algebra 1 through Calculus. The TI-Nspire™ technology’s ability to link diagrams, spreadsheets and graphs will greatly enhance students’ understanding of mathematics. This session will include TI-Nspire™ CAS technology.

11:15am - 12:45pmReunion GCALCULUS, PRECALCULUS

307 Inspire Your Students: Learn How to Use TI-Nspire™ and TI-Nspire™ CAS Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASDavid Barton, Olympus High School, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, USA Teachers can use TI-Nspire™ and TI-Nspire™ CAS electronic documents to create dynamic mathematical objects. Students experience the thrill of mathematical discovery when they interact with these objects. Participants will experiment with sample TI-Nspire™ documents in this hands-on workshop.

11:15am - 12:45pmReunion ECALCULUS, PHYSICS, PRECALCULUS

308 Math Prom: A Fun Way to Graduate – Using the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator on Amusement Parks

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionRita Sanchez, UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY, MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON, MEXICOCo-Presenter: Ricardo AraizaHow can a group of high school seniors going into engineering understand the importance of math and physics? Take them to an amusement park. This session will show participants how a group of seniors used the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator to determine the free fall concept to the area under the curve. The session will focus on the explaining the activities, as well as provide hands-on experience using roller coaster scale models.

11:15am - 12:45pmReunion FPRECALCULUS

309 Curves in a Circle

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™Susan Howe, Long Reach High School, ELKRIDGE, MD, USA“Nspire” your students to use TI-Nspire™ technology to investigate sine and cosine functions by collecting data from a circle and observing the graphs of their data. This activity promotes discussion about period and amplitude and introduces the unit circle.

11:15am - 12:45pmReunion HGENERAL INTEREST

310 F20 Years: Twenty Lesser-Known Features of TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculators

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • Apps, TI-83 Plus TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionMarilyn Parker, Technical Resources, LAS VEGAS, NV, USACo-Presenter: Robin Levine-WissingTwenty years experience and 20 graphing calculator features you may not have known about. Join in on this session to explore some graphing features not automatically found by the average calculator user.




Saturday

11:15am - 12:45pmMarsalis AGENERAL INTEREST, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS, GEOMETRY, PRECALCULUS, TRIGONOMETRY

311 What is Under that APP Key on My TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator?

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Vincent Doty, Canastota Central Schools, CANASTOTA, NY, USAThis hands-on session will focus on the pedagogical assistants known as APPs (built-in graphing calculator software applications). Get ready to investigate Area Formulas, Inequality Graphing, Transformation Graphing, Catalog Help Apps. The focus will be on using the tools to teach mathematics.

11:15am - 12:45pmMarsalis CGENERAL INTEREST

312 Extend the Power of the TI-Navigator™ System with Participatory Simulations

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™, TI-73 Explorer™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionCorey Brady, Inquire Learning, WESTON, FL, USAThis session offers a hands-on introduction and overview of the capabilities of the TI-Navigator™ - NetLogo extension. This technology has been demonstrated in prototype form and at research sites for the past six years – come find out how you can bring it into your own classroom today. In Navigator-NetLogo activities, students can engage in activities called Participatory Simulations, which allow them first-hand experience of real-world math and science in systems such as ecosystems, human and animal populations, and aggregates at the molecular level. Moreover, because the environment is authorable, you can customize these simulations or add to them yourself. This session will demonstrate the use of the system and use it to run two simulations with the group. This is designed to give you a clear idea of how TI-Navigator™- NetLogo would work in your class. We’ll also walk through the simple, three-click installation process that will get you running these and other simulations on your TI-Navigator™ system, back at home in your classroom. The session’s presenter was a lead developer of the system and is authorized to do professional development for it. Best of all, the software and sample models are free to TI-Navigator™ system users.

11:15am - 12:45pmMarsalis EGENERAL MATH, GENERAL SCIENCE

313 Bouncing Ball Motion Data Collection and Modeling

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • CBR™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionGregory Williams, Maury High School, NORFOLK, VA, USACome and collect motion data for a bouncing ball. See how the mathematical analysis (modeling) of the data unlocks the mystery of gravity.

11:15am - 12:45pmReunion CSTATISTICS, GENERAL MATH, PRECALCULUS

314 Probability Simulations through Programming

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • Apps, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionMarc Garneau, Curriculum & Instructional Svs, SURREY, BC, CANADAConceptions about chance and uncertainty can be enhanced through experimental probability, yet simulations can often be very time consuming. Come learn how to use the power of programming to run large simulations. The programming itself is instructional about probability, too.

11:15am - 12:45pmMarsalis DSTATISTICS, ALGEBRA 2

315 TI-Nspire™ Technology and Statistics: A Perfect Match

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASSharon Cichocki, Hamburgt High School, ORCHARD PARK, NY, USAInteresting data sets and stat problems will be explored using TI-Nspire™ technology to demonstate statistical concepts. Experience TI-Nspire technology in a new statistical way.

11:15am - 12:45pmPryor ABBIOLOGY, MIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE

316 Navigating Biology with Agile Mind

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 PlusXavier Gonzalez, San Benito High School, BROWNSVILLE, TX, USALearn how to create highly interactive Biology lessons for your students by using the TI-Navigator™ system along with Agile Mind. The TI-Navigator™ system gets all of your students active in the learning classroom. Teachers will learn how to use the TI-Navigator™ system and its various components in the classroom for both lecture and instant student assessment.

11:15am - 12:45pmBryan-BeemanCHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, GENERAL SCIENCE

317 Freezing Point vs. Conductivity: Exploring a Relationship

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • CBL 2™, TI-Navigator™, TI-84 PlusPatricia Maturo, Thomas Jefferson High School, ALEXANDRIA, VA, USAExplore the several uses of the Vernier Software & Technology™ conductivity probe with EasyData™ software. Using these tools with the Vernier EasyTemp® USB temperature sensor, make connections between the freezing point depression of a solution and its conductivity.

11:15am - 12:45pmBakerPHYSICS, CALCULUS

318 Nspired To Do Physics

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Linda Antinone, Paschal High School, FORT WORTH, TX, USABecome “Nspired” to do physics. This session will feature the use of TI-Nspire™ technology to promote a deeper understanding of physics and mathematical concepts. This session will provide an activity that explores position, velocity and acceleration as a function of time. Participants will be provided with a pre-made activity document and learn how to create one of their own.

11:15am - 12:45pmSunset Suite 3ALGEBRA 1, GENERAL MATH

319 Using TI-Nspire™ or TI-Nspire™ CAS Technology to Investigate Families of Functions

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASMary Brese, Brink Junior High, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, USAUsing the TI-Nspire™ handheld, participants will be able to view the dynamic changes that vertical and horizontal shifts create in functions. View multiple representations, simultaneously, to compare and investigate changes in function equations, graphs and data tables. For the first time, participants will be able to interact with the handheld’s screen, without changing from one window to the next – and all this work can be saved to a downloadable file.

11:15am - 12:45pmParlor 359PRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 2

320 Trig on a Paper Plate

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionBetty Mayberry, Pope John Paul. II High School, HENDERSONVILLE, TN, USACo-Presenter: Irene ‘ Sam’ JovellThe use of a paper plate, adding machine tape, string and songs are useful in helping students develop the basic ideas of the unit circle and the Trigonometry developed from it.

11:15am - 12:45pmParlor 353ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

321 Linear Regression and Piecewise Functions for Algebra 1 and 2 using the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculators

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Brandi Janeshak, Yulee High School, YULEE, FL, USAParticipants will do a miniature experiment called “Spaghetti Bridges” that will lead to linear regressions, in addition to creating graph pictures using piecewise functions. Perform calculations and discover relationships that will be checked and verified with TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus graphing calculators. All attendees will receive handouts of activities that are classroom-ready.

1:00pm - 2:00pmPegasus AALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

322 My Transformation: How the TI-Navigator™ System Changed My Teaching

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™Brenda Lynch, Montgomery High School, CONROE, TX, USACo-Presenter: Amy ArelCome experience the change that has occured in the presenter’s teaching since using the TI-Navigator™ system. Participants will begin with the “old way” and transform to the “TI-Navigator™ way.” The process is eye-opening and the excitement is contagious. Both educators and their students will love it. Teachers will never teach the same.




Saturday

1:00pm - 2:00pmPegasus BALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

323 Navigating Algebra 1 with NUMB3RS

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASJohn F. Mahoney, Benjamin Banneker Academic HS, BETHESDA, MD, USAThis session will focus on use of the activities written to supplement the CBS TV series NUMB3RS – a joint effort by Texas Instruments and CBS in assocation with NCTM to provide 9-12 teachers and students with high-quality, engaging activities for understanding math. NUMB3RS activities are developed by teams of math teachers and mathematicians. The presenter, one of the writers of these activities, will explain how to use the activities with the TI-Navigator™ system in an Algebra 1 classroom.

1:00pm - 2:00pmReunion AALGEBRA 1, GENERAL MATH, GEOMETRY, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

324 Art and the Coordinate Plane

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-73 Explorer™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-Nspire™ Naomi Fried-Kokason, Chatsworth High School, WINNETKA, CA, USAWhether students are seeing the coordinate plane for the first time or they are not as engaged after seeing it year after year, they are sure to love this lesson, which can be expanded to cover rigid motion in geometry, and adapted for the TI-Nspire™ technology.

1:00pm - 2:00pmReunion BALGEBRA 1

325 Activities for Algebra Using the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionVicki Shirley, Corinth High School, CORINTH, MS, USAThis session is for beginner or intermediate TI-83 Plus/TI-84 graphing calculator users and will feature several activities that can be used in the Algebra classroom.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland LMIDDLE GRADES MATH

326 What Can I Do with that Apps Button on the TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator?

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-73 Explorer™Donna Harris, ESC Region XI, SAGINAW, TX, USAParticipants will explore the following applications (Apps) on the TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator: Area Formulas, Geoboard, Probability Simulation and Rational Number Rampage.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland FALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

327 Sequences and Series – Investigate Using Recursion and Iteration

60-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Roberta Koss, T3, SAN RAFAEL, CA, USAThe topic of sequences and series can be introduced in Algebra 1 and extended in later courses. Recursion methods will be used and extended to model sequential change.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland GALGEBRA 2, GENERAL MATH

328 The TI-Navigator™ System and the Discriminant

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionLawrence Maggio, Plainedge High School, BETHPAGE, NY, USAThis session is geared towards high school math teachers that can use the TI-Navigator™ system while exploring the affects of the discriminant on quadratic functions. Participants will learn to use the system’s Activity Center, LearningCheck™ and Quick Poll features to help ensure student understanding of the four possible discriminants.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland HALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

329 Using the Finance Feature to Calculate Car and Mortgage Payments

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionThomas Sullivan, Niwot High School, NIWOT, CO, USAThis session will explore the Finance application (App) on TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus graphing calculators. Through a series of activities, participants will look at how students can invest their money, afford their dream car and help their parents finance a house. If you are in the market for a new house, this session is also for you. The Finance App is a great way to get students, parents and colleagues involved in mathematics.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland IGENERAL MATH, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, GEOMETRY, MIDDLE GRADES MATH, MIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE

330 You Need Calculator Activities? We’ve Got Activities on the TI Web site

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-73 Explorer™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 PlusRay O’Brien, Cedarbrook Middle School, MALVERN, PA, USACo-Presenter: Jesus CitalNeed an activity for a particular lesson? The TI Web site has subject-specific activities that are long enough for block schedules or short enough for a 45-minute class. Come find out how to locate the activity you need. They are available and free to download and use as part of your lesson plan.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland JGEOMETRY

331 Visualization and Cabri™ 3D

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, IntermediateKate Mackrell, Institute of Education, London, UK, KINGSTON, ON, CANADAThis session will look at ways in which Cabri® 3D can be used to enhance students’ ability to visualize in 3D, either through the teacher’s construction of files in collaboration with students, the use of preconstructed files or independent student activities. No prior experience with Cabri 3D is required.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland KGEOMETRY, ALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

332 Conic Sections With Cabri™ 3D and TI-Nspire™ Computer Software

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASRay Klein, Northern Illinois University, GLEN ELLYN, IL, USAThe study of the conic sections seems to be disappearing from the secondary mathematics curriculum. Why not include their study in the Geometry classroom? Come see how this can be accomplished with Cabri™ 3D and TI-Nspire™ computer software.

1:00pm - 2:00pmParlor 362GENERAL INTEREST

333 Education Technology Product Stewardship Program – Managing the Environmental Impact of Calculators and Educational Accessories

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced W Richard Gartman, Texas Instruments - Education Technology, DALLAS, TX, USAThe session will provide participants with an overview of how Texas Instruments Corporate Social Responsibility objectives are applied to the design and manufacturing of Education Technology products and the actions taken to provide products with low environmental impact. The Education Technology’s Product Stewardship Manager will present the various actions taken during the design and manufacturing of Education Technology products. There will be examples of the internal and industrial standards that are utilized to manufacture products with low environmental impact so they can safely be used by the customer and meet standards and regulations for the elimination of hazardous materials.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCottonbowlALGEBRA 1, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

334 Algebra for All, TI Graphing Calculators for All

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionKarie Gladis, Teacher Created Materials Publishing, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, USAThis session will introduce beginner and intermediate users to TI graphing calculator strategies that build conceptual understanding of Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 concepts. Teachers will receive free lesson plans and activities.




Saturday

1:00pm - 2:00pmMarsalis GMIDDLE GRADES MATH, GEOMETRY

335 Using the TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator and TI-Navigator™ System to Enhance Fun and Learning in the Mathematics Classroom

60-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Navigator™ , TI-73 Explorer™Melissa Jackson, Monongahela Middle School, SEWELL, NJ, USAAt this hands-on session, participants will experience reflections, rotations and translations coming alive on the TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator and TI-Navigator™ system. Learn how the TI-Navigator™ system’s Screen Capture, Quick Poll, LearningCheck™ and Activity Center features can be used to maximize the learning experience. See how the use of technology can increase conceptual understanding and make learning math fun. These tools can improve instructional techniques, change student attitudes towards mathematics and create a dynamic, student-centered class.

1:00pm - 2:00pmMarsalis FGENERAL MATH

336 Navigating Through Discounts and Sale Prices

60-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-73 Explorer™Katie Whitsett, Lake Highlands Junior High, DALLAS, TX, USAThis session will show real world applications while introducing algebraic thinking using the TI-Navigator™ system and the TI-73 Explorer™. Participants will walk away with several activities involoving discounts and sales tax.

1:00pm - 2:00pmMarsalis BMIDDLE GRADES MATH

337 Box-and-Whisker Plots in Real-World Situations Using TI-SmartView™ Software

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-83 Plus, TI SmartView™Lisa Phillips, Florida State University School, TALLAHASSEE, FL, USAParticipants will be led through a lesson plan to help students learn the value of box-and-whisker plots in real-world situations. First, the CPS system will show prior knowledge. Participants will then measure their heights and record the results using TI-Smartview™ emulator software. These results will be used to compare with hand drawn charts and included in a discussion of how to relate them to real-world situations.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland AELEMENTARY SCIENCE, ELEMENTARY MATH

338 Science is Powerful!

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • CBL 2™, TI-73 Explorer™Barbara Andersen, Kalispell School District 5, KALISPELL, MT, USAScience is a powerful thing but just what power is in different batteries waiting to be discovered by your students? Using TI’s CBL 2™ data collection device with a voltage probe, unlock the secret to why some electronic games take different amounts and different sizes of batteries. Explore the sum of power as you add up batteries.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland BMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1

339 The TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator: A Great Tool that Increases Students’ App-etite for Mathematics

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • Apps, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionJeanette Burds, LAUSD, NORTH HILLS, CA, USAThe TI-84 Plus graphing calculator is a great tool that increases students’ App-etite for mathematics. Come and dine on/investigate topics accessible to middle grade students and easily modified for high school. The menu will include: Exploration of TI-84 Plus family models, linear relationships, iteration and recursion, calculator software applications (Apps) and much more - preparte to leave with a doggie bag of great ideas.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland CGEOMETRY, PRECALCULUS

340 Dynamic Geometry as a Bridge to Analysis

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASBowen Kerins, Education Development Center, NEWTON, MA, USAAnalysis has always had a dual nature. On one hand, analysis is concerned with beautiful calculations that bring up hidden meanings and subtle connections, allowing one to express complex results in very compact forms. On the other hand, analysis is the study of continuous change; the study of covarying quantities. Dynamic Geometry software provides an opportunity for students to investigate analytic behaviors of functions with a minimum of algebraic symbolism, providing a bridge between what students learn in Geometry and what they learn in Precalculus.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland DGEOMETRY

341 Exploring Geometry using the Cabri™ Jr. Geometry App

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • Apps, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Leah Nillas, Illinois Wesleyan University, BLOOMINGTON, IL, USAThis is a hands-on session and introduction to the Cabri™ Jr. Geometry application (App). Participants will learn basic commands as well as explore basic geometric constructions and relationships. The activities in this session are designed to engage students in discovering geometric relationships and making mathematical connections. Topics that will be covered include lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, transformations and geometric relationships. The goal of this session is to orient teachers as to how to use the Cabri Jr. Geometry App in enriching the teaching of Geometry in the classrooms.

1:00pm - 2:00pmCumberland EGEOMETRY

342 An Introduction to TI-Nspire™ CAS Technology in the Geometry Classroom

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™ CASTracy Wingert, Le Mars Community High School, LE MARS, IA, USAThis session will provide participants a hands-on demonstration of how TI-Nspire™ CAS technology can enrich the Geometry classroom. Come see how dynamically-linked constructions and representations allow students to bring mathematical relationships to life.

1:00pm - 2:00pmReverchon ABPRECALCULUS

343 Precalculus: Where Math Ideas Come Together

60-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Lynda Vincent, North Salem HS, NORTH SALEM, NY, USACo-Presenter: Mary Lou GiannettoParticipants will engage in hands-on problem-solving lab activities that connect a variety of mathematical ideas to real-world events.

1:00pm - 2:00pmMoreno ABPRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 2

344 Precalculus – A Few of My Favorite Things

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™ Janice Mitchener, Carmel High School, CARMEL, IN, USAThis session will focus on some of the presenter’s favorite activities for the Precalculus classroom. Participatants receive home lesson plans that are ready to use.

1:00pm - 2:00pmSanger ABTRIGONOMETRY, PRECALCULUS

345 Oh, No – I Have a Flat Tire!

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Patricia Montgomery, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, FAIRFAX, VA, USACo-Presenter: Patricia GabrielUsing the animation capabilities of TI-Nspire™ technology, a traditional trigometric modeling will come alive. ParticIpants will model the motion of a tire as it rolls over a nail. Data will be collected and analyzed to determine the sinusoidal model that describes this motion.




Saturday

1:00pm - 2:00pmParlor 357PRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS

346 Graph Piecewise Functions, Regression Using the App Stats/List Editor

60-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • Apps, TI-89 TitaniumDonald Griffin, Greenville Technical College, GREENVILLE, SC, USACo-Presenter: Robin BaumgarnerParticipants will graph some piecewise functions, learn different ways of exploring them and use the Stats/List Editor to graph a regression model.

1:00pm - 2:00pmReunion GCALCULUS, PRECALCULUS

347 Optimization Problems Revisited with TI-Nspire™ Technology

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Frederick Groves, Early College High School, MASSILLON, OH, USABy using TI-Nspire™ technology, this session will look at a number of optimization problems in the document model. This allows students to explore, manipulate models and make their own conjectures in multiple formats. Join in for an exploration into the versatile nature of this exciting technology – come be “Nspired.”

1:00pm - 2:00pmReunion EALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

348 Get Smart with TI-SmartView™ Software for SMART Board™ Interactive Whiteboards

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI SmartView™Scott Knapp, Glenbrook North High School, CHICAGO, IL, USAExplore how to use the SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard to help improve classroom instruction, as well as key features of TI-SmartView™ emulator software.

1:00pm - 2:00pmReunion FCALCULUS, GENERAL INTEREST, PRECALCULUS

349 TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator Apps for the IB Teacher

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • Apps, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-Nspire™James Nakamoto, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADAThis session will review all graphing calculator Apps essential to IB teachers and permissible for student use, plus a look at others valuable to have in class.

1:00pm - 2:00pmReunion HGENERAL INTEREST, ALGEBRA 2

350 TI-Nspire™ Technology and Data Collection Probes for the Beginner

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • CBL 2™, CBR™, TI-Nspire™David Kapolka, Key Curriculum Press, ALTO, USACome learn how to use TI-Nspire™ technology with data collection probes from TI and Vernier Software & Technology™ – effective ways to bring math and science alive for educators and students.

1:00pm - 2:00pmMarsalis AGENERAL INTEREST

351 Designing TI-Nspire™ Documents to Engage All Students in Learning

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™ CASGail Burrill, Michigan State University, EAST LANSING, MI, USACo-Presenters: Tom Dick, Wade EllisThe TI-Nspire™ electronic document structure allows educators to create lessons and multi-phased activities for students in order to help develop their understanding of concepts, exploration of mathematical relationships and discovery of solutions to interesting and challenging problems. Designing activities using a set of guiding principles that take into account how students learn and related research can help ensure that learning opportunities are maximized for all students.

1:00pm - 2:00pmMarsalis CGENERAL MATH, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

352 I’m “Nspired”

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-73 Explorer, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionKevin Simms, Salme City Schools, SALEM, VA, USAThis session will provide participants with activities they can use to encourage the exploration of Algebra topics in the classroom.

1:00pm - 2:00pmMarsalis EGENERAL MATH, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

353 Using the TI-30XS MultiView™ Scientific Calculator with At-Risk Students in General Math

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-30XS MultiView™Christine Kasitz, Opportunities For Learning Charter School, SUN VALLEY, CA, USAThe TI-30XS MultiView™ scientific calculator is powerful in helping General Math students overcome obstacles with fractions, decimals, percentages, basic problem solving and data manipulation. Tips and tools for helping students overcome their apprehension of using a calculator will also be addressed. Educators will receive several hands-on lessons that are classroom ready.

1:00pm - 2:00pmReunion CGEOMETRY

354 TI-Nspire™ Technology for Geometry

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Nicole Waihman, La Porte High School, SUGAR LAND, TX, USACo-Presenter: Lisa WaihmanThis session will focus on using TI-Nspire™ technology in the Geometry classroom to help teach students some of the more difficult concepts regarding triangle and circle proofs.

1:00pm - 2:00pmMarsalis DSTATISTICS

355 Using TI-Nspire™ Technology with the Built-In Data and Statisitcs Feature

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • Apps, TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASBeverly Farahani, Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, KINGSTON, ON, CANADAThis session will introduce participants to TI-Nspire™ technology’s built-in Data & Statistics function and how it can be used to engage students.

1:00pm - 2:00pmPryor ABBIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY

356 Electrophoresis with the Vernier Software & Technology™ Electrophoresis System

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • IntermediateJulie Ealy, Penn State University, NESQUEHONING, PA, USAThe use of the Vernier Software & Technology™ electrophoresis system will be discussed and results shown from laboratory experiments using the system.

1:00pm - 2:00pmBryan-BeemanCHEMISTRY, ELEMENTARY SCIENCE, MIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE

357 Mixing pH

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, CBR 2™Scott Alan Blanchard, Biscotti Educational Cener, MACOMB, MI, USAA lot is mentioned about pH. We know some are bases and some are acids, but what does that mean? pH levels affect fih in streams and even hair with shampoo advertisig. But what is it and how is it affected when two or more solutions of varying pH are mixed? In this session, using techology, we will find out what happens in varying situations.

1:00pm - 2:00pmBakerCOLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE, GENERAL MATH, GENERAL SCIENCE, PHYSICS

358 Beyond The Ball Bounce

60-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™ Jacklyn Bonneau, Mass Academy of Mathematics and Science, NORTH GROSVENORDALE, CT, USACo-Presenter: Louise ChapmanMany teachers have seen the ball bounce activity and its analysis. This activity takes this great introductory activity one step further. By manipulating lists and a very basic knowledge of Physics, participants will also see conservation of energy and the power of the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator in data analysis.




Saturday

1:00pm - 2:00pmSunset Suite 3ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

359 Data Collection with TI’s CBR 2™ and CBL 2™ Devices for High School Mathematics

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Intermediate • CBL 2™, CBR™Lynn Adsit, Lake Washington High School, KIRKLAND, WA, USACo-Presenter: Kim SchjelderupIf you’ve been using TI graphing calculators for a while and now want to broaden your skills to include real data collection, then this is the presentation for you. This session will include demonstrations and ideas for using TI’s CBR 2™ and the CBL 2™ data collection devices with three accompanying data collection sensors: light, voltage and temperature. The goal is real data generation that models many of the key functions studied in Algebra 1 and 2.

1:00pm - 2:00pmParlor 359MIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1

360 Rethinking the Use of TI-Nspire™ CAS Technology in the Middle Grades

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™ CASDarlene Whitkanack, Chicago Teacher Center, WINFIELD, IL, USAThis presentation will use TI-Nspire™ CAS technology to explore algebraic concepts with middle school students. How can educators help children see the result of correctly applied operations to both sides of the equation? Based on research on how seeing this done correctly shortens the learning time for students, participants in this session will expand the ideas to the whole range of TI-Nspire™ CAS capabilities. See how technology can truly change the sequence of concepts educators teach in amazing ways.

1:00pm - 2:00pmParlor 353GENERAL INTEREST, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE

361 TI-SmartView™ Software Scripting Makes Teaching Fun and Effective

60-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • TI SmartView™Ravinder Kumar, Alcorn State University, ALCORN STATE, MS, USAIt is well established that interaction with students helps improve their learning. Math teachers are usually very busy writing on the black or white board. Scripting with TI-SmartView™ software helps a teacher plan teaching sessions so that the focus moves from the board to students, providing more time to interact with fellow students. Additionally, the scripting process involves careful and thoughtful working with the delivery of the lesson. It helps a teacher make the instruction more systematic, detailed and effective. This certalnly results in a healthy learning environment. This session will use a modeling problem to show how to script the lesson.

2:15pm - 3:45pmPegasus AALGEBRA 1

362 Algebra Activities with the TI-Navigator™ System for Beginners

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Prudence Cain, The University of Texas at Austin, AUSTIN, TX, USAParticipants will explore the TI-Navigator™ system’s Activity Center feature using topics from Algebra 1 such as graphing linear functions, probability, scatter plots and data analysis.

2:15pm - 3:45pmPegasus BALGEBRA 1, GEOMETRY

363 Wow, The TI Navigator Changed My Classroom

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionTerry Politi, Cecil County Public Schools, ELKTON, MD, USAParticipants will receive a presentation on how the TI-Navigator™ system can be used with all levels of students and all topics. Specifics will include a demonstration of the system’s Activity Center, Screen Capture, Quick Poll and Class Analysis features.

2:15pm - 3:45pmReunion AALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE, MIDDLE GRADES MATH, PRECALCULUS

364 Bungee Barbie and Kamikaze Ken

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionJohn LaMaster, Indiana University Purdue University Ft Wayne, FORT WAYNE, IN, USAWorking in teams, participants will simulate the testing of the drop height of a bungee cord so that their action figure can come as close as possible to splashing in a pool of water without actually hitting the floor (i.e., maximum thrill but no kill). This activity has been used in middle school classrooms as well as in college Precalculus classes. The TI-84 Plus graphing calculator will be used in the session (although any graphing technology model may be used).

2:15pm - 3:45pmReunion BALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

365 It’s Never Too Late to Learn About Apps on the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Graphing Calculator

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionJanice Herron, Fairley High, MEMPHIS, TN, USACo-Presenters: Janice HerronVelma HodgesParticipants in this session will experience hands-on activities for Algebra 1 through Precalculus. Come see how to utilize in your classroom TI’s graphing calculator applications (Apps) – Algebra 1 Part 1, Algebra 1 Chapter 5, Conics and Transformation Graphing. Learn how to work smart – not so hard.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland LMIDDLE GRADES MATH

366 How to Engage Middle School Students in the Exploration of Algebraic Concepts Using the TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator and TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Navigator™, TI-73 ExplorerMarty Mackar, Forest Park Middle School, EUCLID, OH, USACo-Presenter: Vanessa Ayers, Chris BradyThis session will feature the use of the TI-Navigator™ system’s Data Analysis feature to make instructional decisions based on the needs of students, as well as a lesson that was developed by the presenters to strengthen conceptual understanding of algebraic concepts. The presenters’ urban middle schools are in their second year of participating in TI’s MathForward program, which has enabled the school to raise its state test scores. Come hear about these accomplishments, other challenges as well as advice for implementing the program.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland FALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

367 Inspired Quadratics – Conceptual Investigations of Parabolas Using TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASMarc Garneau, Curriculum & Instructional Svs, SURREY, BC, CANADACome experience how TI-Nspire™ technology can help students to make powerful connections among multiple representations of parabolas to develop and to enrich their understanding. Participants will solve quadratic equations with complex roots – graphically.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland GALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS, PRECALCULUS, TRIGONOMETRY

368 Algebra Concepts on the TI-Nspire™ Handheld

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Tracy Watson, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, MALVERN, AR, USACo-Presenter: Corey BobyThe TI-Nspire™ handheld offers teachers a new approach to presenting algebra concepts graphically, numerically, verbally and analytically using a document model approach. In this session, participants will get hands-on experience to this approach and discuss the doors it can open in the classroom.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland HALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

369 Exploring Functions with the Transformation Graphing App

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • Apps, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™ Sherri Abel, JL Mann Academy, MAULDIN, SC, USAUse the Transformation Graphing application (App) on a TI-84 Plus family graphing calculator to curve-fit linear, quadratic and sinusoidal data. Explore transformations of parent functions. This totally hands-on session is fun and informative. Participants also receive a CD of classroom-ready activities.




Saturday

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland IGENERAL INTEREST

370 TI-Navigator™ System 101

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionCorey Boby, Benton Public Schools, MALVERN, AR, USACo-Presenter: Randy LobePerhaps you’ve experienced the TI-Navigator™ system from the student’s perspective but have been wondering what the teacher’s role is – then this session is for you. Come learn how to create a class, operate the Screen Capture feature and launch a Quick Poll feature from the teacher’s classroom computer. This session will be a great opportunity for you to take the TI-Navigator™ system for a test drive.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland JGEOMETRY

371 Julia and Mandelbrot Sets: Internet-Based Lessons

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, Voyage 200™Ryan McCluskey, Texas Tech University, LUBBOCK, TX, USAExplore some of the mathematics behind the Julia and Mandelbrot sets using Web-based activities for the Geometry classroom. Topics include complex number iteration, the creation of Julia sets and the connection between the Mandelbrot and Julia sets. Previous knowledge of Julia and Mandelbrot sets, while not required, is recommended.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland KGEOMETRY

372 Polyhedra and Nets using Cabri™ 3D

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Colette Laborde, University of Grenoble, GRENOBLE, FRANCEParticipants will experience activities making use of Cabri™ 3D facilities and direct manipulation that help students understand better the structure of polyhedra and the relationships between a polyhedron and its nets. Some of these activities require the move from polyhedra to their nets and conversely. A range from simple activities to more complex ones will be provided. No prior knowledge of Cabri™ 3D is needed.


373 An Exploration of the World of FREE Resources from TI

60-Minute Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus, TI-89 Titanium™, TI-10, TI-15 Explorer™, TI-Navigator™ Tanya McMahon, Texas Instruments, DALLAS, TX, USAGrab your picks and shovels and come along for this fun and informative exploration of the FREE resources TI has to offer you. From NUMB3RS and EXPLORATIONS™ activities to funding resources, everyone should walk away from this dig with some newly found treasure.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCottonbowlALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

374 Focus, Locus, Hocus Pocus! The Magic of the TI-Nspire™ Locus Tool

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASSuzanne Moyers, C.E. Byrd High School, SHREVEPORT, LA, USAUsing the TI-Nspire™ Locus construction tool, students can connect geometric representations with their definitions in locus form. Multiple representations are possible using TI-Nspire™ technology’s built-in Graphs & Geometry function and by capturing points in the technology’s built-in Lists & Spreadsheet function.

2:15pm - 3:45pmMarsalis GMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1

375 M&M’s Galore - Data Analysis for Middle School Grades Using the TI-73 Explorer

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™, TI-73 Explorer™, TI-Nspire™ Elizabeth Smith, Episcopal High School, JACKSONVILLE, FL, USACo-Presenter: Sherry ColarussoWhat colors are in your M&M bag? How about your neighbor’s? We will collect our data and aggregate it using the TI-Navigator™. Additionally, we will display and analyze our results. Walk away with an activity you can use in your classroom complete with a PowerPoint presentation.

2:15pm - 3:45pmMarsalis FMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1

376 Use TI’s CBR™ 2™ Motion Detector to Convert Your Students’ Motion into Graphs

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • CBR™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionKaren Cockburn, Havermale High School, SPOKANE, WA, USATI’s CBR 2™ motion detector will be used to demonstrate how to capture student motion and make sense of position, time and velocity. Science teachers will love what this data collection device from TI can do for student understanding of motion and graphs. Students will love the action and fun of making graphs from their own movements.

2:15pm - 3:45pmMarsalis BMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1

377 Bowling, iTunes and Skiing: Math that Matters to Kids

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-73 Explorer™, TI-84 Plus Charlene Larsen, Crescent View Middle School, SANDY, UT, USACo-Presenter: Jane MartainKid-focused, real-world problems will be used to teach and understand the meaning of linear equations and simultaneous equations. Participants will use TI-73 Explorer™, TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus graphing calculators to build tables on the home screen, create graphs and develop the functions or find the intersection point of the two graphs.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland AELEMENTARY MATH

378 Off to Neverland

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-10, TI-15 Explorer™Jane Martain, Jordan School District, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, USACo-Presenter: Charlene LarsenParticipants will use non-standard measurement tools to measure distances on maps. They will also create a map from a children’s story, determine distances on their map using non-standard measures, and do other measurement activities (including use of TI’s CBR 2™ motion detector, the TI-10 and TI-15 Explorer™ calculators.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland BALGEBRA 1

379 Navigating through Algebra 1

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™ Abigail Hernandez, Trinity High School, TRINITY, TX, USA Co-Presenter: Rick SanchezCome see how the TI-Navigator™ learning system can enhance your Algebra I classroom. This session will focus on algebra concepts such as linear functions, linear inequalities, transformations, and quadratic functions. Come experience how the TI-Navigator™ system can keep all your students engaged in algebra.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland CGEOMETRY, ALGEBRA 1

380 Transformations in the Coordinate Plane using the TI-84 Plus Family and TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionMargaret Bambrick, Volusia County Schools, DELAND, FL, USACo-Presenter: Ruth CaseyParticipants will explore transformations of geometric figures in the coordinate plane, then create their own figure and apply those transformations. Opportunities for assessment using the TI-Navigator™ system will be discussed and demonstrated.




Saturday

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland DGEOMETRY

381 From Alexandria, VA, to Los Angeles, CA – Discovering Euclid with Urban Youth through Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™ CASJoshua Cook, Ánimo Justice Charter High School, LOS ANGELES, CA, USAEuclid’s Postulates can be a tedious exercise for even the math fluent. Through the use of the visually-dynamic graphing capabilities of TI-Nspire™ technology, students can move through Euclid’s Postulates with enough speed and engagement to appreciate the mathematical rigor – and actually enjoy the constructions. In doing so, students will not merely be told that SAS is a formula for triangle congruence or that pi is 3.14. They will understand why SAS holds true and from where the ratio for pi originates.

2:15pm - 3:45pmCumberland EGEOMETRY, ALGEBRA 1

382 Quick, Easy, Interactive Geometry Lessons using the Cabri™ Jr. Geometry App on the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator and TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Navigator™ , TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionKatie Binkley, Franklin Heights High School, COLUMBUS, OH, USACo-Presenter: Julie HenricksThis session is focused on developing quick activities with the Cabri™ Jr. Geometry App that can be used to introduce, expand or investigate concepts of geometry, such as polygons, circles, special triangles and transformations. The session also ties in the TI-Navigator™ system and Cabri Jr. Geometry App for classroom discussions.

2:15pm - 3:45pmReverchon ABPRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE

383 TI-Nspire™ Technology – I Wished Upon My TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator!

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Nspire™ Charles Hofmann, LaSalle University, DRESHER, PA, USACo-Presenter: Roseanne HofmannAn introduction to TI-Nspire™ technology features for intermediate TI-84 Plus graphing calculator users, including multiple representations of problems, integration of text documents and calculator features, dynamic graphing, two way integration of graphic and spreadsheet/list representations and more.

2:15pm - 3:45pmMoreno ABCALCULUS, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE

384 Exploring Differential Equations by Using Cooperative Learning and The Voyage 200™ Personal Learning Tool

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • Voyage 200™Félix Eduardo Bueno Pascual, Tecnológico de Monterrey, CÓRDOBA, MEXICOCo-Presenter: Miguel Angel LópezThe objective of this session is showing how to use cooperative learning and the Voyage™ 200 personal learning tool in order to obtain and analyze the analytical, numerical and graphical solution to differential equations with boundary value problems. Participants will carry out the solutions of some differential equations to observe how TI educational technology supports the transmission and acquisition of knowledge.

2:15pm - 3:45pmSanger ABTRIGONOMETRY

386 Trigonometry of Life

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Stan Pappo, Half Hollow Hills retired teacher, PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY, USAParticipants will explore the connection between breathing and trigonometric curves. With the use of a pressure gage and breathing apparatus, data will be collected and analyzed using the graphing calculator Transformation Graphing application (App). The TI-Navigator™ system will be used to send the data to-and-from each participant in this session.

2:15pm - 3:45pmParlor 357PRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 2, TRIGONOMETRY

387 Bending Asymptotes and Bouncing Off Infinity

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-89 Titanium, TI-Nspire™ CASChristopher Harrow, The Westminster Schools, ATLANTA, GA, USAA transformational exploration of parent functions, polynomial root behavior and the residual effect of data regression are all you need to quickly understand the complete graphical behavior of any rational function. TI-89 Titanium, TI-Nspire™ and Computer Algebra System (CAS) capabilities are employed to streamline the presentation. The content is applicable to classrooms with any level of available technology (or even none at all).

2:15pm - 3:45pmReunion GCALCULUS, PRECALCULUS

388 Exploring Precalculus and Calculus Concepts Using the TI-89 Titanium Graphing Calculator

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-89 TitaniumNoe Medrano, Region XIII ESC, AUSTIN, TX, USACo-Presenters: Xavier Gonzalez, Rosa MedranoExplore limits, derivatives and integrals using the TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator. Learn how students can use this learning tool to minimize errors on the AP Calculus exam. Use downloaded programs to explore theorems and concepts. Learn a few tips that can save students time on the AP exam. Everyone is welcomed to attend this session, especially if you have experience, expertise and successes to share with other participants.

2:15pm - 3:45pmReunion ECALCULUS

389 What Can We Learn from Student Responses on AP Calculus Exams?

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Craig Wright, ETS, NEWTOWN, PA, USAThis session will focus on the free-response problems from the 2007 AP Calculus AB and BC Exams. The session will also cover the strengths and weaknesses of student responses and a discussion of possible ways to improve student performance in the future.

2:15pm - 3:45pmReunion FALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

390 Caught in the Middle with You … Median-Median Lines

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Jim Haskins, Clayton High School, ST. LOUIS, MO, USAUsing visualization skills and knowledge of slope and y-intercept, students often estimate “good” linear models for discrete data and then check estimates against the ordinary least squares regression equation given by TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus graphing calculator technology. The Median-Median line is another way of fitting a linear function to discrete data and can be arithmetically determined “by hand” by beginning Algebra students. This session will compare Median-Median lines and least squares regression equations (examples include some with outliers that distort the least squares regression line enough so it is almost unusable for interpolating/extrapolating information).

2:15pm - 3:45pmReunion HGENERAL MATH, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

391 TI-Nspire™ Technology for Terrified Teachers

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™Pamela Dase, Centennial HS, POWELL, OH, USACo-Presenter: Karie GladisThis is a real beginner session, introducing the basics of TI-Nspire™ technology through beginner lessons at the Algebra 1 and 2 levels. Participants will receive a CD with lessons and the TI-Nspire™ files used during the presentation.

2:15pm - 3:45pmMarsalis AGENERAL INTEREST, ALGEBRA 1

392 Success for Every Student through Individualized TI-Nspire™ Documents

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASAllan Bellman, University of California, Davis, SACRAMENTO, CA, USAEvery class has students with different learning needs. See how slightly different TI-Nspire™ documents can be used in a class to meet each student’s individual needs. See how different groups in a classroom can easily have completely different classwork assignments. See how students with different learning styles can each be accommodated. All of this individualization in a normal classroom can occur with typical teacher-led discussion. Come prepare to have all your students succeed.




Saturday

2:15pm - 3:45pmMarsalis CGENERAL INTEREST

393 Virtual Labs Using TI’s CBR 2™ and CBL 2™ Data Collection Devices

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • Apps, CBL 2™, CBR™, TI SmartView™ Richard Snow, Center for Distance Learning and Innovation, PARADISE, NL, CANADAThis session will demonstrate how to use the CBR 2™ motion detector, CBL 2 data collection device, TI-SmartView™ software and Elluminate Live!® technology to conduct a virtual lab. Participants will see the use of Vernier Software & Technology™ EasyData™ software to collect quadratic and exponential data.

2:15pm - 3:45pmMarsalis EGENERAL INTEREST, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE, GEOMETRY, PRECALCULUS, TRIGONOMETRY

394 TI-Nspire™ Technology and SMART Board™ Interactive Whiteboards – What a Fantastic Combination

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASTom Reardon, Fitch High School / Youngstown State University, POLAND, OH, USAParticipants will find out what a Computer Algebra System (CAS) is and obtain hands-on experience using CAS on the TI-Nspire™ CAS handheld. Find out how you can use CAS along with activities developed to help teach difficult concepts in Algebra 1 and 2 classes (as well Precalculus and Calculus) with amazing results. The next frontier is creatively incorporating CAS into the high school mathematics curriculum in the United States – become a pioneer. This session will be presented on a SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard.

2:15pm - 3:45pmReunion CPRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS

395 Making Connections with Optimization Problems on TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASVicki Carter, West Florence High School, FLORENCE, SC, USAParticipants will use TI-Nspire™ technology to explore several max-min problems, highlighting the connection of the algebraic, numeric and geometric representations of the problem situations. After exploring several problems, participants will create a simple optimization problem on the TI-Nspire™ learning handheld.


396 An Overview of the Statistics Functionality of TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Gloria Barrett, Deerfield Academy, DEERFIELD, MA, USAThis session will provide an opportunity for participants to become familiar with the statistics features of TI-Nspire™ technology. In addition to looking at how TI-Nspire™ technology does familiar statistical computations, special attention will be given to the enhanced functionality of the built-in Data & Statistics function.

2:15pm - 3:45pmPryor ABBIOLOGY, GENERAL SCIENCE

397 “APP-ly” the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator to Your Biology Classroom

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate • AppsJeff Lukens, Roosevelt High School, SIOUX FALLS, SD, USAWhat’s hidden in that APPS key on the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator keypad? Come to this session and press that key and “APP-ly” the power of APPS to the Biology classroom.

2:15pm - 3:45pmBryan-BeemanCHEMISTRY, ALGEBRA 2

398 Data Sharing in the Science Classroom

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • Apps, TI-Navigator™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionTami Plein, Burlington High School, BURLINGTON, IA, USACo-Presenters: Pat MaturoWant to increase student participation in your science classroom? Experience how the TI-Navigator™ can provide immediate feedback from your students, help collect and aggregate student generated data, and facilitate the integration of math and science. Vernier Software & Technology™ EasyData™ and pressure sensors will be used.

2:15pm - 3:45pmBakerPHYSICS

399 Experimenting with the Vernier Software & Technology™ Dynamics System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • CBL 2™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionLucas Diamond, Pope John Paul II High School, HENDERSONVILLE, TN, USAThis session will focus on two or three standard experiments that can be done with the Vernier Software & Technology™ Dynamics System. It is an excellent session to attend if you have never worked with dynamics carts and would like to learn in a no-stress environment. Participants will use TI’s CBL 2™ data collection device with force sensors, low g accelerometers and motion detectors. All of these experiments are from the Vernier publication “Physics with Calculators.” Enjoy 90 minutes completely free of friction.

2:15pm - 3:45pmSunset Suite 3ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

400 Overcoming TI-Navigator™ System Phobia and Using the System to Organize Your Classroom

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™Rebecca Bell, Marble Hill School for International Studies, NEW YORK, NY, USAParticipants will learn strategies for using the TI-Navigator™ system to kick off their class without making students wait. Participants will also take turns “driving” the system: Send LearningCheck™ documents to students, collect documents, review data with the Class Analysis feature, and navigate the Activity Center feature.

2:15pm - 3:45pmParlor 359ALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

401 A Beginner’s Look at the Sequence Mode on TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family Graphing Calculators

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionRebecca Caison, Retired, MEBANE, NC, USAExplore the sequence mode on TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family graphing calculators using real-world applications.

2:15pm - 3:45pmParlor 353GENERAL INTEREST, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

402 But How Did You Do That? Neat Constructions for Modeling with TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASStephen Arnold, Compass Learning Technologies, KIAMA, AUSTRALIATI-Nspire™ and TI-Nspire™ CAS technology offer wonderful tools for geometric approaches to algebraic modeling. This session looks at a range of great activities from TI’s online Activities Exchange and takes participants through the steps of building these dynamic models.

4:00pm - 5:30pmPegasus AALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

403 TI-Nspire™ Technology in the Algebra Classroom Using the TI-Navigator™ System, Version 4.0

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Navigator™, TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASDouglas Roberts, Franklin Heights High School, HILLIARD, OH, USACo-Presenter: James KozmanCome see how to use TI-Nspire™ and TI-Nspire™ CAS technology in the Algebra classroom. The use of this educational technology will be tied together using a classroom networking system, the TI-Navigator™ system, version 4.0. Activities will be shown using multiple representations in the Algebra 1 and 2 classrooms.




Saturday

4:00pm - 5:30pmPegasus BALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, GENERAL SCIENCE, PHYSICS, PRECALCULUS, STATISTICS, TRIGONOMETRY

404 Data Collection and Analysis for Mathematics and Science Classes Using TI’s CBR 2™ and CBL 2™ Data Collection Devices

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • Apps, CBL 2™, CBR™, TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™Delbra Robinson, Office of Mathematics, CHESTERFIELD TWP, MI, USAParticipant will use TI’s CBL 2™ and CBR 2™ data collection devices and Vernier Software & Technology EasyData™ software to explore light, temperature, voltage and motion related graphs by collecting, measuring and analyzing real-time data in a motivating, high-energy, enriched content-related activity. This session will demonstrate how to simulate and facilitate a lab situation during a regular 55-minute math/science classroom setting that will challenge students to extend their thinking by connecting and applying their learning.

4:00pm - 5:30pmReunion AALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, MIDDLE GRADES MATH

405 A Correlation of TI Graphing Calculator Apps to NCTM Standards and How Apps can be Used to Enhance Student Performance

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionJack Madding, Burkburnett High School, WICHITA FALLS, TX, USAIn this hands-on session, participants will look at a correlation between TI graphing calculator software applications (Apps) and NCTM Standards. A partial list of Apps included in the session are: Alegbra 1 Part 1, Algebra 1 Chapter 5, Decimal Defender, Math by Hand, Cabri™ Jr. Geometry, Area Formulas, What’s My Angle and Probability Simulation.

4:00pm - 5:30pmReunion BMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 2

406 Fraction Machine – Algebraic Fraction Using CAS and the TI-89 Titanium Graphing Calculator

90-Minute Hands On • Intermediate • TI-89 TitaniumBozenna Graham, Wesley College, GLEV WAVERLEY, AUSTRALIAThis session will present a year 10 activity involving algebraic fractions. The activity is based on the TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator and Computer Algebra System (CAS), which can be run as a class activity or a mini-test. The session shows how to incorporate CAS to solve some fraction problems.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland LGENERAL SCIENCE, GENERAL MATH

407 What Could Be Better Than Free?

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionJan Brown, USA Today, SIOUX FALLS, SD, USACo-Presenter: Jeff LukensFREE ... FREE ... FREE. A teacher’s favorite 4-letter word. USA TODAY® has teamed with Texas Instruments to produce dozens of free activities for math and science teachers. Come to this session and try an activity or two, and learn how to access all of the others.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland FALGEBRA 2

408 T3: Tricks my Teacher Taught me

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition,TI SmartView™Dana Morse, Skaneateles High School, SKANEATELES, NY, USAUnlock the advantages of the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus graphing calculator. Come learn how to give students multiple ways to check their work and gain the confidence they need to succeed in mathematics. Reinforce classroom lessons with TI educational technology.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland GALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE, MIDDLE GRADES MATH, PRECALCULUS

409 Investigating Lines with the TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionDeborah Kula, Sacred Hearts Academy, HONOLULU, HI, USASlopes, y-intercepts and so much more. Experience the excitement and understanding that the TI-Navigator™ system can bring to the Algebra, Precalculus and Calculus class as students build a classroom learning community.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland HALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

410 Algebra, Data and TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • CBR™, TI-Nspire™Jerald Murdock, Key Curriculum Press (Author), INTERLOCHEN, MI, USAUsing TI-Nspire™ technology, data collection tools and creative hands-on investigations will enable participants in this session to create interactive, ongoing conversations about mathematics and five necessary strands for successful learning. These investigations and conversations will suggest corrections and adjustments about the mathematics, our solutions and the roles engaging, reasoning, applying, understanding and computing must play for success in Algebra.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland IGENERAL INTEREST, ALGEBRA 1

411 Navigation 102

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Navigator™, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionRandy Lobe, Capital High School, OLYMPIA, WA, USACo-Presenter: Corey BobyThis session is the next step after Navigation 101. Come learn more about the TI-Navigator™ system software and go more in-depth so you can go back to your own schools and put what you have learned to use in your classroom.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland JPRECALCULUS, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE

412 M3 – Marriage of Mathematics and Meteorology

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI SmartView™, TI-Nspire™Cyndy Howes, Ravenwood High School, BRENTWOOD, TN, USACo-Presenter: Ron HowesUsing data available to everyone, discover the marriage of mathematics and meteorology available to use in the classroom. This session’s presenter is a high school math teacher and her husband a meteorologist. Come and explore the marriage of physics and mathematics through meteorology.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland KGENERAL MATH

413 Experiences with Introducing TI-Nspire™ Technology for Teaching Math in the Danish High School

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™ CASBjørn Felsager, Haslev Gymnasium and HF, HASLEV, DENMARKCo-Presenter: Brian OlesenTwo pilot-site teachers from Denmark will demonstrate some of the activities that were found useful when introducing TI-Nspire™ technology in a Danish High School – the only one in the country to have switched completely to TI-Nspire™ technology this past year. The goal of this workshop is to give an impression of what kind of new TI-Nspire™ activities can successfully engage students and teachers. One primary focus will be the investigation of relationships between variables using examples from Geometry and Precalculus. No prior experience wih TI-Nspire™ is required.

4:00pm - 5:30pmParlor 362GENERAL MATH, GEOMETRY

414 TI Products in Teachers Training at Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Intermediate • TI-Interactive!™Jan Kaspar, Charles University, Fac. of Math. and Phys, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLICCome learn which TI educational technology products are being used in Teachers Training at the Charles University, Fac. of Math. and Phys. in Prague, The Czech Republic – TI graphing calculators, TI-Interactive!™ software, the Cabri™ Jr. Geometry App and more are highlighted.




Saturday

4:00pm - 5:30pmCottonbowlPRECALCULUS, CALCULUS

415 Visualizing Concepts of Rate of Change with TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™Judith Olson, University of Hawaii, HONOLULU, HI, USACo-Presenter: Raymond ChanThe dynamic feature of TI-Nspire™ technology’s Grab-and-Move feature provides students with a dynamic learning tool to help them understand the concept of rate of change of various functions. By being able to “grab and move” the points on a graph, students can visualize that the instantaneous rate of change at a point, if it exists, is the slope of the tangent to the curve at that point. Participants will receive hands-on experience using TI-Nspire™ technology and a classroom snapshot where this technology helps promote collaborative discussion.

4:00pm - 5:30pmMarsalis GMIDDLE GRADES MATH, ALGEBRA 1

416 Data Collection Using the TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator and TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™, TI-73 Explorer™Donna Porter, Kirby High School, MEMPHIS, TN, USACo-Presenter: Causaundra BradleyIn this hands-on session, participants will investigate data collection and statistics on the TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator through interesting and engaging activities that make learning math fun.

4:00pm - 5:30pmMarsalis FMIDDLE GRADES MATH

417 Exploring the TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator and Apps for Math in the Middle Grades

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • Apps, TI-73 Explorer™Kelli Mallory, McKinney ISD, FRISCO, TX, USAThe middle school math years should best be characterized by fun, interesting and motivating activities that promote learning. In this session, teachers of middle grade math students are welcome to explore first-hand how the TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator and its Apps can capture student interest and provide for an engaging and meaningful math experience.

4:00pm - 5:30pmMarsalis BMIDDLE GRADES MATH, MIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE

418 Advanced Techniques with the TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator: Bet You Didn’t Know it Could Do That!

90-Minute Hands-On • Advanced • TI-73 Explorer™David Young, Fayetteville, FAYETTEVILLE, AR, USACome see all the power of the TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator as a learning tool to teach mathematics and science. Come get ideas for your classroom.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland AELEMENTARY SCIENCE

419 It is “Hot, Hot , Hot” with the TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator and Science in Elementary School

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • CBL 2™, TI-73 Explorer™Marsha Burkholder, Westgate Elementary, COLUMBUS, OH, USALearn how to use the TI-73 Explorer™ graphing calculator and TI’s CBL 2™ data collection device in the elementary classroom for inquiry science.

4:00pm - 3:30pmCumberland BALGEBRA 1, PRECALCULUS

420 “Nspire” Your Students with EXCEL-lent Mathematics: Using Microsoft Excel® and TI-Nspire™ Technology’s Lists & Spreadsheet Feature

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Robert Kimball, Wake Technical Community College, RALEIGH, NC, USAStudents need to have experience using spreadsheets as tools in mathematics – to solve problems and as an aid in understanding concepts. Using Microsoft Excel® software in the classroom can be rewarding. The TI-Nspire™ handheld also provides students with spreadsheet capabilities – to inspire educators to use such tools in the classroom. Participants of this session will be given Excel files and TI-Nspire™ (.tns) files to use and will see the power of TI-Nspire™ technology and electronic spreadsheets.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland CGEOMETRY

421 Beginning Cabri™ Jr. Geometry Activities

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Robert Knittle, Jobs For the Future, WORCESTER, MA, USACo-Presenter: Tim WilliamsCome “steer” yourself into a visual demonstration of Geometry. The Cabri™ Jr. Geometry App can help students discover theorems and postulates. Without a computer, the Cabri Jr. App is a dynamic way to understand the components of Geometry. This session will guide participants, even those experiencing the Cabri Jr. App for the first time, with ways to bring more interactive Geometry to the classroom. Reach “deep in the heart” of students. Have no fear, the graphing calculator is here to help students.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland DALGEBRA 1, GEOMETRY

422 TI-Nspire™ and the Dilemma: I Taught It But They Didn’t Learn

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™ CASGail Burrill, Michigan State University, EAST LANSING, MI, USASome ideas are just tough to teach - at least students find them tough to learn. How can we use TI-Nspire™ technology to help students make sense of concepts such as area or slope in ways they will remember and be able to use in new situations? We will consider some of the stumbling blocks for learning and examples of activities that can help students move forward in their learning.

4:00pm - 5:30pmCumberland EALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS, GEOMETRY, PRECALCULUS

423 The Ups and Downs of Max-Min Problems

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionFred Decovsky, Teachers Teaching With Technology, MILLBURN, NJ, USAImprove student understanding and create an engaging classroom environment by exploring a couple of Max-Min problems using the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator, TI-Navigator™ system, Cabri™ Jr Geometry Application (App) and TI-Nspire™ technology to model situations. These problem-solving, standards-based investigations can be used in Algebra 1 and beyond.

4:00pm - 5:30pmReverchon ABPRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS

424 Newton’s Law of Cooling from Algebra 2 through Calculus

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionAnn Drobnis, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, ALEXANDRIA, VA, USACo-Presenter: Patricia GabrielIn this session, participants will collect data using the Vernier Software & Technology™ EasyData™ USB temperature sensor and TI-84 Plus family graphing calculator. Use the data in a variety of activities for Algebra 2, Precalculus and Calculus classrooms. Participants will receive student worksheets with appropriate teacher notes for all three levels.

4:00pm - 5:30pmMoreno ABPRECALCULUS, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, CALCULUS, TRIGONOMETRY

425 Advanced TI-Navigator™ System for High School Math

90-Minute Hands-On • Advanced • Apps, TI-Navigator™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionDavid Sword, Lamphere High School, HIGHLAND PARK, MI, USAThis session is not an introduction to the TI-Navigator™ system, but is intended for those who are already using the system in the classroom. Participants will see a variety of sample lessons that can only be done (realistically) using the TI-Navigator™ system.

4:00pm - 5:30pmSanger ABTRIGONOMETRY, PRECALCULUS

426 Using TI’s CBL 2™ Data Collection Device to Collect the Sine Curve

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • CBL 2™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionStephen Bismarck, University of Georgia/Clarke Central High, PORT ORANGE, FL, USAThis session will show how to model a sine curve from a real-world structure – a lighthouse. Using a functional lighthouse model, TI’s CBL 2™ data collection device with light sensor, as well as the use of a TI-84-Plus graphing calculator, participants will learn how to collect data, use the sine regression and analyze it.




Saturday

4:00pm - 5:30pmParlor 357PRECALCULUS

427 An Introduction to the TI Nspire™ Handheld for Upper Level Math Classes

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-Nspire™Lisa Waihman-Holley, Dulles High Shool, SUGAR LAND, TX, USACo-Presenter: Nicole WaihmanEver have trouble explaining the ambiguous case triangle when exploring the Law of Sines? Come see how easy it is with the TI-Nspire™ handheld in action. This and other explorations on the handheld will be demonstrated. Participants will receive electronic files that can be used in the classroom.

4:00pm - 5:30pmReunion GALGEBRA 2, COLLEGE MATH/SCIENCE

428 Enrich Your Algebra Course with Apps and TI-SmartView™ sofware on the TI-84-Plus Gaphing Calculator

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate • Apps, TI-84 Plus, TI SmartView™Lisa Yocco, Georgia Southern University, STATESBORO, GA, USACustomize the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator using applications (Apps) and bring Algebra courses to life with TI-SmartView™ software. Apps to be explored include Catalog Help, CellSheet, Inequality Graphing, Transformation Graphing, Simultaneous Equation Solver and Polynomial Root Finder.

4:00pm - 5:30pmReunion EPRECALCULUS, CALCULUS

429 Student Observations of Patterns Using Dynamically Connected Representations on the TI-Nspire™ Handheld

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire CAS™Douglas Lapp, Central Michigan University, MOUNT PLEASANT, MI, USACo-Presenter: Denny St. JohnThis session will describe student use of dynamically connected representations during an inquiry investigation. The TI-Nspire learning handheld allows various mathematical representations to be linked. These linked representations can then be manipulated to change all representations simultaneously, providing a new vehicle for exploring a sequence of iterated function values under composition. Effects of initial seed value, function parameters, and function characteristics are investigated for an iterated sequence. Student approaches for the specific investigation and the potential for classroom instruction will be discussed.

4:00pm - 5:30pmReunion FALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2

430 “Connect the Dots” with TI-Nspire™ Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Nspire™ Elizabeth Tucker, Carolina Springs Middle, LEXINGTON, SC, USAThrough engaging real-world activities and capabilities such as multiple representations, come see how TI-Nspire™ technology can help make the Algebra curriculum “connect” for your students.

4:00pm - 5:30pmReunion HGENERAL MATH, ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, GENERAL MATH, GEOMETRY, STATISTICS, TRIGONOMETRY

431 The Challenges Found in Instructing All Students to Use TI-Nspire™ CAS Technology

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Intermediate • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASMurney Bell, Anchor Bay High School, CHESTERFIELD, MI, USAThe presenter will share lessons and activities that have achieved positive results with students when using TI-Nspire™ CAS technololgy in the classroom.

4:00pm - 5:30pmMarsalis AGENERAL INTEREST, CALCULUS, GEOMETRY, PRECALCULUS

432 Beginning with TI-Nspire™ CAS Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASMarian Prince, Hull Middle School, SAWYER, MI, USAThis session will use TI-Nspire™ CAS technology to investigate the number and will introduce participants to TI’s latest learning handheld. TI-Nspire’s power of multiple representations will also be shown with a classic geometry problem.

4:00pm - 5:30pmMarsalis CGENERAL INTEREST, GENERAL SCIENCE

433 Introduction to Research for Middle and High School Students using Vernier Software & Technology™ Probes and TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator/ Vernier LabPro® Data

90-Minute Hands-On • Intermediate, Advanced • Apps, TI-83 Plus Silver EditionCheryl Lindeman, NCSSSMST/Central Virginia Governor’s School, LYNCHBURG, VA, USAThis session will showcase how Vernier Software & Technology™ physiology and water quality sensors can be used to help students understand data collection and analysis. The Vernier LabPro® and the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator are used as the bridge from math classes to learning about the fundamentals of research. Examples will be shown as to how Vernier physiology labs can be modified to give quick demonstrations designed to spark students’ interest and good questions. The open-ended question approach will be modeled.

4:00pm - 5:30pmMarsalis EGENERAL MATH, GENERAL SCIENCE

434 Data Collection Made Easy

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, IntermediateRichard Sorensen, Vernier Software & Technology, BEAVERTON, OR, USACo-Presenter: Verle WaltersGraphing calculator data collection has never been this easy. Join this hands-on session to discover how easy it is to collect data using a TI-84 Plus family graphing calculator and Vernier Software & Technology™ EasyData™ software. Explore math and science activities that make use of the Vernier EasyTemp® USB temperature sensor and EasyLink® USB sensor interface and TI’s CBR 2™ motion detector.

4:00pm - 5:30pmReunion CSTATISTICS

435 Does Barry Bonds Deserve a Break?

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-84 Plus Eric Sever, Mill Creek High School/Georgia Perimeter College, HOSCHTON, GA, USABaseball is one of the most statistically driven sports. Participants will use some easily-obtained data to look statistically at topics like salaries, attendance, steriods and more. A variety of statistical topics will be discussed, such as regression and inference. Designed for the beginning or intermediate AP or non-AP statistics instructor.


436 Application of the TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator in Quantitative Analysis Linear Programming with Simplex Tableaux

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Intermediate, Advanced • TI-84 Plus Silver EditionGuy DeMarco, Briarcliffe College, LYNBROOK, NY, USAThe application of TI-84 Plus family graphing calculators to linear programming from graphic analysis through the simplex and the dual. Because the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator removes the drudge of calculations, class time can be spent in analytical approaches to verbal problems. Several examples will be supplied.

4:00pm - 5:30pmPryor ABGENERAL SCIENCE, GENERAL MATH

437 Motion Graphs with the TI-Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate • TI-Navigator™Mary Norris, Salem High School, SALEM, VA, USAParticipants will learn how to use the TI-Navigator™ system to help students connect linear graphs with their physical meanings.

4:00pm - 5:30pmBryan-BeemanGENERAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, MIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE

438 Teaching Photosynthesis with Technology

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • CBL 2™, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Judy Day, NC State University, RALEIGH, NC, USACo-Presenter: Louise ChapmanLearn different ways to teach photosynthesis in the classroom. Hands-on experiments using colorimeter, gas pressure, CO2 and O2 sensors will be explored. Handouts of different set-ups and options will be provided.



Saturday

4:00pm - 5:30pmBakerPHYSICS, GENERAL SCIENCE

439 LEPLA – A Web Resource of Learning Materials for Science with Handhelds – Origin, Present and Future

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced • CBL 2™, CBR™, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-89 Titanium, TI-92 Plus, TI-Nspire™, TI-Nspire™ CASBogdan Zoltowski, Technical University of Lodz, LODZ, POLANDCo-Presenter: Lars JakobsonThe LEPLA project (Learning Environment for Physics Laboratory Activities) was originally a European Union project that has been completed. It is now continued within the T3 Science Group in Europe and will hopefully continue growing. LEPLA is a Web-based platform, with laboratory instructions in English, German, French, Italian, Polish and Swedish for more than 30 experimental activities for handheld data collection equipment (TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus, TI-89 Titanium/TI-92 and TI-Nspire™ technology). This session will present the aims of the project and hands-on examples of some of the modules at the platform. Also some examples of the continued work to adopt the experiments for TI-Nspire™ technology will be presented.

4:00pm - 5:30pmSunset Suite 3ALGEBRA 1, ALGEBRA 2, PRECALCULUS

440 Assessment using the TI Navigator™ System

90-Minute Hands-On • Beginner • TI-Navigator™Mark Baetz, Salem High School, SALEM, VA, USACo-Presenter: Kevin SimmsTeachers are always wondering, “Am I reaching my students?” The TI Navigator™ system supplies teachers with the power to assess each student’s understanding at any given point during a lesson. The Quick Poll and Activity Center features are just two avenues to obtain instant student assessment during a lesson, giving the teacher the ability to make instructional modifications in order to reach every child in the classroom. The system’s Class Analysis feature is another powerful tool that enables the teacher to address the appropriateness of an assessment and determine areas of strengths and weaknesses for individual students.


441 Managing Calculators and Materials for New Teachers

90-Minute Lecture/Demonstration • Beginner • TI-83 Plus, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver EditionElizabeth Ahlgren, Morse High School, LA MESA, CA, USACo-Presenter: Paula White WilsonManaging calculators and instructional materials can be daunting for the new teacher. In this sessions, we will identify the many ways to organize and manage that make this part of the educator’s job easier and more efficient. We will also discuss common calculator issues that come up in class and answer questions relating to the responsibilities of pre-service and new teachers.

4:00pm - 5:30pmParlor 353GENERAL SCIENCE

442 Microsoft PowerPoint® for Math and Science Faculty

90-Minute Demonstration • Beginner, Intermediate Robert Matthews, Design Science, Inc., FREDERICKSBURG, TX, USAWant to use Microsoft PowerPoint® to help present your lessons, but need a little help with the ‘how to’? Learn how to enter equations and graphs onto your slides, and how to use color and animation to bring the equations to life. We’ll also discuss the key to creating interactive PowerPoint® quizzes and games: action buttons. There will be a free follow-up webinar on March 6 to answer questions and to reinforce techniques learned during the session.

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Sunday

8:00am - 9:30amReunion E - FPOWER SESSION

Shouting Shouting Won’t Grow Dendrites: Techniques for Managing a Brain-compatible Classroom Dr. Marcia L. Tate, PhDHave you ever noticed that the same student can travel from one classroom to another and exhibit different behaviors depending upon teacher expectations and management techniques? While we know that not all brains are the same, there are teachers who consistently meet the needs of various brains in a well-managed, proactive classroom. Learn the secrets these teachers already know as they maximize instructional time and minimize disruptions. Participants will: Establish rituals and routines for a well-managed, proactive classroom environment. Develop a classroom management plan that addresses unique student needs. Learn strategies for managing students who provide teachers with exceptional behavioral challenges, e.g., learned helplessness, attention deficit disorders, oppositional disorders and conduct disorders.

8:00am - 9:30amReunion A - CPOWER SESSION

A Functional Bestiary Dr. Dan Kennedy, Baylor SchoolYou know that the greatest integer function is continuous everywhere except at the integers, but do you know of a function with domain all reals that’s continuous only at the integers? I’ve collected several examples over the years of such strange and fascinating functions and have put them into my Functional Bestiary. At this Power Session I hope to be able to exhibit these beasts for your entertainment − and perhaps occasional amazement!

8:00am - 9:30amReunion G - HPOWER SESSION

Secrets of Mental Math Dr. Arthur BenjaminArthur Benjamin will demonstrate and explain the secrets of rapid mental calculation. Dr. Benjamin teaches mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and is one of the world’s fastest “lightning calculators.” He is also a professional magician and the author of several books, and has received national recognition for his writing and teaching of mathematics. He has presented his mixture of mathematics and magic to audiences all over the world. Professor Benjamin will demonstrate and EXPLAIN: How to multiply numbers in your head faster than a calculator! How to figure out the day of the week of any date in history! How to memorize 100 digits of pi!…And other amazing feats of mind!

9:45am - 11:15amReunion E - FPOWER SESSION

Matheatre Presents ... Calculus: The Musical!

Calculus: The Musical! is a comic “review” of the concepts and history of calculus. It was born as a teaching tool in the presenter’s classroom. He found that setting formulas and rules to music helped his students learn and retain tricky information. “Maxima” and “minima” is an abstract concept to a lot of us, but when sung as a rousing “Can-Can” chorus, it’s fun and easy to remember! A blend of sketch comedy, musical theatre and classroom lecture, MATHEATRE has created a performance piece to show that although calculus is used in rocket science, well…it isn’t exactly rocket science.Using musical parodies that span genres from light opera to hip hop, we introduce and illuminate such concepts as limits, integration and differentiation. With our unique comic style we dramatize some high points of calculus’ history. From Archimedes to Riemann, the quest for the instantaneous rate of change and the area under the curve comes to life through song! Musical tributes to The Beatles, Gilbert & Sullivan, Madonna, Petula Clark and even Eminem are just a few of the artists who have inspired this engaging and educational lesson that is nothing at all like your high school textbooks. Calculus: The Musical! promises to be entertaining to the arithmophobe and the rocket scientist alike.

9:45am - 11:15amReunion A - CPOWER SESSION

TI-Nspire™ – Bringing Inspiration to the Classroom

Come participate in this informative Q&A session presented by a panel of experts comprised of TI-Nspire product developers, TI Education Technology Consultants, and teachers who participated as a “pilot school” where TI-Nspire was first introduced to faculty, administrators, and of course, students. Come hear what everyone is saying and glean insight into how best to introduce this new technology at your school. Come ready with your questions, we’ve got the answers!

9:45am - 11:15amReunion G - HPOWER SESSION

Inquiry, Data, Understanding, and TI-Nspire™

Tim Erickson Have you noticed how students get derailed by context? Even when they’re good with symbols, students in science and math are often flummoxed by a real-world situation. They have trouble coordinating actual data with their book-learning. Yet working with data is more important now than it ever was. How can we bring data into the classroom to give students the experience they need? During this talk, we’ll look at a variety of sources of data ranging from simulation to video to automatic data collection; we’ll explore the importance of multiple representations; we’ll see how data gives students a context where they can make sense out of what they are learning; and we’ll see how today’s technology makes it all possible.
