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As I sit here for Teacher Appreciation Week, I’ve been thinking back on the all the math teachers I had over the course of nearly two decades of learning in K-12, undergraduate, graduate, even MOOCs. I’ve had some really great math teachers, but you know what I’ve realized? Some of the most important lessons they’ve taught me haven’t even been about the quadratic formula, the Pythagorean Theorem, or the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

8 Overlooked STEM Extracurricular Activities to Promote Student Success

By Tech Powered Dad in school

April 23, 2018

The classroom is a great place to learn, but anyone who has had a job knows that classroom learning can’t take you all the way. There’s so much of a person’s learning that comes on the job, the kind of stuff you simply can’t get in a class. What’s the equivalent of “on the job learning” for a student? Extracurricular activities! If your passion is sports, you don’t just take P.

This Is the Reboot

By Tech Powered Dad in news

April 2, 2018

For quite some time, I’ve planned to make significant changes to Tech Powered Math. Today is finally the day the new site launches. Some of those changes are readily apparent to long time visitors, as the site is getting a much needed visual refresh. Others, while less apparent, should provide a better user experience as I’ve migrated this site from WordPress to a lightweight static system, a system which I will continue to improve and tweak over time.

Texas Instruments Releasing New Robotic Rover

By Tech Powered Dad in TI-84

October 12, 2017

I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t found a chance to comment on Texas Instruments’ very interesting announcement last month that they are release a robotic vehicle, the TI-Innovator Rover. The TI-Innovator Rover is designed to work with either with any TI-Nspire CX model or the TI-84 Plus CE. Check out the video below for a high level demonstration of the Rover in action. In addition to your graphing calculator, you’ll also need a TI-Innovator Hub.

Win a Texas Instrument Graphing Calculator #GenSTEMcontest

By Tech Powered Dad in fun stuff

August 30, 2017

As they often do to kick off the school year, Texas Instruments is doing a back-to-school contest with some very cool prizes on the line. From now through Sept 25, they’re giving away TI graphing calculators each week to a couple of lucky winners. Additionally, the grand prize is $500 and trip for two to Dallas to Texas Instruments’ HQ. To enter, visit the contest website where you can enter by taking a quiz about your STEM style quiz.

New Contest: Texas Instruments & NASA “Search for STEMnauts”

By Tech Powered Dad in Calculators

April 25, 2017

Texas Instruments just launched a new contest that’s definitely worth taking a look at if you are a middle school or high school teacher. You’ll need to put together a team of 5 students and a teacher sponsor to work together to solve a series of puzzles, riddles and brainteasers that have been posted to the contest website. The contest is a partnership with NASA, and if you attempt the challenge, you’ll quickly find that the puzzles are all space themed.

HP Prime Free Smartphone App

By Tech Powered Dad in apps

March 30, 2017

For those of you haven’t heard the news yet, HP recently released a new free version of the app based on their popular graphing calculator, the HP Prime (review). You can obtain get them on three different platforms: iOS, Android, and Windows 10. Just search for “HP Prime Free.” The apps are designed to mimic the functionality of the actual HP Prime. Having taken it for a spin on my Nexus 5X, I can tell you that it feels very much like original graphing calculator with a lot of the same functionality, but as per HP Museum, it is missing some cool apps such as Triangle Solver, Finance Solver, Linear Solver, and Quadratic Explorer, among others.

TI-Innovator Ranger Demo and Code

By Tech Powered Dad in calculators

March 7, 2017

A few weeks back, I added my review of the TI-Innovator. I had a couple of demos in that review, and I’ve been adding an explanation and code so interested teachers and students can try them out in their own classrooms. In this post, I’m taking the TI-Innovator Ranger for a spin. The Ranger technology is nothing new for Texas Instruments calculators, going all the way back to the TI-83 family of devices.

TI-Innovator Hub Demo

By Tech Powered Dad in calculators

February 16, 2017

I recently added a review of the TI-Innovator. I had a couple of simple demos in there, and I promised I’d show how I did them later. Here’s the first of two blog posts explaining one of those demos. This one is really simple, just playing a few notes from the original Super Mario Bros theme song using the TI-Innovator hub itself. If you are interested in doing your own experiment similar to this, it’s quite simple.

TI-Innovator Review

By Tech Powered Dad in calculator reviews

February 9, 2017

Photo via Texas Instruments A few months back, Texas Instruments announced a new STEM education product they had developed that would encourage kids to develop coding skills right on their graphing calculators, the TI-Innovator. The Innovator would work with either the TI-Nspire CX family or the TI-84 Plus CE, the latest generation of Texas Instruments graphing calculators. I was very intrigued by the promotional materials and press release, but to be honest, I was not entirely clear what capabilities the TI-Innovator had.

From Kindergarten to Coursera, 5 Powerful Lessons from My Math Teachers

8 Overlooked STEM Extracurricular Activities to Promote Student Success

This Is the Reboot

Texas Instruments Releasing New Robotic Rover

Win a Texas Instrument Graphing Calculator #GenSTEMcontest

New Contest: Texas Instruments & NASA “Search for STEMnauts”

HP Prime Free Smartphone App

TI-Innovator Ranger Demo and Code

TI-Innovator Hub Demo

TI-Innovator Review

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