The Technology Teacher articles from December 2004

The Technology Teacher archives from December 2004

Space Day 2005 Design Challenges.(In the News & Calendar)(Calendar)
December 1, 2004... The Space Day Design Challenges are an inquiry-based learning tool that inspires young people to achieve academic excellence in science, math, and technology. The Design Challenges emphasize collaborative learning by requiring students to use...

National toy design challenge.(In The News & Calendar)
December 1, 2004... Toys are a great way to learn about science, engineering, and the design process. That's why Sally Ride brought Hasbro, Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society), Smith College, and Sally Ride Science[TM] together to launch TOYchallenge[TM] in...

Engineering Is Elementary: Engineering and Technology Lessons for Children.(New Books)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Engineering is Elementary: Engineering and Technology Lessons for Children is a set of lessons that integrate elementary school science topics with specific fields of engineering. Each unit is designed to engage students in the engineering...

Essential WebSites for Educational Leaders in the 21st Century.(New Books)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Essential WebSites for Educational Leaders in the 21st Century describes and gives instant access to more than 300 of the very best Web sites focused on the information needs of people working to improve schools. The author, James Lerman,...

A Practical Guide for Crisis Response in Our Schools: Fifth Edition.(New Books)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... A Practical Guide for Crisis Response in Our Schools: Fifth Edition is from The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. This dramatically expanded publication provides a structure and process for effectively managing the wide spectrum...

A Practical Guide for University Crisis Response.(New Books)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... A Practical Guide for University Crisis Response provides a structure and process for effectively managing the wide spectrum of university-based crises--from the seemingly mundane to the most severe. This guide recognizes that crisis response...

Calendar.(In The News & Calendar)(Calendar)
December 1, 2004... December 9-11, 2004 The Centre for Learning Research at Griffith University will host the Third Biennial Technology Education Research Conference, which will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Suffers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. The...

ITEA steps up relationship with design/museum world: Summer Design Institute 2005--July 11-15, 2005.(You & ITEA)
December 1, 2004... The International Technology Education Association recently linked with the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution to increase opportunities for its membership and technology teachers. ITEA will lend support to...

TECA events in Kansas City.(You & ITEA)(Calendar)
December 1, 2004... * Glencoe/McGraw-Hill and TECA "Live" Communication Contest Tuesday, April 5, 9-11 am Designed for teams of college students from TECA affiliated chapters. The competing teams will receive a description of a product, service, or...

Distinguished Technology Educator (DTE) program.(You & ITEA)(award eligibility announcement)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... ITEA created the DTE program to provide a means for recognizing members' outstanding performance and accomplishments. It is one of the highest honors for professional achievement in the field of technology education. If you have been an ITEA...

Critical issues and problems in technology education.
December 1, 2004... "This is our decade, we will either develop as a strong and viable instructional program or we will wither and die as an insignificant relic of a failed curriculum" (Custer, 2003). These prophetic words by the 2002-2004 president of the Council...

Design education for nondesigners.(From IDSA)
December 1, 2004... Introduction Few high school students will be involved in design or technical education, but someday they may have to understand what design and the application of technology can do for them, either personally or professionally. The...

Bioprospecting.(Resources In Technology)
December 1, 2004... The gold rush is on! No, prospectors are not scrambling for the precious metal in northern California circa the 1840s. The new rush involves the collection of biological materials, and the prospectors are biologists, chemists, and corporations....

Robots recruit tomorrow's engineers.(Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology)
December 1, 2004... The United States has long enjoyed a position of technological leadership on the world stage. But declining interest in careers such as engineering threatens to undermine that position. Currently, only five percent of US students choose to...

Stem initiatives: stimulating students to improve science and mathematics achievement.(science, technology education, engineering, and mathematics)
December 1, 2004... Teachers and subject matter specialists are concerned with improving students' performance during standards testing. Initiatives have been undertaken at the local, state, and national levels in attempts to better enable learners to master new...

Assessing for technological literacy.
December 1, 2004... Imagine yourself on trial for not properly validating that your students have attained the standards set forth by the curriculum. You have been called as the key witness to try to give a plausible defense. The questions begin to fly from the...

Kansas City 2005 Conference April 3-5: preparing the next generation for technological literacy.
December 1, 2004... Preliminary Program 67th Annual Conference Kansas City, Missouri, USA ITEA is "gain" to Kansas City," so make plans now to join us in April for what will be four days fitted with education, exploration, networking, and just plain fun. ...

Airlines.(services)
December 1, 2004... Located centrally in the middle of the United States, the Kansas City International Airport is not dominated by any single major U.S. carrier, so the airfares are very competitive with all major U.S. airlines. Southwest Airlines offers the...

Kansas City here we come.(travel)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... In the 1930s Kansas City was known as the Paris of the Plains. Today you'll find Kansas City has everything you would expect to find in a major metropolitan city, but it still retains the lively spirit of that era, seasoned with a measure of...

Housing deadlines.
December 1, 2004... In order to qualify for the ITEA special convention rates, complete the enclosed official ITEA Housing Form, and fax directly to your preferred hotel. Please do NOT send forms to ITEA. You must make your hotel reservations by the deadlines...

Marriott Downtown Kansas City.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Located directly across the street from the Kansas City Convention Center and connected by an underground tunnel, the recently renovated Marriott is the ITEA headquarters hotel. Offering two towers with nearly 800 sleeping rooms, this...

DoubleTree Hotel Kansas City.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Located two blocks from the Kansas City Convention Center, the DoubleTree offers nearly 400 rooms with complimentary Internet access, fitness center, restaurant, and lounge. The ITEA conference rates are $109 single/double, $119 triple/quad...

Tours.
December 1, 2004... Kansas City Highlights Including Arabia Steamboat Museum Sunday, April 3, 2005 1:00pm-5:00pm A driving tour of downtown Kansas City, Missouri will acquaint you with the historic buildings, the new skyscrapers, the newly erected Federal...

Monday evening social event.
December 1, 2004... A Taste of Kansas City Jazz and Blues Tour Monday, April 4, 2005 7:00pm-11:00pm Kansas City is well known for outstanding jazz, and an evening on the Jazz and Blues Tour includes stops at some of the best jazz and blues dubs in town....