The Technology Teacher articles from December 2005

The Technology Teacher archives from December 2005

Practical and entertaining sessions for educators at ITEA's Baltimore conference.(IN THE NEWS & CALENDAR)
December 1, 2005... ITEA's Baltimore conference promises to be fun as well as educational. Plan to arrive on Wednesday, March 23, 2006 in time to participate in a choice of eight pre-conference workshops. All workshops will be held at the Baltimore Convention...

Triangle Coalition celebrates fifteen years.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... On September 7, 2005, the Triangle Coalition celebrated its fifteenth anniversary. Although Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education issues are becoming the topic of discussion among education policy leaders, Triangle...

Lemelson-MIT Program adds new initiative for high school students.(IN THE NEWS & CALENDAR)
December 1, 2005... As part of the Lemelson-MIT Program's mission to raise the stature of inventors and innovators and to foster invention and innovation among young people, the program has added a new initiative--InvenTeam Grants. InvenTeam Grants are awarded to...

Calendar.(IN THE NEWS & CALENDAR)
December 1, 2005... December 8-10, 2005 In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) has moved its Annual Convention from New Orleans to Kansas City, Missouri. ACTE anticipates that much of their...

Science and technology education: workforce for the next generation.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... ITEA has been involved in a National Institutes of Health-sponsored conference to review major studies that have been completed during the past decade pertaining to workforce preparedness. Participants in the workshop were from various school...

CATTS news.(Center to Advance the Teaching of Technology and Science)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... ITEA's Center to Advance the Teaching of Technology and Science (CATTS) is pleased to announce that Illinois is the newest state member of the CATTS Consortium. Steve Parrott, State Supervisor for Technology Education, and Dora Welker, Tech...

Technology education research symposium: an action research approach: the bottom line is that our field has many unanswered questions and issues.
December 1, 2005... If you want to plant a garden, you have to work the soil and plant the seeds. As an educator, when you want to grow a program or group of students, you have to do the same thing by working the soil of opportunity and planting the seeds of...

Don't just design the lunch box, design the whole process: by designing for the bigger picture, students advance their problem-solving skills and produce innovative solutions to design problems.
December 1, 2005... Industrial designers are, by training and experience, good problem-solvers in search of innovative product solutions. Industrial designers work in teams composed of mechanical and electrical engineers, computer programmers, marketing...

Deep-sea exploration: Earth's final frontier: only a portion of the potential of the oceans has been tapped, but it is clear that exploring and improving our understanding of the ocean and its influence on global events are among our most important challenges today.
December 1, 2005... Few locations on Earth are as remote as the deep oceans. Although more than 1,500 people have successfully climbed Mount Everest, more than 300 men and women have journeyed into space, and 12 men have walked on the moon, only two people have...

CAD skills increased through multicultural design project: bringing family heritage, traditions, and cultural motifs into classroom instruction can benefit individuals through improved educational experiences and subsequent academic success.
December 1, 2005... Introduction The United States has grown increasingly diverse in its social and cultural composition. Extrapolations from recent U.S. Census data indicate that by 2010, 95% of K-12 classroom teachers in the country will be Caucasian,...

Ten tips for organizing a competitive events conference.
December 1, 2005... Have you thought about hosting a local Technology Student Association (TSA) competitive events conference? Do students in your area have an opportunity to participate in a leadership conference to help prepare them for state or national...

New tools for design: true inventions require the determination to solve multiple problems in order to overcome contradictions and yield creative solutions.(Excerpt)
December 1, 2005... Technology educators are constantly in search of new tools and methods to enhance the education of their students. This is an excerpt from a longer article published in TTTe that introduces the technology education community to a research- and...

What's the big issue? Creating standards-based curriculum: what is necessary is a re-wiring of that part of your brain that controls curriculum development.
December 1, 2005... A student in my methods class recently presented an engaging lesson to his classmates. He asked about a technology used in sporting events using video camera images. The system, made by Ques Tec, uses a series of cameras, computers, and...

Testimony pertaining to the science framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Education Progress.
December 1, 2005... The International Technology Education Association (ITEA) has responded to a request for input pertaining to the coming science assessments that will be conducted for the first time in 2009. The testimony given (which follows), outlines a...

ITEA Baltimore March 23-25 2006: 68th Annual Conference preliminary program.
December 1, 2005... LIVING IN A WORLD WITH SMART TECHNOLOGY Dear ITEA Attendees, Mark your calendars now for March 23-25, 2006 and plan to be in Baltimore, Maryland, a city on the move with new attractions, charming neighborhoods, ethnic and cultural...