The Technology Teacher articles from March 2004

The Technology Teacher archives from March 2004

New on ITEA'S Web site.(ITEA Online)
March 1, 2004... Growing New Ideas Don't miss the IdeaGarden Listserv presentation at ITEA's 66th Annual Conference in Albuquerque. "The Third Year of Learning and Fun: Sharing Teacher-to-Teacher," will be presented on Thursday, March 18, 2004, 1:00...

66th Annual ITEA Conference.(In The News & Calendar)
March 1, 2004... Join ITEA March 18-20 in beautiful Albuquerque, NM for its 66th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Whether you are presenting at an interest session, visiting the exhibit floor, attending a General Session, participating in a workshop, taking a...

Opportunities.(In The News & Calendar)
March 1, 2004... The Marshall Scholarship Program, one of the most prestigious and competitive UK scholarship programs, has 40 awards per year available for leading American students. The awards allow recipients with U.S. citizenship to study for a period of...

Mars Station debuts.(In The News & Calendar)
March 1, 2004... The Planetary Society's newest Mars Station made its debut in December in Pasadena, California. The Carl Sagan Memorial Mars Station simulates the landing site of NASA's Pathfinder mission, which included the first Mars rover, Sojourner. A...

New book from NSTA.(In The News & Calendar)
March 1, 2004... The fourth book in the award-winning Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It series, Sound, is now available from the National Science Teachers Association's NSTA Press. Author Bill Robertson again writes for all those...

News and calendar.(Calendar)
March 1, 2004... March 1, 2004 Hyatt Regency Hotel (ITEA Headquarters hotel) reservation deadline for the ITEA Annual Conference in Albuquerque. Don't miss the special room rates ($145 Single/$150 Double) that ITEA has arranged for this event. Call...

Technology education guidelines approved by national agency.(You & ITEA)
March 1, 2004... Members of ITEA and its CTTE (Council on Technology Teacher Education council recently presented guidelines for the approval process with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The presentation was before NCATE's...

Don't miss these offerings at the Albuquerque Conference.(You & ITEA)(Calendar)
March 1, 2004... General Tours/Educational Tours: Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway March 18, 10am-3pm Intel Computer Chip Factory March 18, 10am-2pm or 1pm-5pm Acoma Indian Pueblo March 19, 10am-3pm Guest Tours: Escape to Santa Fe March 18....

FTE initiatives.(You & ITEA)
March 1, 2004... As a member of the International Technology Education Association, you can assist other current and future technology teachers to reach their goals through the FTE scholarship and grant program. Your donations to the Foundation for Technology...

Virtual reality robotic programming software in the technology classroom.
March 1, 2004... Introduction Robots make a wonderful context for teaching students about many concepts important to technological literacy. They can provide an authentic context and produce high levels of motivation. According to Standards for...

Team up on the weather.(The Space Place)
March 1, 2004... On a gray, breezy day last September, thousands of people got in their cars and reluctantly left home. U.S. east coast highways were thick with traffic. Schools were closed. Businesses shut down. When powerful Hurricane Isabel arrived some 38...

Down is up and in is out!(From IDSA)
March 1, 2004... In Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll established an absurd world that tickles the reader's mind with reversals and twists of the ordinary. Occasionally, in our day-to-day encounters with other persons, we come...

Geospatial technology.(Resources In Technology)
March 1, 2004... Geospatial technology refers to a system that is used to acquire, store, analyze, and output data in two or three dimensions. This data is referenced to the earth by some type of coordinate system, such as a map projection. Geospatial systems...

Blame it on the engineers.
March 1, 2004... "Engineers broke the education system; and it's only fair they help re-build it!" Actually, engineers broke the old school system they originally helped build about 130 years ago, thus showing once again technology's power to both...

Using STL and AETL: announcing addenda to the standards.
March 1, 2004... In March 2004, the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) will introduce a series of addenda to the technological literacy standards documents that will provide concrete tools for making technology programs standards based. (1)...

President's message: promoting technology education by design.
March 1, 2004... Design is a creative process. I don't know about you, but I love to develop curriculum and lessons that challenge my students and allow them to be successful. The success is developed when the learner is provided with a method by which problems...

2004 leaders to watch.
March 1, 2004... Those who have contributed to the technology education field for many years are known for their teaching, written work, presentations, research, and recognition received from professional groups. The selected individuals who are highlighted...