The Technology Teacher articles from May 2006

The Technology Teacher archives from May 2006

Old Dominion University begins new Ph.D. program.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Old Dominion University will be starting its Ph.D. program in Education with concentrations in Technology Education and Career and Technical Education during the Fall 2006. The program will offer the Ph.D. in Education degree, with an emphasis...

Study shows increasing Education funding does not produce academic achievement.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) recently released the 12th edition of the Report Card on American Education: A State by State Analysis: 1984-2004. The 2005 Report Card, with its more than 50 tables and figures that display in...

Publications of interest.(Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers)(Loco-Motion: Physics Models for the Classroom)(The Railroad: The Life Story of a Technology)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Engineering is the backbone of the technology that drives our world, from television to transportation, from automobiles to architecture. Why is it, then, when so much of our world depends on engineering for its advancement and sustainability,...

Calendar.
May 1, 2006... May 17-18, 2006 There will be a two-day forum, Assess to Learn, Learn to Assess: Visions for Building a Responsible Educational System, at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, DC. Sponsored by ITEA as a part of the...

2006-09 ITEA Strategic Plan.(YOU & ITEA)
May 1, 2006... Building on work started during the ITEA Strategic Planning Retreat (summer 2005) and subsequent interaction with members of the ITEA Board of Directors and technology education leaders, significant time has been spent developing the 2006-09...

National Leadership Summit.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The National Leadership Summit was held the afternoon of Wednesday, March 22 in conjunction with the 2006 ITEA Conference. Working with the Executive Director of the National Alliance of State Science 8 Mathematics Coalitions (NASSMC), we have...

EWeek Congressional Briefing on K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... At the invitation of the Society of Women Engineers, ITEA Past President, Ethan Lipton, DTE, represented ITEA and technology education at the EWeek Congressional Briefing on K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM). The target...

Emergency preparedness: balancing electrical supply and demand: students are challenged to assess their hourly electrical needs and balance these needs against the performance specifications of a generator.
May 1, 2006... During the winter of 2004-2005, there was a fury of record-breaking natural disasters. An earthquake in southeastern Asia triggered a tsunami that claimed over 200,000 lives and displaced over a million people (USAID, 2005). January mud slides...

Energy perspectives: another look at fossil fuels: it is very possible that the nation's reliance on fossil fuels to power an expanding economy will actually increase over at least the next two decades, even with aggressive development and deployment of new renewable and nuclear technologies.
May 1, 2006... Introduction We use energy for so many human endeavors it is nearly impossible to list them all. In broad categories, oil is a major source of energy for transportation, manufacturing, construction, and agriculture, as well as a feed stock...

The sketch: in all cases, the sketch remains a record of an idea that is communicated to people involved in the development of a product or space.
May 1, 2006... A sketch is a two-dimensional record of an idea as well as a useful communication tool for industrial designers and other members of a product development team. The sketch can be produced by dragging a pencil on paper, a stylus across the...

Engineering a cell sorter: this activity integrates technology (tissue, biomedical, microfluidic, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering) art, and science, for students in Grades K to 12.
May 1, 2006... Context What is a sorting system? Why is it useful to us? From a practical daily-life-routine standpoint, people like to sort and categorize things because it allows for easier characterization of items. In engineering and science, sorting...

The technology fair project: participation in a technology fair stimulates student interest in science and technology while simultaneously promoting the development of technological problem solving and decision making as important life skills.
May 1, 2006... Introduction The technology fair is a new idea derived from science fair projects that have been taking place for many years in the Learning in Science Group at the University of Cyprus. Technology-fair initiatives encourage students to...

Demystifying the halftoning process: conventional, stochastic, and hybrid halfstone dot structures: laypeople seldom consider what occurs when they click File > Print.
May 1, 2006... Introduction Standard 17 of the Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) document states that "Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use information and communication technologies." Technology education...

The twenty-first century workforce: a contemporary challenge for technology education: technology education must be seen as fundamental to achieving workforce competencies, especially when the competencies include critical thinking, solving semistructured problems, and reasoning.
May 1, 2006... In the past decade there has emerged a new urgency for technology education. The need, expressed in numerous reports, centers on the global economy and the fact that the United States is losing its competitive edge. With some consistency, the...

Initiating a standards-based undergraduate technology education degree program at St. Petersburg College: during the development stage of the new SPC program, three main thrusts were worked on concurrently: courses, facilities, and recruitment.
May 1, 2006... Context In 2003, the last state university undergraduate technology education program in Florida closed its doors due to low enrollments and a new focus on graduate studies. This closing and the continued need for 165 certified technology...

Thanks for coming: ITEA Baltimore 2006 March 23-25.(International Technology Education Association)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Distinguished Technology Educator recipient, Charlie McLaughlin, with Ethan Lipton, DTE and Kendall Starkweather, DTE, CAE. TSA Board Members made a lasting impression. ITEA Board Members John Singer, Ken Starkman, and Andy Stephenson,...

2006 professional recognition Awards.
May 1, 2006... Professional Excellence Awards Academy of Fellows Jerry Streichler, DTE Award of Distinction Leonard Sterry Special Recognition Award Gary Wynn, DTE Wilkinson...