The Technology Teacher articles from November 2003

The Technology Teacher archives from November 2003

New on ITEA's web site.(ITEA online)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... READY-TO-USE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES! The HITS/KITS series of activity guides is designed to supplement Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology through the use of classroom activities. Each of these...

Now is the time.(In the News & Calendar)
November 1, 2003... ITEA Members--now is the time to apply for a grant, scholarship, or award! Receive the financial support you need and the recognition you deserve. Get a head start by going to www.iteawww.org/l.html for complete application information and...

VINNY awards for STEM.(In The News & Calendar)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The NASA Center for Distance Learning, in cooperation with Christopher Newport University and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, has announced the VINNY award. It is named in honor of Leonardo da Vinci and is designed to...

Welcome to Space Place Live!(In The News & Calendar)
November 1, 2003... The Space Place (http://spaceplace. nasa.gov), NASA's award-winning Web site for kids, presents the Space Place kids hosting their first talk show live from the Space Place Clubhouse. Their first guest is the well-known Caltech scientist of...

Participate with your students in the mars exploration.(In The News & Calendar)
November 1, 2003... A new Web site, designed in conjunction with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, brings the adventure of Mars exploration to any computer with an Internet connection. MarsQuest Online (www.marsquestonline.org) contains 34 interactive experiences...

First Flight Centennial Celebration.(In The News & Calendar)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... On December 17, 1903 at Kill Devil Hill in Kitty Hawk, NC, Orville and Wilbur Wright, from Dayton, OH, accomplished what no human had ever done before--a motorized aircraft flight. In fact, they made four separate flights that day, the longest...

Bringing business, engineering, and technology into high school classrooms.(In The News & Calendar)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies is a collaboration of Ford and the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) that will bring knowledge of industry careers back to a network of high schools around the country. Ford PAS is a...

In the news & calendar.(News And Calendar)(Calendar)
November 1, 2003... November 6-8, 2003 The Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEAP) will host its 51st Annual Conference at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Conference Center in Camp Hill, PA. This event attracts technology educators from all...

ITEA Standards Specialists available for presentations and workshops on standards.(You & ITEA)
November 1, 2003... The International Technology Education Association (ITEA) Standards Specialists are available to conduct presentations and workshops on Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (STL) as well as Advancing...

TECA leadership meets to set direction.(You & ITEA)
November 1, 2003... The Technology Education Collegiate Association recently met to complete its program of work. The program includes publication of four electronic and Web versions of the ITEA/TECA College Comment, regional conferences, and national conference...

TECC in Albuquerque.(You & ITEA)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The 2004 ITEA Annual Conference is going to be exciting. Dr. Sharon Brusic, Technology Education for Children Council VP for Programs, has coordinated an interesting and motivating TECC conference program. It features two half-day workshops...

The importance of redesign: students gain so much more knowledge and understanding when they take time to redesign.
November 1, 2003... In today's world we rush from one topic to another to try to complete what seems to be a never-ending curriculum. Hopefully, we finish a project or activity that culminates in authentic student learning and then quickly move on to another...

Rising above the problem.(The Space Place)
November 1, 2003... Two hundred years ago this year, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the Corps of Discovery on a very long and difficult journey to explore the unknown wilderness in the northwestern United States and the Oregon Country. They were looking...

Addressing anthropometrics through dimensional figure drawing.(From IDSA)
November 1, 2003... Industrial designers design products intended for use by people who vary in physical size; consequently, designing for this variation is crucial for the users' success with a product. In the process of designing a product, the appropriate time...

Manufacturing with superconductors.(Resources In Technology)
November 1, 2003... Introduction The use of different materials for making products can be traced to prehistoric times when humans used stones and wood to make weapons or farming implements. The materials they used did not end with stone or wood but expanded...

Technology education in Hong Kong: with changes in any government or political party in office, so come new initiatives and policy direction.
November 1, 2003... Since the Handover to the People's Republic of China in 1997, people outside Hong Kong often ask me whether there have been many changes. My response is "yes," with some obvious changes such as new postage stamps and currency. Others, such as...

They learn so their students can earn.
November 1, 2003... Technology teachers in the American northwest have reacted to the convergence of three essential facts. First, as cited in the National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) white paper, "Keeping America Competitive--How a Talent Shortage...

Advancing excellence in technology literacy: Professional Development Standards: professional development is vitally important in fields like technology where the discipline is evolving at an astonishing rate.
November 1, 2003... Introduction The Professional Development (PD) Standards in Advancing Excellence in Technological Literacy (AETL) (ITEA, 2003) were created to provide standards of performance and guidelines for teacher professional development providers...