The Technology Teacher articles from October 2005

The Technology Teacher archives from October 2005

ITEA launches new learning community.(International Technology Education Association)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... ITEA's newest learning community, HEMISPHERE, is a forum for technology education research aimed at sharing activities and action from around the world. All are welcome to subscribe to this free service. Moderators include Marc de Vries of The...

Designing human exploration: people, education, and technology.(ITEA ONLINE)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A standards-based effort of interest to technology educators is the ITEA Designing Human Exploration Curricular Project (Human Exploration). As part of the ITEA-CATTS umbrella, this project will develop and disseminate curricular units that...

Space day 2006 design challenges now available.(NEWS & CALENDAR)
October 1, 2005... Can life be sustained on the moon? Is there a solar system beyond our own? There are countless unanswered questions about space and many, many scientists and engineers working to solve the mysteries. The Space Day Design Challenges, a national...

Christopher Columbus Awards celebrate tenth year.(NEWS & CALENDAR)
October 1, 2005... As it kicks off its tenth anniversary year, the Christopher Columbus Awards, a free awards program that challenges middle school students to explore opportunities for positive change in their communities, announces the program's Call for...

New online resource.(NEWS & CALENDAR)
October 1, 2005... Middle-school educators have a new, free resource to supplement Earth science units and to beautify their classrooms at the same time. The SciJinks Weather Laboratory Web site has added an image gallery for educators. Just go to http://scijinks...

Calendar.(conferences)(Calendar)
October 1, 2005... October 5-7, 2005 Technology Education New Zealand is hosting the upcoming 5th TENZ Biennial Conference, "Technology Education--A Future in Technology," at the Christchurch College of Education. The conference fosters an understanding and...

ITEA's 2006-09 strategic plan.(International Technology Education Association)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... ITEA President Ethan Lipton led the ITEA Board of Directors in a retreat to create the association's general direction during the years 2006-09. This Utah-based meeting was focused on building a strategic plan under the direction of outside...

Designing human exploration: people, education, and technology.(YOU & ITEA)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A standards-based effort of interest to technology educators is the ITEA Designing Human Exploration Curricular Project (Human Exploration). As part of the ITEA-CATTS umbrella, this project will develop and disseminate curricular units that...

UMES to offer conference credit.(University of Maryland Eastern Shore)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (UMES) will offer CEUs, undergraduate credit, and graduate credit for the 2006 ITEA Conference in Baltimore. Cost for CEU credit(s) (one to three) will be a flat $35. Cost for undergraduate credit will...

Cut your membership dues in half!(YOU & ITEA)
October 1, 2005... See your favorite vendor at the ITEA conference! Send Maureen Wiley, ITEA Exhibit Coordinator, the name of a company that has not previously exhibited at an ITEA conference. This should be a company whose products or services you feel might...

ITEA President-Elect takes new position.(International Technology Education Association)(Ken Starkman joins Wisconsin education department)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Ken Starkman, ITEA President-Elect, is taking a new position within the Wisconsin education department. He will be State Supervisor for Teacher Education, Licensing, and Professional Development. In his new role, Starkman will be working on...

From IDSA: preschool toy design project as a transition to more complex design projects: students experience the ... premise that larger, more complex problems are not different from smaller, basic problems.(IDSA)
October 1, 2005... Sophomore year is an intense introduction into the theories and skills germane to the profession of Industrial Design. Design projects will address one to three design elements at a time to promote understanding and manipulation of concepts,...

The magic of energy: oil surely changed the way that humans value energy.(RESOURCES IN TECHNOLOGY)
October 1, 2005... Introduction--The Energy Around Us You have probably noticed that the price of gasoline keeps going up and up with seemingly no limit in sight. Accordingly, the price of a barrel of oil is in excess of sixty dollars today, when just a few...

Tech-know: integrating engaging activities through standards-based learning: these units enable [students] to get excited about learning, doing, and thinking in the technology education classroom.
October 1, 2005... Background Science, mathematics, and technology (SMT) literacy is vital to national interests, in particular to maintaining the economic health of the nation and the well being of its citizenry, making the success of SMT education...

Writing standards-based rubrics for technology education classrooms: the use of rubrics goes beyond the simple need for objective grading in classrooms.
October 1, 2005... There is nothing more frustrating for a student than to receive a project assignment with little or no description of how it will be graded. The student completes the project and then the teacher picks a grade by some unseen checklist. For...

Introducing an elementary design challenge into a TECA regional competition: there is a place in the early years of school for teaching about technology.
October 1, 2005... Each year the TECA (Technology Education Collegiate Association) Eastern Regional conference is held in Virginia Beach, Virginia. TECA is made up of four regions of the United States. The eastern TECA region has the largest membership. From up...

2006 ITEA Conference "Designed World" Tours.(International Technology Education Association)
October 1, 2005... ITEA March 23-25 2006 Baltimore About the "Designed World" Tours Program--One major content area within Standards for Technology Literacy is "The Designed World." The focus is on the application of technology in enterprise models to...

Innovation, TIDE teachers, and the global economy: the direct ability of a TIDE education to create investors and innovators is simply overlooked and underestimated.(technology, innovation, design, and engineering)
October 1, 2005... The National Innovation Initiative (NII) defines innovation as "the intersection of invention and insight, leading to the creation of social and economic value." Innovation has been fundamental in exploration, opportunity, and discovery. It is...

Students help a teacher called to active duty: what a great feeling to have a group of students who are excited and want to help a teacher in need so many miles from home.(Ryan Smith)
October 1, 2005... My technology education students at Tecumseh Middle School were completing a design activity when I was notified that one of my former students from a Purdue class, Ryan Smith, was called to active military duty. Ryan was teaching technology...