The Technology Teacher articles from September 2008

The Technology Teacher archives from September 2008

Election candidates.(TIDE News)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... The 2008-2009 ITEA Board of Directors election ballot will be emailed to Professional and active Life Members in September The highly experienced field of candidates is pictured here. Exercise our right to vote by completing your ballot...

Need Funding for the ITEA Conference?(TIDE News)(International Technology Education Association)(Conference news)
September 1, 2008... NOW... is the time to start finding financial assistance to attend ITEA's Louisville Conference, March 26-28, 2009. There are numerous places to find financial support, and it takes a certain mindset to be successful. Here are some hints to...

Louisville 2009.(TIDE News)
September 1, 2008... Watch your mail in the next several weeks for ITEA's 71st Annual Conference Preliminary Program. The Louisville conference marks ITEA's 70th birthday. Check the ITEA website regularly for the latest conference information.

Marshall Tetterton dies--former Virginia leader for technology education.(TIDE News)(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Marshall O. Tetterton (74) died June 26, 2008 in his home at Astor, FL after a prolonged illness. He joined the Virginia Department of Education in 1967 where he held positions in industrial arts and technology education until his retirement in...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 1, 2008... September 11-13, 2008 The 2008 Accepting the STEM Challenge Conference, sponsored by the Georgia Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics, will take place at the Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. K-16 STEM educators,...

A journey of a thousand miles.(Editorial)
September 1, 2008... Lao Tzu knew what he was talking about when he said that "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. How many of us have ever put off a task and then, once started, found that it wasn't so bad once we took that first step?...

Visual perception and the HSV color system: exploring color in the communications technology classroom: it is essential for graphic designers, especially high school technology education students, to understand why and how to effectively transform data into graphics to both engage the viewer and communicate information.(hue, saturation, value)
September 1, 2008... Introduction Design is a hot area in communications technology, but can students effectively communicate the graphic design they create? In particular, learning to communicate through graphic representations is essential for technology...

Monuments: landmarks and reflections of the past: most monuments are constructed projects and use technologies worth studying from their designed and constructed perspectives.(Resources in Technology)
September 1, 2008... Monuments are landmarks that commemorate great people or significant events. Most are constructed, but some are natural--such as Stone Mountain in Georgia, USA, or Rock of Gibraltar, the sea passage between Western Europe and North Africa. Many...

Toward excellence in technology education: excellence in our profession comes as a result of the collective work of us all, applying our unique talents and abilities, for the benefit of the whole, including the people we serve.(Speech)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Good morning! What an honor it is for me to have been selected to speak to this group of honorees and colleagues this morning. As I look out into the audience, I see some of my former students at all...

Evildoer or do-gooder: getting the goods on ozone.(The Space Place)
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Like the Dr. Jekyll, and Mr. Hyde character of Robert Louis Stevensons curious novel, ozone has two personalities. Sometimes it is the good guy, sometimes the bad. Ozone is one of the gases in Earth's atmosphere....

The flag design challenge: the ultimate measure of any new product is if customers reach in their pocket and buy it.(Classroom Challenge)
September 1, 2008... Any new product designer or project engineer can tell you that the worst way to launch a new product is to ignore what possible users or customers of this new product want, or expect the product to do. The ultimate measure of any new product is...

Model program: High Point Regional High School, Sussex, NJ.
September 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Transformation Completed An award-winning program has completed its mission. What will the next eight years be like at High Point Regional? We designed a plan for change and have completed our mission. What...