Recently added articles from Technology and Children:
Staying in touch.(Editorial)
May 01, 2008; McLaughlin, Charlie ... Communication is something that all humans do. When it works, it can be a rewarding experience. At its worst, it can be frustrating and lead to misunderstanding. Every day we are bombarded by messages and images that cause us to respond in a positive or negative manner. Often it's hard to ...
Staying in touch.(Message From the President of TECC)
May 01, 2008; Scott, Marlene C. ... The 70th annual ITEA conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah this year was clearly a success. What a great opportunity to learn cutting-edge technologies and strategies, build background knowledge, network, and stay in touch (communicate) with other educators from all across the U.S. and ...
Join the mission, design a patch: grade level: third and up, but could be adapted to younger students Time: One to three hours (divided over a few days).(ACTIVITY)
May 01, 2008; Mentzer, Nathan ... Mission patches communicate the goals and objectives of a NASA mission. Creating a patch has become an important tradition over the last 40 years. The flight crew and support personnel develop a mission patch together and pack a great deal of information in a small (three or four inches ...
Staying in touch--gone global.(RESOURCES)
May 01, 2008; Kelley, Todd ... introduction It has never been easier to stay in touch with friends and family than it is in today's information society. Just take a ride in a car and watch people on the move talking to friends on their mobile phones. Today there are multiple ways to communicate with friends ...
Communication integration and "informances".(WHAT WORKS)
May 01, 2008; Sianez, David M. ... Integrating communication technology into a K-5 curriculum is manifested through a focused mission, creativity, cooperation, and academic diligence. Martin Elementary School in Manchester, Connecticut has developed these characteristics in pursuit of preparing its young students for life ...
In the spotlight!(WHAT WORKS)
May 01, 2008 ... See your students or program recognized on the ITEA website! ITEA will post student and program recognition items and/ or photographs on its website each week. Submitted items should be summarized, with a link to the full ...
Staying touch--communications.
May 01, 2008; Draper, Sonya R. ... The ability to communicate ideas and information has evolved over time to become a dramatic process where a message is sent though a channel and then instantly received. This system has been a vital part of society from the Stone Age, when people used smoke signals to transmit coded ...
Wacky words.(BOOKS to BRIEFS)(Frindle)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; Brusic, Sharon A. ... Book Clements, A. (1996). Frindle. New York: Aladdin Books. [105 pages; ISBN 0-689-80669-8]. summary of book Nick Mien is a clever fifth grader who likes to stir things up at school--asking questions to distract teachers and other ...
Set the stage.(QUICK ACTIVITY)
May 01, 2008; Holter, Charlotte P. ... Last year, teachers at John Wayland Elementary School were challenged to take a class titled "Design, Children's Engineering and Technology Content & Strategies for the Elementary Classroom" through James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. For one of our assignments, Jacki ...
Staying in touch.(WEB LINKS)
May 01, 2008; Nelson, Christine ... Staying in touch with billion-dollar space vehicles is necessary. Keeping track of severe weather is essential. Never, never, ever forget to send Mom a birthday card on her birthday! Thanks to technology, the job of staying in touch can be done pretty efficiently, most of the time. Home is ...
Kelvin[R] "stick cutter".(COOL TOOLS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008; Churchill, Janis ... Working with tools at the elementary level is a lot of fun. Students are always smiling when they know we will be designing and building. It is very important that the tools are safe, easy to handle, and useful. This featured tool meets all of these criteria. The KELVIN[R] "stick cutter" ...
Ideas for integrating technology education into everyday learning.(TECHNO TIPS)
May 01, 2008; Jones, Krista ... It's all in the codes! Humans are the ultimate makers and breakers of codes. It's the way we understand each other, the way we communicate, the way we stay in touch with the world around us. We use codes to read, write, speak, calculate, design, build ... and let's not forget our fun ...