Recently added articles from The Technology Teacher:
Election candidates.(TIDE News)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 promptly! Ballots must be completed on or before ...
Need Funding for the ITEA Conference?(TIDE News)(International Technology Education Association)(Conference news)
Sep 01, 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 help you! * Compile facts on the ITEA ...
Louisville 2009.(TIDE News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Watch your mail in the next several weeks for ITEA's 71st Annual Conference Preliminary Program. The Louisville ...
Marshall Tetterton dies--former Virginia leader for technology education.(TIDE News)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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 1991. Well known for his creative and ...
Calendar.(Calendar)
Sep 01, 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, administrators, state policy makers, and ...
A journey of a thousand miles.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2008; de la Paz, Katie ... 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? When I tell people what I do for a living, they ...
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)
Sep 01, 2008; Jessee, Emily ... 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 education students. Jacques Bertin (1983) ...
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)
Sep 01, 2008; Frazier, Maurice T. ... 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 towns and cities have monuments to recognize ...
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)
Sep 01, 2008; LaPorte, James E. ... [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 levels--undergraduate through doctorate. I also see ...
Evildoer or do-gooder: getting the goods on ozone.(The Space Place)
Sep 01, 2008; Fisher, Diane K. ... [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. It is a cousin of the oxygen ...
The flag design challenge: the ultimate measure of any new product is if customers reach in their pocket and buy it.(Classroom Challenge)
Sep 01, 2008; Roman, Harry T. ... 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 if customers reach in their pocket and buy ...
Model program: High Point Regional High School, Sussex, NJ.
Sep 01, 2008; Wallace, Mark ... [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 will the Biotechnology, ...