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Last chance to apply to present in Charlotte.(TIDE News)
May 01, 2009 ... The presenter application process for ITEA's 2010 Charlotte, NC conference is now underway. Presentations must address the conference theme, "Green Technology: STEM Solutions for 21st Century Citizens" and, specifically, one or more of the following three strands: (1) Designing the Green ...
New ITEA Product Guide available online.(TIDE News)(International Test and Evaluation Association)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... ITEA has a new Technological Literacy Product Guide to help you when you are choosing your technology education curriculum materials, classroom activities, standards documents, "Mission Green Technology" products, membership pins, and more. The guide is available ...
Technology Education graduate faculty.(TIDE News)
May 01, 2009 ... The International Technology Education Association has an avenue for your graduate students to have their best papers published with their peers. The publication is titled Technology SA. The purpose is to advance Technology through Scholarly Articles, and it has as its exclusive authors ...
ITEA joins the Blogosphere.(TIDE News)(International Test and Evaluation Association)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Be sure to check in from time to time with ITEA's first-ever Blog, "Advocating Technological Literacy" Its purpose is to provide an avenue for delivering timely news and commentary on subjects pertaining to technological literacy, as well as a "behind-the-scenes" glimpse of what we're ...
TECC announces new website.(TIDE News)(Technology Education for Children Council)
May 01, 2009 ... The Technology Education for Children Council (TECC) has launched a new website. TECC is ITEA's council for ...
New Science On a Sphere movie Return to the Moon opens nationwide.(TIDE News)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... With the upcoming Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, NASA takes the first step toward returning humans to the moon. To commemorate the mission and champion the value of future planned lunar expeditions, NASA has released a new short film called Return to the Moon. Designed ...
New England's only air and space science center opens.(TIDE News)(McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Be inspired, have fun, and learn something new in the spirit of Christa McAuliffe and Alan Shepard. A new full-service science center, the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, opened on March 6, 2009. With a Mercury-Redstone rocket at the front ...
JASON training seminars June 23-25 and July 15-16.(TIDE News)
May 01, 2009 ... Join your fellow educators for a collaborative, hands-on learning experience this summer in Ashburn, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC! Intended for teachers as well as staff development specialists who will be training others, these two- and three-day seminars will focus on tested ...
Calendar.(Calendar)
May 01, 2009 ... May 26-27, 2009 The Connecticut Technology Education Association (CTEA) Spring Conference 09 will be held at CCSU. As in years past, the highlights of this year's conference will be the Exhibitor section, the Workshop sessions, and the great Texas barbecue lunch. You can register online ...
Safety awareness: empowering students to be technologically literate: technologically literate students can be encouraged to collaborate with their parents to make sure that technology and its artifacts in the home are used properly to make the home safer.(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Introduction According to WebMD (2002), "a new report shows dangers abound on the home front ... causing as many as 20,000 deaths, 7 million disabling injuries, and 20 million hospital trips in the U.S. each year." While this information is ...
Discovery of the depths: the world's oceans have been almost impenetrable to human exploration because of obstacles associated with underwater exploration--until the very recent development of remote underwater vehicles.(Resources in Technology)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... More than 70 percent of earth's surface is liquid water, most of it sparkling blue oceans that cover nearly 140 million square miles of Earth, a greater area than all continents combined (McMillan & Musick, 2007). Despite the large amount of earth that oceans cover, the world's oceans have ...
Teaching design in television production technology: the twelve steps of preproduction: the twelve steps of production is an authentic design tool in television production technology that does not hinder student creativity, but rather logically sequences their ideas into a purposeful and working form.(Cover story)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With the relatively recent increase in engineering education initiatives, the use of industrial design as a core attribute of technology education has become an influential position in the field. In this process, a fundamental core of technology education ...
Ship hull cleaning challenge: many great inventions start when a bold inventor is brave enough to change the problem, or redefine it into a unique or out-of-the-box context.(Classroom Challenge)
May 01, 2009; ... Ship hulls must be cleaned to remove marine growth that can actually increase their resistance through the water. Repairs must be made to the huge steel surface; and, of course, the hull must be sanded and painted to prevent rust. How would your students address this problem and perhaps ...
2009 Professional Recognition Awards.
May 01, 2009 ... Special Recognition Awards <Pre> Academy of Fellows Michael K. Daugherty Award of Distinction Philip A. Reed Special Recognition Award Edward W. Taylor, DTE Lockette/Monroe Humanitarian Award John ...
2009 Louisville conference.
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mike Fitzgerald, DTE shares information with attendees at the Teaching Technology Showcase. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The busy exhibit area. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Downtown Louisville. [ILLUSTRATION ...
ITEA is going green in Charlotte! March 18-20, 2010.(TIDE News)(International Technology Education Association)(Conference news)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Save the Planet! Make the world a better place! Become aware of how we can make a difference to sustain our environment through smart decision-making, consumerism, designing, creating, and using human ingenuity. These are all statements about Green Technology that need to be addressed ...
Call for presenters in Charlotte.(TIDE News)
Apr 01, 2009 ... The presenter application process for ITEA's 2010 Charlotte, NC conference is now in full swing. Presentations must address the conference theme, "Green Technology: STEM Solutions for 21st Century Citizens" and, specifically, one or more of the following three strands: 1) Designing the ...
Sign up now for ITEA's newest technology interest group--TSA!(TIDE News)(International Technology Education Association, Technology Student Association)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2009 ... This is a forum dedicated to those interested in the topic of the Technology Student Association. As a member of this community you can post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content, and access many other special features. In this TIG, you can ...
ITEA blog update.(TIDE News)(International Technology Education Association)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Be sure to check in from time to time with ITEA's first-ever Blog, "Advocating Technological Literacy." Its purpose is to provide an avenue for delivering timely news and commentary on subjects pertaining to technological literacy, as well as a "behind-the-scenes" glimpse of what we're ...
Facebook "cause".(TIDE News)(Technological Literacy for All)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2009 ... David Janosz of NJTEA has created a "Cause" on Facebook entitled "Technological Literacy for All" As of this writing, the cause has over 402 ...