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April 9-10, 2010 The Ohio Technology Education
Association (OTEA) will hold its Spring Conference at
Worthington Kilbourne High School. Visit www.otea.info/
CONFERENCES.HTML for complete details.
April 14-16, 2010 The New York State Technology
Education Association (NYSTEA) will hold its 2010 Annual
Conference, Setting the Course for Technology Education,
in Poughkeepsie, New York. This will be the first time
NYSTEA has traveled to this historic area along the scenic
Hudson River that is celebrating its 400th birthday this year.
The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel will be our host (845-485-
5300; www.pokgrand.com). Additional information and
online registration can be found at www.nystea.com/.
April 24-26, 2010 The EPA’s National Sustainable
Design Expo and P3 Sustainable Design Competition
will celebrate its 6th year in conjunction with the 40th
anniversary of Earth Day and the 40th anniversary
celebration of the founding of the EPA. The celebration
will take place on the National Mall in Washington, DC,
and local school groups are invited to attend, visit the
student design-competition tent, and meet with engineers,
scientists, and business leaders who are working to develop
innovations designed to advance economic growth while
reducing environmental impact. The Beyond Benign
Foundation will be hosting a Classroom on the Mall at
which you can schedule hands-on activities designed
specifically for your students in order to turn this experience
into a standards-based field trip that you can take back to
the classroom. You won’t want your students to miss this
opportunity. Find out more about the National Sustainable
Design Expo and the P3 Sustainable Design Competition
at www.epa.gov/P3/. For more information about the
Classroom on the Mall and to make a reservation for your
class trip, please visit www.p3expo.com/index.html.
May 13, 2010 The Connecticut Technology Education
Association (CTEA) annual spring conference will be held
at Central Connecticut State University Student Center in
New Britain, CT. Conference registration, and payment
information can be found at www.cteaweb.org/Events_files/
conferences_files/springconference.htm.
May 13-14, 2010 Save the dates for the New Jersey
Technology Education Association (NJTEA) 2010 Spring
Conference and Expo, which will be held at the Dolce
Seaview in Galloway, NJ (www.dolce-seaview-hotel.
com/). This beautiful venue is located just seven miles
from Atlantic City and minutes from the Smithville
Shops (www.smithvillenj.com/). The event will include
workshops, educational tours, recreational events,
and more set throughout the weekend. Conference
registration information and programs will be available very
soon. Continue to check www.NJTEA.org for information as
it develops.
June 15, 2010 Presenter application deadline for
ITEEA’s 73rd Annual Conference, Preparing the STEM
Workforce: The Next Generation, to be held March 24-26,
2011 in Minneapolis, MN. Presentations should address one
of the following strands:
• The 21st Century Workforce – Describe the major
characteristics of our future workplace. What STEM
teaching and learning concepts are key in such a
workforce? What will an effective program feature for
students in terms of knowledge learned and expected
outcomes? What will the global workforce look like in
the future?
• New Basics – What new content and concepts will be
important in technology and engineering courses of the
future? What will be the new technical skills and how
will they be tied to all STEM subjects? What current
basics will fade? Describe the new courses of the future.
How will STEM teaching and learning change as a
result of the new basics?
• Sustainable Workforce and Environment – How
will the sustainable workforce and environment blend
together in the future? What new technologies and
concepts will join such areas of interest as energy,
resource utilization, manufacturing, and more as a
major focus of STEM education? What educational
policies need to be adjusted to create strong STEM
sustainable educators for all?
Visit www.iteea.org/Conference/apptopresent.htm for
additional information and the online application.
June 17-21, 2010 Technological Learning & Thinking:
Culture, Design, Sustainability, Human Ingenuity—an
international conference sponsored by The University of
British Columbia and The University of Western Ontario,
Faculties of Education, in conjunction with the Canadian
Commission for UNESCO—will take place in Vancouver,
British Columbia. The conference organizing committee
invites papers that address various dimensions or problems
of technological learning and thinking. Scholarship is
welcome from across the disciplines, including Complexity
Science, Design, Engineering, Environmental Studies,
Education, History, Indigenous Studies, Philosophy,
Psychology, and Sociology of Technology, and STS. The
conference is designed to inspire conversation between
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