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Contents May/June • VOL. 69 • NO. 8 38 2010 Charlotte Conference Photos Photo credits: Katie de la Paz and Bill Van Loo. Departments Web News 1 STEM News 2 3 Calendar 5 Resources in Technology 17 Classroom Challenge 12 20 26 29 32 Features Design Assessment: Consumer Reports Style The activity presented in this article will allow students to hone their skills in identifying design constraints and criteria, learn through study of existing designs, and experience engineering design techniques for optimization. Todd Kelley Incorporating Animation Concepts and Principles in STEM Education Discusses how, in recent years, animation has ventured into the education realm to help students visualize a variety of complex processes. Henry L. (Hal) Harrison, III and Laura J. Hummell Dancing Around My Technology Classroom Box (My Second RET Lab) How one teacher in Tennessee used creativity to bring the knowledge gained from his second Research Experience for Teachers home to his classroom. Terry Carter TTT Index – 2009-2010 2010 Professional Recognition Awards Publisher, Kendall N. Starkweather, DTE Editor-In-Chief, Kathleen B. de la Paz Editor, Kathie F. Cluff ITEEA Board of Directors Gary Wynn, DTE, President Ed Denton, DTE, Past President Thomas Bell, DTE, President-Elect Joanne Trombley, Director, Region I Randy McGriff, Director, Region II Mike Neden, DTE, Director, Region III Steven Shumway, Director, Region IV Greg Kane, Director, ITEEA-CS Richard Seymour, Director, CTTE Andrew Klenke, Director, TECA Marlene Scott, Director, TECC Kendall N. Starkweather, DTE, CAE, Executive Director ITEEA is an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Technology Teacher, ISSN: 0746-3537, is published eight times a year (September through June with combined December/January and May/June issues) by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, 1914 Association Drive, Suite 201, Reston, VA 20191. Subscriptions are included in member dues. U.S. Library and nonmember subscriptions are $90; $100 outside the U.S. Single copies are $10.00 for members; $11.00 for nonmembers, plus shipping and handling. The Technology Teacher is listed in the Educational Index and the Current Index to Journal in Education. Volumes are available on Microfiche from University Microfilm, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. Advertising Sales: ITEEA Publications Department 703-860-2100 Fax: 703-860-0353 Subscription Claims All subscription claims must be made within 60 days of the first day of the month appearing on the cover of the journal. For combined issues, claims will be honored within 60 days from the first day of the last month on the cover. Because of repeated delivery problems outside the continental United States, journals will be shipped only at the customer’s risk. ITEEA will ship the subscription copy but assumes no responsibility thereafter. Change of Address Send change of address notification promptly. Provide old mailing label and new address. Include zip + 4 code. Allow six weeks for change. Postmaster Send address change to: The Technology Teacher, Address Change, ITEEA, 1914 Association Drive, Suite 201, Reston, VA 20191-1539. Periodicals postage paid at Herndon, VA and additional mailing offices. Email: kdelapaz@iteea.org World Wide Web: www.iteea.org
On the ITEEA Website: Now Available on the ITEEA Website: Get Ready for Minneapolis! ITEEA’s 73rd Annual Conference Minneapolis, MN March 24-26, 2011 Submit your request for time off early, so you know you’ll have a substitute. Apply for funding and get approved well in advance. Find funding tips at www.iteea.org/Conference/funding.htm. Talk to your colleagues and put Minneapolis on the schedule for March 24-26, 2011: www.minneapolis.org/. Look forward to this exciting professional development experience all summer long. Check the website for conference information as it develops at www.iteaconnect.org/Conference/conferenceguide.htm Better yet, apply to present in Minneapolis. The deadline is June 15, 2010. It’s online and it’s easy: Application to Present - www.iteea.org/Conference/ apptopresent.htm. Minneapolis Conference Theme – Preparing the STEM Workforce: The Next Generation Strands: The 21st Century Workforce New Basics Sustainable Workforce and Environment Technology TEACHER T h e V o i c e o f T e c h n o l o g y E d u c a t i o n the Editorial Review Board Chairperson Thomas R. Loveland St. Petersburg College Chris Anderson Gateway Regional High School/TCNJ Steve Anderson Nikolay Middle School, WI Gerald Day University of Maryland Eastern Shore Laura Erli Classroom Teacher, IN Kara Harris Indiana State University Hal Harrison Clemson University Marie Hoepfl Appalachian State University Laura Hummell California University of PA Oben Jones East Naples Middle School, FL Petros Katsioloudis Old Dominion University Odeese Khalil California University of PA Tony Korwin, DTE Public Education Department, NM Linda Markert SUNY at Oswego Randy McGriff Kesling Middle School, IN Doug Miller MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Steve Parrott Illinois State Board of Education Mary Annette Rose Ball State University Terrie Rust Oasis Elementary School, AZ Bart Smoot Delmar Middle and High Schools, DE Andy Stephenson, DTE Southside Technical Center, KY Jerianne Taylor Appalachian State University Ken Zushma Heritage Middle School, NJ Editorial Policy As the only national and international association dedicated solely to the development and improvement of technology education, ITEEA seeks to provide an open forum for the free exchange of relevant ideas relating to technology and engineering education. Materials appearing in the journal, including advertising, are expressions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or the opinion of the association, its officers, or the ITEEA Headquarters staff. Referee Policy All professional articles in The Technology Teacher are refereed, with the exception of selected association activities and reports, and invited articles. Refereed articles are reviewed and approved by the Editorial Board before publication in The Technology Teacher. Articles with bylines will be identified as either refereed or invited unless written by ITEEA officers on association activities or policies. To Submit Articles www.iteea.org All articles should be sent directly to the Editor-in-Chief, International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, 1914 Association Drive, Suite 201, Reston, VA 20191-1539. Please submit articles and photographs via email to kdelapaz@iteea.org. Maximum length for manuscripts is eight pages. Manuscripts should be prepared following the style specified in the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition. Editorial guidelines and review policies are available by writing directly to ITEEA or by visiting www.iteea.org/ Publications/Submissionguidelines.htm. Contents copyright © 2010 by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, Inc., 703-860-2100. 1 • The Technology Teacher • May/June 2010
Page 1 and 2: DESIGN ASSESSMENT: CONSUMER REPORTS
Page 3: Software, Curriculum and Hardware V
Page 7 and 8: STEM Calendar available for this ag
Page 9 and 10: Resources in Technology Understandi
Page 11 and 12: determine the following mechanical
Page 13 and 14: Procedure: a) Attach the center loa
Page 15 and 16: specimens, the specimen is fracture
Page 17 and 18: in technology education have indica
Page 19 and 20: product category and total the resu
Page 21 and 22: Classroom Challenge Designing a Sho
Page 23 and 24: • How would the orders be actuall
Page 25 and 26: through the use of similar detailed
Page 27 and 28: • Set up the background and chara
Page 29 and 30: • Toon Boom - www.toonboom.com/
Page 31 and 32: models of different microfluidic co
Page 33 and 34: TTT Index — 2009-2010 ARTICLE IND
Page 35 and 36: Don’t you have enough to do alrea
Page 37 and 38: Teacher Excellence Award Recipients
Page 39 and 40: You are invited to explore the powe
Page 41 and 42: Robotics Teacher Training Carnegie
Page 43 and 44: Program Excellence General Session

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