Dear Technology Educators & TEAP Members,

Welcome to the  another edition of  the TEAP-Online Newsletter!   For most of you this email should coincide with the end of another school year. This newsletter contains some great summer opportunities, as well as a call out to you the members for some involvement in conference planning and leadership!

Internet & Multimedia Pedagogy @ PSU

The central focus of this workshop-style course is the integration of internet and multimedia authoring tools into teaching and learning activities. Participants work on many different projects depending upon their interests, needs, and past experiences. All are welcome from beginners to experts because the workshop supports your current project goal. Projects might involve authoring/revising web pages and QuickTime video for various classroom purposes, designing instructional units for students to author internet and multimedia that fulfills curricular goals, and creating web-based educational experiences to augment face-to-face classroom instruction. The instructor is open to your particular pedagogical goals in using technology and will provide support using various software tools to accomplish individual or small group projects: Adobe GoLive, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, SoundEdit 16, Quicktime, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage, StorySpace, Hyperstudio, Avid Cinema, and Claris HomePage. Participants will share their projects on the final day of class. Direct questions to Jamie Myers at jmm12@psu.edu or 814-865-2161. 

August 1-5:  8:00-5:10

3 credits

It’s  GREATT!

The Penn State University/NSF GK-12 Program entitled "Graduate Research and Education in Advanced Transportation Technologies (GREATT)" will hold its annual FREE Summer Teacher Workshop Aug. 11-12, 2005 at University Park, PA (Main Campus).  The first 25 teachers to register and completely attend the workshop will receive a $150 stipend.

The workshop title is "Using Advanced Transportation Technologies to Teach Science Curriculum". Teachers can earn Pennsylvania Act 48 credits for their attendance (or a certificate for their  particular state), or Graduate Credits from Penn State(fee involved).

Registration information and the schedule can be found on our website at:

http://www.vss.psu.edu/greatt/stw/ Please register  by JULY 13, 2004 and make housing arrangements by JULY 10, 2004.

For further information, contact Liz Bishop at ejb245@psu.edu, or Deb Weaver at:

Ms. Debra Weaver, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute

The Pennsylvania State University, 201 Transportation Research Building

University Park, PA 16802-4710

Fax: (814) 865-3039

Phone: (814) 865-3965

E-mail: dkw9@psu.edu

Nanotechnology Workshop from Temple University

This is a great professional development opportunity co-sponsored by Temple's Colleges of Education and Engineering. It is a one-week course for high school science, technology education, and career and technical education teachers called "Nanotechnology: The Future of Technology in Pennsylvania." It is free of charge and will be held June 20-24, 2005 on Temple's Main Campus.

You can access information about the short course at the following address:

http://www.temple.edu/education/career-tech/nano/index.htm

Any Questions, clease call or e-mail : 

Nancy B. Erwin, PhD 
Continuing Technical & Professional   Development Division 
Center for Professional Development in  Career and Technical Education 
Temple University, 338B Ritter Hall (003-00), 1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue 
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091 
215-204-6224 (Voice)       215-204-5154 (FAX )

Hands-On Biotechnology

Some great opportunities for those who are interested in Biotechnology, check out the individual websites and links for registration information and deadlines:

• Summer Academy on Technology Tools:  Integrating Wet-Labs in the Classroom Sponsored by the Education Program of the Center for Genomic Sciences Allegheny-Singer Research Institute Pittsburgh, PA June 27 – 29, 2005 etoth@wpahs.org

• Teacher Training Workshops in Tissue Engineering A Professional Development Opportunity in Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Institute Pittsburgh, PA June 27 – 30, 2005 http://www.ptei.org/summercamp.asp

• Hands-on Biotechnology:  DNA Fingerprinting and Genetic Engineering Sponsored by the 2005 Penn State Science Workshops for Educators State College, PA July 10 – 15, 2005 http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/Science4Teachers/

• Computing for Biologists - Sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh & HHMI Pittsburgh, PA July 25-29, 2005 alisonsl@imap.pitt.edu

• Biotechnology Conference 2005 - Sponsored by the Fralin Biotechnology Center, Virginia (Poly)Tech and State University Blacksburg, VA July 27 – 30, 2005 http://www.biotech.vt.edu/outreach/development.html 

The U.S. Department of Education again plans to honor classroom teachers by recognizing the 2005 American Stars of Teaching. The Department's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative is seeking nominations and information about teachers who are improving student achievement, using innovative strategies, and making a difference in the lives of their students. Teachers across all grade levels and disciplines will be honored this fall. One teacher or team of teachers from each state will be recognized.

Last fall the Department recognized 56 teachers as American Stars in Teaching from such diverse schools as Loma Vista Intermediate School in Riverside, California, and Mesa Elementary in Shiprock, New Mexico. In 2004 honored teachers included Tamara Rhone of Denver, Colorado, whose Advanced Placement classes feature many minority students; Angie Miller of Junction City, Kansas, who raised the math achievement of her middle-schoolers; and chemistry teacher-extraordinaire Doug Worthley of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

To learn more or nominate a teacher to become an American Star of

Teaching, please visit the Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative Web site at:

http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/index.html. Nomination forms are posted there. Additionally, readers may be interested in seeing the profiles of four of last year's honored teachers from the Department's Feb. 1 issue of The Achiever, which is posted online at: http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/achiever/2005/020105.pdf.

Paxton/Patterson & ITEEA – First Time ITEEA Membership Deal

1,000 new members joined ITEEA under the Paxton/Patterson program in its first year! Due to the huge success of the program Paxton/ Patterson is continuing to offer NEW professional members the best membership deal in ITEEA's history for a second year!

For more info & Application visit: https://www.ITEEAconnect.org/Forms/MembershipAppHalfPrice.htm
FOR NEW/FIRST TIME MEMBERS ONLY (U.S. members only)
 

TEAP Council for Leadership

Here is an excerpt from Mr. Gary Landis’ Spring TEAP-CL letter available on our website!

We also need to promote the TEAP-CL within our profession. We want the CL to be a group of energetic and aspiring TE leaders from all over Pennsylvania. I believe we all remember our first encounter with the CL and the apprehension we faced wondering if the “shoe fits”!  We need to invite those colleagues we know will be the leaders in our profession to join us at the forum and breakfast meeting. Better yet, make it a point to meet them and walk into the room with them. Introduce them to the CL and help them feel at home. CL members, we need to be receptive as well. It is all to easy to get caught up taking care of business and enjoying the company of those we know and ignoring new or unfamiliar faces. Let us make a commitment to create a dynamic and diverse CL, which can help lead this profession into the future.

As we look forward to the completion of this school year and the new one that follows, I ask that you consider ways that TE not only can meet the Pennsylvania Science and Technology standards, but also at ways that we can contribute to meeting the standards in math and reading which are used to determine if children have met the proficiency benchmarks in “No Child Left Behind”. If you have experienced some success with this goal, consider sharing your strategies through the TEAP-CL, with the TEAP membership at next year’s conference, or through the TEAP Journal. Let us work together on NCLB so that we do not face the consequences of TELB (Technology Education Left Behind)!     

Sincerely, Gary R. Landis, TEAP-CL President

Thanks to Gary and the TEAP Council for Leadership! The future of our profession lies in it’s current and FUTURE leaders. Please join the Council for Leadership and help the association lead Technology Education into a bright future!

Great Sites Online

Below is a list of online resources that may be useful to you in your day to day classroom activities.  

Egg Bungee Jumping - http://melroseschools.com/mms/tech_ed/briefs/design_brief_egg_bungee_jumping.htm
Bungee jumping is an extreme sport. People actually jump off bridges, from hot-air balloons, and from towers. Bungee jumpers tie themselves to these structures using elastic cord called a bungee. The bungee helps to absorb a jump’s kinetic energy. This activity introduces students to ways that engineers might apply calculations of failure to meet a challenge.  They will apply the Design Process, a technological problem-solving model, to help them.  

The Eyes of Nye - http://www.eyesofnye.org 
A new website and series brought to you by Bill Nye!

How Lightsabers Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/lightsaber.htm   

I know they are not “real” technology… but check it out anyway! 

Chances are that you have seen a lightsaber at one time or another, whether on the evening news or down at the local cantina. Therefore, you know that a lightsaber is an amazing and versatile device that is able to cut through nearly anything in a matter of milliseconds. Have you ever wondered how these remarkable weapons work? Where does the energy come from, and how are they able to contain that energy in a rod-like column of glowing power? Take a look inside a lightsaber and discover the source of its incredible characteristics. Let's get started!

How Icemakers Work - http://home.howstuffworks.com/icemaker.htm

Think summer and some nice cold drinks while you enjoy the hot weather!

Only a century ago, ice was hard to come by in most parts of the world. In hotter climates you had to buy your ice from a delivery service, which imported hefty blocks from a colder climate or from an industrial refrigeration plant. The price of ice was relatively steep, but if you wanted to keep your food cold, you didn't have much choice. In the hottest parts of the world, ice was a rare luxury. In an equatorial country, you might live your whole life and never even see a piece of ice.

Alternative Fules - http://auto.howstuffworks.com/alternative-fuel-roundup.htm