| Mr. Brian Lien - a member of PHS's outstanding technology education department was named Ohio Technology Education Teacher of the Year. You can read more about Mr. Lien's award as well as a bit about PHS's technology department here.
MU students fired up over robots
Building a robot able to locate and extinghish a fire was a trial-and-error experience for Millersville University technology students. With two months of persistence and deadline pressure at Trinity College's annual Firefighting Robot Contest, the challenge was met by 18 students in MU professor John Wright's microprocessor electronics class.
Building the next engineers
Eric Spann meticulously cuts wood for the frame of his competitive model glider, while across the room fellow Ridgeland High junior Lamonte Shepard stares intently at the computer as he prepares to direct it to carve an elaborate design into millwork. At an adjoining station, Madison Central junior Jessie Singh works on building a fully functional pneumatic robot. Nearby on another computer, Ridgeland High junior Stephen Carter brings up screen after screen as he adjusts the interior details of house plans he's working on... As the state's best, it was honored with a Program Excellence Award at the International Technology Association conference that gathered representatives from 50 states and 15 countries on five continents.
Kindergarten Manufacturing!
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Kindergarten students from participated in a production run on Friday, April 4, 2008 at Ball State University. The students became employees of the “HANGING PLANTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY” for the day. Four classes of kindergarten students came to the Applied Technology Building, and worked in the manufacturing lab in AT 215. During the "run" they used industrial equipment to fabricate, assemble, and package a "hanging planter" The final product included a wall unit, pot (cup), potting soil, and seeds . . . . all the items necessary to begin small flowering plants for home or yard. The roughly 1-hour manufacturing period included assembly, packaging, and the inspection processes.
Tops in tech Woodbury Middle School takes highest honors
By Rebecca Correa
Staff writer
SALEM — Delaney Bradley and Hannah Lyon are typical preteen girls, but they know how to use sandpaper, a drill and a scroll saw.
The two shatter the image of the average girl, but the 12-year-olds are the norm at Woodbury Middle School, where every student in grades 6,7 and 8 takes nine weeks of technology education courses.
Delaney said she looks forward to the days when she heads to "tech ed."
Area's Largest Student Robotics Competition Invades Boston This Week
Milldam Public Affairs LLC Adam Waitkunas, 978-369-0406 (office voice) 978-828-8304 (mobile) awaitkunas@milldampa.com Over 1,000 area high school students will be competing in Boston's largest robotics competition this week. The Boston FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition will take place at Boston University's Agganis Arena Friday through Saturday, March 28-29, 2008. The event is free and open to the public.
Blue Man Group, the multimedia entertainment phenomenon, will perform during the opening ceremony for the competition's final matches: Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 12:45PM. This special live appearance will showcase Blue Man Group's signature music and excitement.
School Notes
Michael Boyer, a technology education teacher at North Penn High School, has received a Teacher Excellence Award from the International Technology Education Association. Boyer was one of 38 high school teachers across the country to get the award, and the only one from Penn-
sylvania. At North Penn, he teaches analog electronics in the technology department and digital electronics and engineering design and development in the engineering academy.
Tempting teachers
By CHRISTINA KRISTOFIC
The Intelligencer
Nick Pompei didn't know what he wanted to do for a career until one day in 11th grade, when his Pennridge High School technology education teacher pulled him aside in class.
The teacher, Bob Miller, showed Pompei a poster for Millersville University that said there's a critical shortage of teachers for woodshop, computer-aided design and other crafts education in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Miller encouraged Pompei, who was taking woodworking and architecture classes, to consider becoming a technology education teacher.
Regional Robotics Education Program receives $25,000 grant from Rohm and Haas
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) has awarded a $25,000 grant to FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in support of the Philadelphia Regional Robotics Education Program. The funds will assist more than 46 local high-school teams to design, construct, and program a robot that will compete against other teams’ robots in regional and national competitions. FIRST was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. Based in Manchester, NH, the not-for-profit public organization designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills.
The grant supports team and mentor training activities, team supplies, technology needs, including scoring systems, audio visual equipment, and computer support for each team. The event is hosted by Drexel University.
ROBOT MAKERS: Student teams from Lorain, Amherst, EHOVE compete
CLEVELAND -- It was frantic and deafening on the floor of Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center through yesterday as hundreds of high school students, including teams from Amherst, Lorain and EHOVE, gathered to show off their skills and cheer on their favorite team -- of robots.
Drawing 46 teams from Ohio, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Indiana, Virginia and Wisconsin, the FIRST Overdrive Buckeye Regional Robotics Competition was three days of robotic rivalry, which began Thursday and ended yesterday.
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Pre-engineering program offered to Washington County students
WASHINGTON COUNTY — A $10,000 grant will be used locally to fund a one-week summer program aimed at drawing more female and minority students into pre-engineering courses.
Washington County Public Schools was one of five Maryland school systems to receive a grant from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation."In an effort to increase the number of students in (pre-engineering) who are females and minorities we have accepted this grant to entice some students to be involved," said George Phillips, Washington County Public Schools supervisor for Enrichment and Career Technology Education.
Other school systems that received grants include Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Charles and Prince George's counties.
Phillips said the program will run for one week in June, and it is free to apply.
He said the school system was offered the grant because of its Project Lead the Way Gateway to Technology middle-school program.
UMES HARDBALLER TYLER LOVE RECIEVES PRESTIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY AWARD
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) junior infielder Tyler Love is a solid player for the Hawks on the diamond, but recently Love earned recognition for his accomplishments off the field. He was named the Technology Education Association of Maryland's (TEAM) 2008 Donald Maley College Scholarship recipient, recognizing his accomplishments' as a student in the technology field.
Love received a plaque, scholarship and Governor's Citation of Excellence. He was selected based on his excellent academic record and active participation in numerous professional education and extracurricular activities. He has maintained a GPA at UMES of 3.7 and also received a high score on the PRAXIS, the national teacher test.
Maui students compete in FIRST regional robotics competition
KAHULUI — Even the grown-ups got charged up as two Maui high school teams created robots ready for action in this week’s FIRST in Hawaii Regional Robotics Competition in Honolulu.
“I found I really enjoyed it,” said Neal Shinyama, a manager of engineering at Maui Electric Co. and one of four mentors to the Baldwin High School team.
Mentor Wayne Axelson of Boeing said he became the envy of his colleagues as he mentored the Baldwin team on their venture with robotics.“Engineering is about finding a way to do something. . . . It’s tremendous what you can do, and it was so fun doing it,” Axelson said.
Karen Yagi, also a Baldwin mentor and parent, said she envied the students in the project. “I wish we had this kind of thing when I was in high school,” said Yagi, a 1989 Baldwin graduate.
Metal Mayhem advances to nationals
ADA, Okla - The first Ada area robotics team, Metal Mayhem, qualified for the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics National Competition April 17-19 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Metal Mayhem is sponsored by the Chickasaw Nation and the Pontotoc Technology Center and consists of students and mentors from Ada area schools and businesses. Students and mentors teamed up to complete a six-week robotics project that involved designing and building a robot and competing in the FIRST Robotics Regional Competition at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City on March 20-22.
Robotics program grows through Si Se Puede Foundation
Alberto Esparza founded the nonprofit Si Se Puede Foundation in 1992, quitting his full-time job to reach out to the community. He had one goal in mind, to help at-risk children. Si Se Puede has sponsored numerous programs including after-school tutoring, dance, soccer, citizenship classes, English-as-a-second-language classes, health fairs, annual scholarship fundraisers, advocacy and robotics. Originally the program was viewed as a primarily Hispanic organization because of the name. At that time it had only had one program - soccer. Eventually the agency expanded to included extracurricular educational programs as well. Esparza created these programs because he realized there was a need for them.
Herndon Earns Technology Award
Herndon Middle’s technology education program has been given the program excellence award by the International Technology Education Association and the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The award is the most prestigious given in recognition of technology education programs in the U.S. The Herndon Middle program was recognized as one of the top technology programs in the country and was the only program from Virginia recognized by the two groups. This is the second award for the program, which was also recognized by the Virginia Technology Education Association (VTEA) last summer. James Gralton and James Bullock were honored as teachers of the year by the VTEA.
Lockheed Martin Employees Mentor More Than 1,000 Students In First Robotics
MANASSAS, VA.- Employees from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently mentored more than 1,000 students from Prince William County and surrounding area schools during the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition and Tech Challenge events.
The FIRST program is designed to inspire young people to pursue careers in science and technology. FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge teams include engineers and other professionals from some of the world’s most respected companies. Students work closely with and learn from these mentors in engineering and technology fields.
Putnam students compete in Toyota Robotics Competition
ELEANOR, W.Va. -- The Putnam County students competed Thursday in the 2008 Toyota Robotics Competition.
The goal of the event was to help students bridge the gap between the classroom and industry and apply the skills they've learned to business or manufacturing.
Hurricane High was named as the overall school winners. Teams from Winfield High School and Teays Valley Christian also received awards. Trophies and scholarships were among the awards distributed for the students efforts.
Josh Fisher, 17, is a senior at Winfield High School and is currently in his second year of Putnam Career and Technical Center's drafting program. He said he really enjoyed participating in this year's competition because he was able to apply some of what he's learned in school."I'm really trying to get into engineering. It's a great area to study, a great start in life. It's a constant education," he said.
Females in Technology hosts workshops for Girl Scouts of Central Indiana
TERRE HAUTE — Members of Females in Technology at the Indiana State University College of Technology hosted a special event for Girl Scouts of Central Indiana who were interested in technology-related careers on March 1. Troops from Indianapolis, Mooresville, Carmel, Fishers and Lafayette attended the event designed for females ranging from grades 6-12.
Workshops offered to the troops included automotive, aviation, construction, packaging and robotics. A session on technology education offered information on teaching in these career areas. The sessions, about 30 minutes long, enabled every troop the chance to explore the many aspects of technology. |
