Tech Directions - March 2009 - (Page 25) Equity in STEM; and Introducing Engineering Design Challenges into Your High School Classroom. In addition, more than 100 professional development learning sessions are scheduled. Thursdays options include Modeling, Analysis, and Simulations: A High School Curriculum; Using Robotics with Elementary Students; Sustainability in the Technology Classroom; The Future of TE Masters Degrees: STEM; Student Teaching Best Practices; Integrated STEM Resources for Grades K-8; Rocketry: Motivating Students about Engineering and Design; and Beyond Smash & Crash—Gender Friendly Tech Ed. Friday’s lineup includes Lift Off with NASA Education Flight Projects; Recruiting Technology Education Teachers; Promoting Sustainable Practices in Technology Education; Teaching Engineering Made Easy; Got Biodiesel?; GETT—Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology; and Beyond Engineering Education: Integrative STEM Education. Highlights of Saturday’s schedule include Ecological Delivering of T & E in STEM; Robotics as a Vehicle for Technological Literacy; Design with the Design Cycle; Develop a Discipline-Saving Strategy; Mega STEM from a Little Gas; Using STEM to Assist ‘At Risk’ Students; Serious Games That Work in the Classroom; Concept Mapping to Teach At-Risk Students; and Kidwind Project. The Host City Louisville is located on the banks of the Ohio River, between St. Louis and Cincinnati. When early settlers began the westward expansion, the river served as the primary water link between the Northeast and the West. A series of rapids along the route forced travelers to disembark and portage, and their stopping point eventually grew into the city of Louisville, which was named in honor of France’s King Louis XVI. Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark founded the city in 1778. Today, home of the nation’s premier horse race, the Kentucky Derby, the city is also home of the Louisville Slugger Museum and baseball bat factory. It is also home city of such diverse notables as Muhammad Ali, Colonel Sanders, Peewee Herman, and Diane Sawyer. The birthplace of the cheeseburger and the Mint Julep, Louisville is the site of more Victorian-style houses than any other city in the United States. To take advantage of some of the local attractions, ITEA conference organizers have scheduled tours of the Louisville Slugger Museum, the Kentucky Derby Museum, and the Kentucky Horse Park and Farms. For more information on the conference and registration details, visit www.iteaconnect.org/Conference/ conferenceguide.htm. More than Fun Answers It’s so easy! Changing Schools? Retiring? Let us know! E-mail vanessa@techdirections.com 25 www.techdirections.com TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION http://www.iteaconnect.org/Conference/conferenceguide.htm http://www.iteaconnect.org/Conference/conferenceguide.htm http://www.techdirections.com
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