Techniques Jan 2013 - 5

Departments

Clicking Your Way to Student Success!

UP FRONT
6 LEADING EDGE
ACTE Executive Director Jan Bray, CAE, bids adieu to ACTE members and Techniques readers.

From manual arts to vocational education to CTE, the way we teach has been in a constant state of change. This article chronicles the journey taken by the School District of Philadelphia to implement the use of clicker technology to increase their students’ engagement in learning technical skills.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION
With the evolution of technology, using social media has become imperative. This article provides a listing of the most prevalent social media tools and how to incorporate their use both inside and outside the classroom.

A Progressive Approach to Integrating Education Technology chnology

The journey into the uncharted world of innovative education technology is ongoing. At SWCTA, educators have embraced a progressive approach to integrating technology into their classes, making it work through collaboration and communication.

10 LEADERSHIP MATTERS
Leaders and administrators in the nation’s approximately 1,000 regional technical centers have unique and challenging roles in CTE, one of which is building and maintaining relationships with leadership stakeholders. These relationships can heap huge rewards for those who invest in them.

Video & Sound Production: Flip Out! Game On!

12 CAPITOL VIEW
Policymakers and national educationfocused organizations have embraced the idea that technology in the classroom is an absolute must to keep students in school, improve the graduation rate and prepare students for today’s and tomorrow’s careers.

TV & sound production instructor Marc Hunt knew there was a better way to reach his students. To do that, he ﬂipped his classroom and added games to the curriculum to increase student motivation, participation and engagement.

14 Q AND A
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This month we interview Wayne State professor and ACTE member Geralyn Stephens who won the 2012 Blackboard Catalyst Award for Exemplary Course Design for her course, “History and Principles of Career and Technical Education.”

Old Flames and New Beacons: The Luminosity of Online Learning

Distance learning isn’t just for adults nor is it solely for academic subjects. The National Center for Education Statistics reports that supported distance learning— technology-delivered coursework—is education’s fastest growing sector.

IN BACK
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ACTE Regional Conferences; Award Your CTE Staff with Achieve 100!; Region Awards Deadline; Milacron Case Study; New ACTE Publication; ACTE Beneﬁt of the Month—Advocacy; and CTE Month 2013: CTE WORKS!

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Law & Justice CTE Program Offers a Hands-on Approach

58 CAREER CURVE
Physical therapist assistant is January’s featured career, with Bishop State Community College in the school spotlight.

CTE teacher Tom Washburn, founder of the Law and Justice Program in Fulton County Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, realized that a program that prepared students for careers in law enforcement would be a viable CTE program, taking the excitement of learning about forensics and criminal law and using it to reinforce academics.

60 E-CONNECT
This month’s E-connect highlights three innovative teaching tools: Prezi U, SlideShare and PlanBoard.

January 2013

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