Pictures from the 2009 Conference, click on the picture to view a larger picture
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Nate Ball brings a multitude of talents to Design Squad. He's a mechanical engineer, an entrepreneur, a pole-vaulter, a jazz pianist, and (get this!) a grandmaster beatboxer. As the chief technical officer and co-founder of Atlas Devices, Nate has designed the Atlas Powered Rope Ascender, which enables military personnel and rescue workers to reverse-rappel up buildings at high speeds. (It can lift a 250-pound load more than 600 feet into the air at nearly 10 feet per second, all on a single battery charge!). This life-saving invention helped Nate earn the prestigious 2007 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize.
Originally from Newport, Oregon, where as a kid he built go-karts, scooters, and even a Tesla coil, Nate got his B.S. and master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in mechanical engineering. As an undergrad, he designed everything from robots to portable vaccine refrigerators (for rural delivery). He also served as captain of the track and field team, breaking MIT's indoor and outdoor pole vault records two years in a row. In his spare time, Nate was a product design instructor at his alma mater, hard at work training the latest generation of young engineers, and served as the MIT track team's assistant coach (aptly named "The Engineers") where the pole vaulters fondly refer to him as "Old Man Ball."
Design Squad, which is currently airing its second season, will premiere its third season on PBS on October 7, 2009. The show features two teams of teens charged with brainstorming, designing, building, testing and re-designing before putting their products to the (sometimes hilarious, often triumphant) test. Keeping their eyes on the grand prize - a $10,000 college scholarship from the Intel® Foundation - and their cool when things get hot, Design Squad-ers soon discover that engineering can make anything possible!
Headshot Anthony Tieuli
List of Workshops, below is the schedule
Engineering the Future: Science, Technology, and the Design Process
Is a full year course designed to introduce students to the world of technology and engineering. Come and experience the 4 project areas which include: the engineering design process/drawing, construction technology, thermal/fluid systems, and electricity/communication. Find out how you can help your students make connections with their everyday world, and works towards passing the Tech/Eng MCAS exam.
Johanna Bunn, Museum of Science, Boston
Affordable CNC for the Classroom
The CarveWright Woodworking System is being used in hundreds of classrooms from middle schools to universities all across the US. From small individual projects such as signs, to large group projects such as fundraising; the CarveWright offers you the opportunity to introduce an inexpensive CNC into your classroom. The machine and software merges technology with craft incorporating computer graphics design, engineering, automated manufacturing, woodworking and artistic skills into one fun and exciting package for your students.
David Kempskie/Jeff Burchard – Advanced Educational Technologies
Teaching Transportation Technologies as a System
This workshop will look at transportation technologies as a system with an emphasis on the ITEA’s standard on Technology and Society. We will be exploring three units that are based on a transportation theme: high-speed rail for land, transcontinental freight systems for sea, and satellite delivery systems for space transportation.
Scott Jewell, Ipswich Middle School
STEM – SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH
Are your students taking enough high level math, science, engineering and technology related courses to complete in the global workplace? The National STEM initiative encourages us to place more emphasis on these subjects. How can we do this? In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to incorporate more STEM in your high school guidance curriculum and how to provide your teachers with unique and fun ideas that will help students see the relationship between their courses and future career pathways.
Mark Bireley – Universal Technical Institute
CAPTURE THE WIND
A “GREEN” project of 7 th and 8 th grade students. Erect a wind turbine on the school roof, and use the electric power generated for a display case
Pravin Trivedi/Bruce Rawley – Millbury Jr. – Sr. High School
Teaching a Full Year-Frameworks Based-High School Technology/Engineering Class
What constitutes a Technology/Engineering class that prepares students for the T/E MCAS exam and may be given Science credit towards graduation? Find out with sample power point lessons, a curriculum outline, the use of the textbook Technology: Engineering & Design, and a question and answer session with two teachers that have taught such a class.
Susan Sanford – TEAM, Worcester Public Schools and Mark Kobel – TEAM, Gardner Public Schools
Come See How Exciting Architectural CAD Can Be, with Envisioneer!
Witness your students’ excitement when they easily construct building, interior, exterior, and landscape design ideas – in fully animated 3D – in minutes. Featuring Building Information Modeling (BIM) and integration with Green3DHome.com, award winning Envisioneer is the easiest-to-use building design program with eye-popping modeling power priced for tight school budgets. Envisioneer is the first 3D design product to offer real-time navigation in 3D stereo mode! No annual fees, always upgradeable. Take home a FREE faculty seat and 3D glasses for your classroom! For grade 8 and beyond.
Mark Leonard, Tech Ed Concepts
Proposed Recommendations for the Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Framework Review Panel
The STE Review Panel has considered current issues and educational research that will inform revision of the Framework. We will share the panel’s proposed recommendations about the Framework broadly (the panel has not yet begun to revise actual standards) and solicit feedback and suggestions.
The link to the strand maps as seen in the Framework Review workshop http://www.doe.mass.edu/omste/maps/default.html
Be sure do download the software to view the maps (there is a link on the above page to download the software)
Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Engineering (OMSTE) Review of the Science and Technology/Engineering Framework, 2009-2011 Web Page
Click here to download the Science and Technology/Engineering Review Panel Phase I Sessions Power point presentation
Jake Foster, Mass Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
Stephen Van Voorhis, MassTEC, East Bridgewater Public Schools
Mark Kobel, TEAM, Gardner Public Schools
Beyond Smash & Crash : Part 2
This dynamic, hands-on, and fun workshop helps Technology/Engineering Education teachers to develop a more equitable learning environment so all students feel welcome and challenged to do their best.
Ray McCarthy, EdD, MassTEC president, Monument Valley Regional Middle School
Teaching Communication Technologies
This workshop will look at different ways to teach communication technologies at the middle school level. We will be exploring three units that are based on a communication theme: Visual Marketing Parcels for print technology, Couch Potato Marketing Blitz for digital video communications and “Houston, We Have a Problem” for space based communication systems.
Scott Jewell, Ipswich Middle School
TECA at Fitchburg State College
Informative session on what TECA does at Fitchburg State College. Demonstrate what TECA did at the Louisville conference and at the regional competition held in Virginia Beach.
Jack Dembkowskie, TECA President, Fitchburg State College
GREENtech
GREENtech is a low cost, turnkey Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Training Lab that includes all the courseware, hardware, software, tools and accessories needed to provide the basic knowledge and the hands-on skills required to enter the green collar job market.
Jack Kempskie, Advanced Educational Technologies
STEM Career Pathways
STEM jobs are the jobs of the future. Learn about STEM career pathways and career services available to help students enter or continue in the pathways.
Lisa Derby Oden, Central MA Regional Employment Board
The FIRST Continuum
FIRST Robotics is now for grades 2 through 12 and Beyond:FIRST is more than the high school FIRST Robotics Competition, it now encompasses programs for students from grade 2 (or earlier) through college. Find out how this international program can serve all the students in your school system and will allow them to continue involvement for the rest of their lives. Steve Cremer, FIRST Regional Director for Massachusetts, will present what is new and exciting in FIRST including the new curriculum and framework links to Technology/Engineering, Science Math and ELA standards both in Massachusetts and around the world. FIRST now has 5 divisions, 4 different age based challenges and the FIRST Place Instructional Resource Center in Manchester NH.
Steve Cremer,
FIRST For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology
Update on the Science and Technology/Engineering MCAS Tests
An update will be given on the 2010 Science and Technology/Engineering MCAS tests for grades 5, 8, and High School. In addition, an overview of the test development process and present resources that teachers can use to become more familiar with these tests will be given.
Katie Bowler, Mass Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
DESIGN SQUAD: Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Engineers
Unleash your middle schoolers’ ingenuity and get them thinking like engineers with free hands0n activities from PBS” Design Squad. Activities align with ITEA national standards.
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/, Design Squad Teacher Guides http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/teachers_guide.html
Thea Sahr, WGBH Educational Foundation bf
The MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative
The MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative is a STEM education program that aims to increase student interest in and enthusiasm about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The vision of BLOSSOMS is to begin to develop a large, free repository of video modules for high school math and science classes created by gifted volunteer teachers from around the world, seeded initially by MIT faculty members and by partnering educators in Jordan and Pakistan. The BLOSSOMS video modules are not intended to replace an existing curriculum but rather to enhance the teaching of certain lessons by the lively video presence of a gifted ‘guest lecturer’, and each video is designed for viewing in brief segments, allowing the in-class teacher between segments to engage the class in an active, goal-oriented exercise.
Prof. Richard Parsons, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teach Engineering – a free, K-12 engineering curriculum
Teach Engineering is a free, standards based resource with over 500 curricular items for educators. This presentation will show attendees ways to access lessons via the MA technology/engineering standards.
Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Convenient Professional Development at Fitchburg State College
Stay up to date with the latest developments with the Technology Engineering Learning standards, collaborate with your colleagues, learn and develop new lesson plans for your courses, all from the comfort of your home, or school. Fitchburg State has developed hybrid courses in the Master of Technology Education program that are the most innovative in New England. These courses combine both the convenience of online learning with the advantage of hands on learning in a shop/lab environment. See how Fitchburg State has invested in technology making all this possible, and how you can benefit from this opportunity.
Prof. Matt McGee, Fitchburg State College
Engineering the Future: Science, Technology, and the Design Process Johanna Bunn
Museum of Science, Boston |
Affordable CNC for the Classroom. David Kempskie Jeff Burchard
Advanced Educational Technologies |
Teaching Transportation Technologies as a System
Scott Jewell Ipswich Middle School |
STEM-SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING and MATH
Mark Bireley, Universal Technical Institute |
CAPTURE THE WIND Pravin Trivedi Bruce Rawley Millbury Jr. – Sr. High School |
Teaching a Full Year- Frameworks Based- High School Technology/Engineering Class
Susan Sanford – TEAM Worcester Public School Mark Kobel – TEAM Gardner Public Schools |
Come See How Architectural CAD Can Be With ENVISIONEER! Mark Leonard
Tech Ed Concepts |
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Science & Technology/Engineering (STE) Framework Review Panel Jake Foster, Dept of Elementary & Secondary Ed
Stephen Van Voorhis -Mass TEC, Mark Kobel - TEAM |
BEYOND SMASH & CRASH : Part 2 Ray McCarthy ,EdD – President MassTEC Monument Valley Regional Middle School |
Teaching Communication Technologies
Scott Jewell
Ipswich Middle School |
TECA at Fitchburg State College
Jack Dembkowski TECA President Fitchburg State College |
GREENtech David Kempskie
Advanced Educational Technologies |
STEM Career Pathways Lisa Derby Oden
Central MA Regional Employment Board |
The FIRST Continuum
Steve Cremer
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology |
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UPDATE n the Science &Technology / Engineering MCAS Test Katie Bowler Mass Department of Elementary & Secondary Education |
DESIGN SQUAD: Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Engineers Thea Sahr WGBH Educational Outreach |
The MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative
Prof. Richard Larson Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
TeachEngineering – a free, K-12 engineering curriculum resource
Martha Cyr Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Convenient Professional Development at Fitchburg State
Prof. Matt McGee Fitchburg State College |
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Governor Deval L Patrick's and Lieutenant Governor Timmothy P. Murray's Citation in recognition of a eight year commitment to Technological Literacy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Tech ed future is creative, practical
By Lynne Klaft CORRESPONDENTFITCHBURG —
Tech ed is alive and well after undergoing changes from a its-for-guys-only stereotype in the 1960s to today’s creative, hands-on, practical, all-embracing attitude.
More typically known as “shop” or “industrial arts” during the 1960s through the 1980s, when all-male classes made wooden lamps or learned about fixing small engines, today’s tech ed has as many female students attending as male students. And all students are learning about designing an energy-saving lamp on a computer, or about how electricity and circuits work, or about how to create and market that lamp.
Fitchburg State College hosted the ninth annual Massachusetts Technology Education/Engineering Collaborative conference for more than a hundred technical education and engineering teachers, professors and businessmen yesterday so they could learn about the latest project ideas, classroom resources and materials, and the future of technology and engineering.
Scott Karpuk, a technology and engineering teacher at Clinton Middle School and a member of MassTech, said that “our future will be changed by engineers.”
“We are an organization of tech engineering teachers who are passionate about the subject. We encompass English language arts, math and science; bring them all together in a practical hands-on manner. It’s about advanced wood working and computer-aided design; how loads are dispersed, what makes a good design, safety as a factor,” said Mr. Karpuk.
He teaches his class about the history of how music was processed, from long-playing records to cassettes to CDs.
“In the near future, CDs will be phased out by MP3 players, that little tiny thing you can carry in your pocket. It’s part of what we teach and where the future is. I think the materials in engineering used in the future haven’t even been invented yet,” he said.
Although virtually all Central Massachusetts school districts and programs have technical education and engineering teachers and courses, “we’re the best kept secret,” said the president of MassTech, Ray McCarthy.
High school students in the state must pass a Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System science test as a requirement for graduation.
Their test options include biology, physics, chemistry and technical engineering.
“Not many parents, students and schools are aware of this. Only about 4,000 took the test for tech ed last year as compared to 40,000 for biology,” said James P. Alicata, chairman of the Industrial Technology Department at Fitchburg State College, which certifies and licenses teachers according to state curriculum frameworks.
Keynote speaker Nate Ball of WGBH Public Broadcasting System’s hit show “Design Squad” and WGBH Educational Foundation’s Thea Sahr showed teachers how to get students thinking like engineers with free hands-on activities, resources and a workshop.
At the workshop the teachers were told that teamwork, communication, real-world problem solving and hands-on activities are what turn kids on to the world of engineering.
William Gallant of Ipswich High School presents a profile of different kinds of engineers for his class every week, such as roller coaster engineers and baseball bat engineers.
“I do it to show kids that engineers are not dull. And, yes, they have baseball bat engineers at UMass Lowell, which has the only baseball bat testing lab that certifies bats for high school and college games. I take my class to see that lab every year. You can always pick up new ideas for projects at these conferences,” he said.
Telegram.com
Suggestions from participants at the 9 th Annual MassTEC Conference to Promote Technology Engineering Education in your school/district/state. Please send us more!!!
Poster design to promote what you do. Use CAD plotter to print D sized posters
Not just for geeks
Marketing our subject areas is vital to the future of tech/ed
Students present during parent night
Raffles off at parents night, a clock made by the tech. program
Bulletin boards with student photos. Newspaper articles. Student presentations
Display case
Tech ed adv bd
Newspaper article sum up 100 years of tech ed from manual training to technology engineering. Newspaper articles, web sites. Tech night presentation
Tech advisory board. Promote at tech night. Hold engineering summer for middles school students to show them the facilities
Posters throughout school. New courses such as green technology. TV production of technology program on local TV access
Series of website's that have information, projects, student work and daily agendas. Interested in seeing work from other teachers online
Brochure for parents night. Present to school committee and other groups
Need to call ourselves Tech/Engineering not Tech Ed. Tech/Eng club after school
Advisory committee. Projects that benefit the community.
Have an expert from industry visit once every month or two to talk to student about “why I am an engineer.” Build a LED flashlight and take it home. Thinking of more projects
Distribute newsletter to all administrators across the state highlighting the successful programs in Tech Ed/Engineering
Test engineering design challenges in various parts of the school and campus
Alternative assessment of math science and core classes through work done in tech ed
“Scientist study the world as it is. Engineers create the world that never has been.” T. Von Karmen
4x8 hallway board. Articles/photos in local/regional papers. Technology and Engineering repeatedly used to describe my content area to students, staff, parents and all who listen.
Display work, student multimedia presentations on school website and some videos/cartoons have made it to You tube.
Displays. Web pages.
Display work on walls and in display case. Hang work form ceiling in classroom. Have an exploratory night at school promoting my program. Formed “Green Energy Education Collaborative” aka “GEEC” and website to promote green renewable energy technologies to students and the community.
HS class has final battling robot contest in the cafeteria for other students to watch and cheer on.
Have regional network time at the conference Get people from schools close by to meet. (Put map on floor and go to your area-look around and see who is near you.) One or two regional meeting during the school year. Members decide which to go to. This could be a good way to recruit new MASSTEC members-see which towns are missing
Posters over flight, auto and tech ed around the classroom
Promotes tech/eng nationally
Invention convention. Physics Fair. Invite parents/other to judge participate
Invention convention
First robotics team. Ligerbots 5 we help other teams get started such as FLL community outreach and new courses to more into areas of new interest
Website for teacher
www.mos.org/gateway discussion
The poster proudly posted in the Principal's office
Click here to download a free copy of the poster given out Technology / Engineering Makes it Live
At the 2008 conference a presentation was shown at the luncheon featuring John Burns who recently passed away. If you would like to view the video presentation click here.
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