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Memorial Students Lead the Way
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April 20, 2007, Elkhart Community Schools - A new curriculum implemented by Memorial High School during the 2005-06 school year could be a solution to one of Indiana's economic problems--a lack of residents trained in engineering, science and technology careers. Sidney Swartzendruber teaches the pre-engineering, activity-based curriculum. Students are not only gaining important academic skills, they're also having a lot of fun. Aspiring engineer Benjamin Lauer, a junior Principles of Engineering student, said his favorite assignments were creating a program and a machine to sort colored marbles and building a SMET2 machine that had to incorporate all six simple machines—lever, pulley, screw, wedge, incline plane, and wheel & axle. The finish of each team's project had to trigger the next team's start. |
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Project Lead The Way, inc. Adds Terrill and Hirsh to its curriculum ranks
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Wes Terrell joins Project Lead The Way, Inc. from Lafayette Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana. As a classroom teacher, he has taught high school technology education courses and computer software courses to adults. He has also worked as the Principles Of Engineering Assessment Coordinator. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, in Technology Education and is completing his Master’s of Education at Purdue University in Career and Technical Education Administration and Supervision. “I have seen the impact that PLTW courses have on students in the classroom and know that the program is changing the landscape of education across the country. I feel privileged to have an opportunity to be a part of the curriculum team as we face the challenges of continued success,” notes Wes.
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Mira Awards Recognizes Stephen Joseph of Terre Haute South Vigo High School
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Press release/Inside INdiana Business, May 18, 2007 – TechPoint who is the preeminent voice for Indiana’s technology community, celebrated Indiana innovation with a star-studded cast of successful business leaders and entrepreneurs, top academia and government officials Friday at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. The annual Mira Awards recognizes the organizations and individuals that have made significant contributions to Indiana technology growth. The TechPoint Mira Awards represents the largest and most prestigious technology awards program in the state. The awards program highlights Indiana’s technology community and creates heightened awareness of the state’s technology accomplishments. |
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Project Leads the Way to Career Paths
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Andrea Howe/Princeton Daily Clarion, May 23, 2007 - It's the beginning level of Project Lead The Way, a national program that includes a network of 200-plus Indiana high schools and middle schools. Sixth graders can use science and math and computer technology to engineer bridges and they can test their design in virtual scenarios, solving problems as they learn. North Gibson Asst. Supt. Linda Coleman said the program fits well in technical programs. “It gives kids a leg up and an opportunity to come out of school and out-earn their teachers,” she grinned. “It's the type of technology that prepares kids for careers after high school. They can get excited about their future while their still in our schools.” |
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Tech, Science Plus 3 Rs Fit in New Program
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Andrea Howe/Princeton Daily Clarion, May 24, 2007 - The multi-disciplined technology course (PLTW) challenges students to use math skills, English, physics, and their imagination. When North Gibson School Corporation makes full entry into the PLTW program next year, there will be more computers and more software to design projects and eventually build scale models. Motta said students will learn engineering and other critical thinking skills, envisioning projects on trial sketches, using math to arrive at dimensions and computer programs like Autodesk Inventor and Robo-Pro for robotics units. The days of middle school home economics and shop class may be history, but boys and girls will be learning to design and build working factory models, teaching toys and other creative projects. |
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Students Achieve F.I.R.S.T.
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Brittney Dick/IndyStar.com, May 24, 2007 - Warren Central team is 1st to reach national robot event. The Warren Central robotics team, known competitively as the "Digital Goats," qualified alongside Kokomo's TechnoKats and Lightning Lancers out of St. Louis for the nationals in Atlanta. "We went like everybody else thinking we'll just go and compete, and maybe we'll bring something back," said teacher Randy Decker, who started Warren Central's team six years ago. “We see it as a great way to encourage students to explore engineering as a possible career choice," Fultz continued. "Not only do we need good engineers now, we will need them in the future. If we can open the door for young students into the world of engineering, they could (potentially) come to work for Rolls-Royce some day." |
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Air Force Outstanding Technology Education Teacher Award Winners
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StudentAware joins America’s Air Force in congratulating the following Outstanding Technology Education Teachers. These 250 recipients represent some of the most dedicated and well respected teachers in the nation. Each of these teachers was nominated by their grateful students who recognize the "outstanding" contribution they make everyday. Indiana honorees include: James Felke, Tim Mauzy, Steve Clark, Don Sheets, Pat McDonald, Michael Evans, Charles Boehler, Marion Eveland. |
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Area Schools Take The Super Mileage Challenge
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David Slone/Times-Union Newspaper, May 12, 2007. In the past year, gas prices have risen to more than $3 per gallon. During that same time, area high school students built cars that get hundreds of miles to the gallon. On April 30, students from Warsaw, Whitko and Wawasee high schools competed in the 2007 Indiana Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Alliance Super Mileage Challenge at O'Reilly Raceway Park, Indianapolis, against dozens of other schools. Jay Ocken said designing and building the car is a good way to introduce students to braking and other systems in cars. |
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2007 IMSTEA Super Mileage Challenge Day
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Whereas Math, Science, and Technology Education have been cited as critical fields in a student’s education; and participants of the IMSTEA SMC are working on a hands-on, application based activity to find practical solutions to the energy crises; and past super mileage teams have brought national recognition to the State of Indiana through their accomplishments; and the IMSTEA and the TEI support student learning through the IMSTEA SMC; Now, therefore, I Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Governor of the state of Indiana, do hereby proclaim April 30, 2007 as IMSTEA Super Mileage Challenge Day in the state of Indiana, and invite all citizens to duly note this occasion. |
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2007 IMSTEA Super Mileage Challenge Results
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This event provides students with an exciting ‘hands-on, minds-on’ opportunity to apply academics to meet a real world challenge,” said Mike Fitzgerald, technology education specialist for the Indiana Department of Education. “These students may be the scientists, engineers and technicians of tomorrow – the kind of innovators who are so important to Indiana’s economic future.” The following document details the official results of the 2007 IMSTEA Super Mileage Challenge. |
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Gas prices, what gas prices?
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Katie Harp/Princeton Daily Clarion, May 4, 2007 - With gas prices just shy of $3, it would be nice to own a car that gets more than 350 miles to a gallon. And coincidentally enough, the Princeton Community High School high mileage team designed and built a car that will do just that. “The difference between our cars and cars from other schools is our kids do all their own work in house,” instructor Larry Sisk said. “It's not my project - it's theirs.” He said the group worked on the car for the last year, mostly on Saturdays. Collins said the group also tested the car at the Toyota test track to prepare for the Indianapolis competition. |
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Jeff team wins mileage competition
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MERANDA WATLING/Journal and Courier, May 7, 2007. - It's easy to complain about the cost of gas, especially as local stations post prices well into the $3 range. But a team of Jefferson High School students didn't complain; they took up the Super Mileage Challenge and competed last week with a vehicle that got 1,350 miles per gallon. "You spend the whole year working on the car and you don't know if you're making it better or worse," said senior Jonathan Ziegler, who drove the car. "It was hit or miss, and we hit it right on." Senior Tyler Polk, one of the team managers, said the project might not have direct implications for automobile makers, but the process taught the students to think like an engineer and work together. "It's not just another automotive class," Polk said. "... This is as close as you get (to being on a racing team). If you slack off, it shows. We really work as a team." |
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Terre Haute South, Northview finish in top 12 in Super Mileage Challenge
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Staff reporter/The Tribune-Star, May 2, 2007 - Students were required to pilot their team cars for 10 laps while averaging a speed of 15 mph during the course of the run. Following the time on the track, the gas tank was weighed and the mileage was calculated using a formula provided to each team. Teams could make as many runs as they wished, and the best three attempts were averaged for their official result. |
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A different kind of race
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Rob Lee/The Paper 24-7, May 1, 2007 - This is an excellent opportunity for our students to get a real world experience using their math, science and technology knowledge and skills, teacher and advisor Ed Stuffle said. And, by the way, they are having fun with education. “It's weird because you do the work for efficiency instead of putting the hammer down," Clint said while he worked feverishly on the car. "This year is more about the aerodynamics," Rogers said. "Each one of us has something to do every time the car comes back in toward that." |
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Fuel-Efficient Cars at the IMSTEA Super Mileage Challenge
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Sean Snyder/Design News, May 2, 2007 - The cars typically cost around $300 to $400 to build, with more competitive designs reaching the $2,000 to $3,000 range. As teams build the cars, major focus is put on aerodynamics and driving style. Students designed and built these super fuel-efficient cars, some with efficiency levels of greater than 1,000mpg, to compete in the challenge. We like to sponsor conferences that feature integrated curriculum programs, programs where kids learn math science and technology all together,” says IMSTEA President Jim Thompson.” |
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Building a path to success
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Virginia Hilbert/The Indianapolis Star, May 2, 2007 - Brownsburg East Middle School students Amanda Federspiel and Jared Woodings had a big job ahead after a mishap damaged their Gateway to Technology class project: Fixing a paper bridge, which had to pass tests showing it could function and was level. The 3-year-old course -- which incorporates computers, drafting and traditional shop tools -- won the International Technology Education Association's Program Excellence Award. As the program's pioneer, Floyd was honored at the group's annual conference this spring for developing an outstanding technology program. |
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Local students race for fuel efficiency
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Kris Kirschner/Eyewitness News, April 30, 2007 WTHR-TV - Indianapolis, IN - Gas prices topped $3.09 a gallon for regular unleaded in central Indiana this weekend. As automakers and lawmakers try to figure out a solution to rising fuel costs, dozens of Indiana high school students are racing to find an answer. As organizer Jim Thompson says, "A lot of these kids (when they) get into college, they'll be designing the cars of 2030." For now, they're learning a lot about each other and how to put school lessons like science, technology, and math, to practical uses. |
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Students’ car gets over 1000 mpg
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Star staff/The Indianapolis Star, April 30, 2007 - Students from Mater Dei High School in Evansville won today’s Super Mileage Challenge at O’Reilly Raceway Park with a car that got 1365 miles per gallon. The futuristic, aerodynamically slick cars are designed to offer as little wind resistance as possible to squeeze every bit of distance from their fuel. The mileage per gallon is determined by weighing each vehicle’s gasoline tank before and after its run. |
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Gas and go, go, go!
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Gary Moore/The Indianapolis Star, May 1, 2007 - Students from Evansville's Mater Dei High School won Monday's Super Mileage Challenge at O'Reilly Raceway Park with a car that gets 1365 miles per gallon. |
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High Mileage Car
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Heartland News/KFVS - Cape Girardeau, MO, April 30, 2007 - In these days of high gas prices, we're all trying to squeeze the best mileage we can out of our vehicles. Some students in Indiana have built vehicles that can get over one thousand miles to the gallon. A high school competition was under way in Indianapolis Monday. Teams from about three dozen high schools from around the state took part in this year's super mileage challenge at O'Reilly Raceway Park. |
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Just 1 minute
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Star staff/Indianapolis Star, IN - April 29, 2007 Here's an answer to gas prices that seem to be spiking at over $3 per gallon just as the summer driving season starts. |
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Is 1,500 miles per gallon possible?
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Avon Waters/IDOE News Release, April 27, 2007. “This event provides students with an exciting ‘hands-on, minds-on’ opportunity to apply academics to meet a real world challenge,” said Mike Fitzgerald, technology education specialist for the Indiana Department of Education. “These students may be the scientists, engineers and technicians of tomorrow – the kind of innovators who are so important to Indiana’s economic future.” |
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North racing team outdistances challengers
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Wade Coggeshall/The Journal Review, April 30, 2007 - In today’s world of rising fuel costs, the skills and study used in the Super Mileage Challenge are more relevant than ever. Besides building their car, each group must submit an exhaustive proposal covering every aspect of the project, including specific calculations in such areas as aerodynamics and braking forces. "Every teacher I’ve talked to says it’s a great program, mainly because the math and science students get to see the mechanics of assembling a car from the technical students, and those students learn all the critical calculations necessary in automobiles. “I learn better hands-on," said his teammate, David Herron. "This is a chance for these students to apply real-world applications." |
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Ball State Daily News, April 27, 2007 - High school students from six schools around Indiana will participate in the fourth annual Iron Egg Launch competition at 9 a.m. Each high school team made an egg launcher and protective egg container for the event, which is hosted by Ball State University and Purdue University College of Technology-Anderson/Muncie, according to the press release. |
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Kim Medaris/Purdue News Service, April 24, 2007 - "This is a great opportunity for students to combine the math, science and communications skills they've learned in high school into an educational and fun project," said David Riegle, Purdue's Anderson/Muncie student services coordinator. "This event gives them hands-on experience in applying scientific concepts while at the same time holding their interest and allowing them to see how these theories apply to real-world situations." “We’re trying to get them to apply math and physic applications and use what they’ve learned in the classroom in a fun way,” said Dave Riegle, Purdue’s Anderson/Muncie student services coordinator. |
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High school students scramble to become egg launch winners
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Lathay Pegues/The Muncie Star Press, April 27, 2007 - Most high school students probably wouldn’t know what to do with an egg if you gave them a skillet and spatula. But tell them to create an apparatus that launches the egg several meters without breaking it and some of them would master it. Students from Delta, Pendleton Heights, Noblesville, Blue River and Southern Wells were invited to Ball State to compete in the 4th annual Iron Egg Launch competition. |
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ISU program gets students excited about recycling
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Katie Spanuello/ISU media relations assistant director, Tribune-Star Terre Haute, Indiana, April 24, 2007 - Project LITTER, now in its second year, stands for Less-Inappropriate-Trash-Through-Education-and-Recycling. ISU students in the project are not only getting local kids excited about reducing the trash that is going to landfills and being dumped on city streets; but showing them ways they can take action, such as the trash pick-up scheduled for this Saturday, according to Cory Goebel, a sophomore technology education major from Evansville. |
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Female college students encourage younger girls to enter technical fields
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Katie Spanuello/ISU media relations assistant director, Tribune-Star Terre Haute, Indiana, April 24, 2007 “These workshops will provide the Girl Scouts with hands-on experiences in design, problem solving, and team building; while increasing their awareness of opportunities for exciting careers in technology,” said Bev Bitzegaio, outreach coordinator for technology student services at ISU. |
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National competition a great experience for NW robotics team
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North White High School Team Pulse may not have walked away the winner in last weekend's national robotics competition but the experience gained from that level of competition for the third-year team was invaluable. In March, the team took the championship at the FIRST - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology - Boilermaker Regional Competition at Purdue University. "It was an interesting, challenging experience. While we didn't achieve the successes we had hoped for on the field, we had many other successes. We were able to view (hundreds) of other robots that were designed to play the same game," Seward said. "Best of all we have made and renewed great friendships with people from all over the U.S." |
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Nettle Creek class eligible for college credit
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Palladium-Item - Richmond,IN,USA A letter to the school from Purdue associate professor George Rogers said, "We were very impressed with all aspects of your PLTW technology education program and with the vitality of your students and staff, plus the outstanding school administrative support of this pre-engineering technology education program." Rogers said the school has been recommended to be designated a PLTW Certified Pre-Engineering Technology Education High School. The certification will mean that students in the PLTW classes who pass a PLTW test and had a 85-percent average in the class would be eligible for college credit for the course. |
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Car Design Wins Mater Dei Team Third Place at Shell Eco-Marathon
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If fuel efficiency is what you're looking for, you might want to check with a group of high school students from Mater Dei. A team of the school's students placed third after a car they engineered achieved 1,596 miles per gallon during a competition in Fontana, Calif., this weekend. Placing second was another Indiana team: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana who engineered a car that achieved 1,637.2 miles per gallon. |
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Regional High School Engineering Contest
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Lafayette, Ind. – The fifth annual Introduction to Engineering Design Contest (IED) is taking place statewide on Tuesday, April 10th with 32 schools participating. Winning the Jefferson Regional was 1st Kankakee Valley and 2nd Jefferson. At the McKenzie Regional 1st place went to Walker Career Center and 2nd place was awarded to Homestead High School. At the Jasper Regional 1st place was awarded to Forest Park followed by 2nd being awarded to Dubois. |
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Mater Dei Team to Give Car Fuel Test
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Ten Mater Dei High School students will put their fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car to the test this weekend at the California Speedway in Fontana, California. Shell is sponsoring Eco-marathon Americas and is offering a $10,000 expense reimbursement to the educational institution building the car with the best gas mileage. "Any high school can enter that wants to. But (preparing) is a tremendous amount of time," said Dan Ritter, a mechanical engineer with GE Plastics, father of two Mater Dei team members and parent adviser to the Mater Dei Super Mileage Team. Mater Dei will be squaring off against teams from Purdue University, Rose-Hulman, UCLA and others. |
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Super Mileage Car
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Video (Wednesday, April 04 2007) With gas prices on the rise, imagine a car that gets more than 1,800 miles per gallon. That's exactly what some Mater Dei students have designed, and it's called a super-mileage car. The group of students are taking two of these cars to California, to compete in the Shell Eco-Marathon, a competition to design a car that gets as many miles per gallon as possible. More than 20 high school and college teams will compete for the top prize of $10,000. The Mater Dei group will fly out to California next week, the competition begins April 12. |
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Muncie/Delaware FIRST Robotics Team 1720 in the National Finals
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For the second year in a row, Muncie/Delaware Robotics Team 1720 entered the annual contest for the Autodesk Visualization Award. Autodesk® is a major sponsor for FIRST, providing CAD and Visualization software to all FIRST teams. The Autodesk Visualization Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in animation. Autodesk challenged teams to use Autodesk 3ds Max® software to produce a 30-second animation that best depicts the theme. The team’s animation won first place at the recent Boilermaker Regional competition, held March 15 – 17 at Purdue University and has been selected as one of five entries for judging at the National Competition, to be held in Atlanta Georgia on April 12 – 14, 2007 |
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Mater Dei High School Super Mileage Team to compete in the Shell Eco-Marathon
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On April 12 – 15, the Mater Dei High School Super Mileage Team will be traveling to the California Speedway in Fontana, California to compete in the Shell Eco-Marathon. The team, comprised of 13 high school students, will be taking 2 cars and 10 team members to the event. Once at the competition, the Mater Dei Super mileage Team will join a high school from California as two of the only high schools in the event and will be competing against such institutions as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Cal Polytechnic University, Louisiana State University, Penn State University, University of California Los Angeles, and Purdue University. |
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2007 Annual ITEA Conference Competitive Events Results
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ITEA/TECA announce the 2007 Annual Conference Competitive Events Results from San Antonio, Texas from March 14-17, 2007. Results include: McGraw-Hill Higher Education “Live” Communication Contest 3rd place Purdue University, Indiana State University 4th place. In the SME / TECA “Live” Manufacturing Contest, Ball State University 3rd place. The TECA Technology Challenge Sponsored by Goodheart-Willcox Publishers, Indiana State University 1st place. In the DEPCO Teaching Lesson Contest Purdue University placed 4th place. Congratulations to all of the honored Indiana school and students! |
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IdeaGarden Leaders Hand off the Baton
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A HUGE THANK-YOU goes to co moderators, Gary Wynn, DTE and Ron Yuill, DTE for their outstanding and tireless leadership of ITEA’s Idea-Garden listserv over the last several years. Gary and Ron have taken the listserv from its infancy to the vital learning community that it is today. Mike Fitzgerald, DTE, Angela Quarles, DTE, and Brad Naas will now be monitoring the IdeaGarden on a daily basis, nourishing and encouraging the garden to continue to grow and provide inspiration to the technology education community. |
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Winners Announced in Dimension 3D Printing Group's Extreme Redesign Contest
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The Dimension 3D Printing Group announced the winners in its third annual "Extreme Redesign: The Ultimate 3D Printing Challenge," a global design and 3D printing contest for high school and college students. Winners recognized in the high school category include Zach Stephens (Twist and Measure) of Westfield High School in Carmel, Indiana. |
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Honey Creek Middle School Teacher Wins Award
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Ken Amos, a middle-school technology education teacher at Honey Creek Middle School, has been chosen as one of 43 teachers nationwide to receive the 2007 Teacher Excellence Award from the International Technology Education Association. Amos is an 18-year veteran teacher, spending the last 13 years at Honey Creek. Amos was part of the team that was nationally recognized for its innovative technology education program in 2005. |
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Brownsburg East Middle School presented with the Middle School Program Excellence Award
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San Antonio, TX, March 15, 2007- Brownsburg East Middle School in Brownsburg, Indiana was presented with the Program Excellence Award at ITEA’s Annual Conference. The award is one of the highest honors given to technology education programs on the elementary, middle, or high school level. It is presented in recognition of outstanding programs that contribute to the profession and students. The awards were distributed as part of ITEA’s first general conference session. |
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Ken Amos of Honey Creek Middle School presented with Middle School Teacher Excellence Award
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Ken Amos of Honey Creek Middle School in Terre Haute, Indiana was recently honored by the International Technology Education Association as one of 43 teachers from across the U.S. to receive its prestigious Teacher Excellence Award. The Award is one of the highest honors given to technology education classroom teachers and is presented in recognition of each recipient’s outstanding contribution to the profession and to his or her students. The awards were distributed as part of ITEA’s second general conference session. |
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Winamac Community High School presented with the High School Program Excellence Award
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San Antonio, TX, March 15, 2007- Winamac Community High School in Winamac, Indiana was presented with the Program Excellence Award at ITEA’s Annual Conference. The award is one of the highest honors given to technology education programs on the elementary, middle, or high school level. It is presented in recognition of outstanding programs that contribute to the profession and students. The awards were distributed as part of ITEA’s first general conference session. |
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Wesley Terrell of Jefferson High School presented with High School Teacher Excellence Award
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Wesley Terrell of Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana was recently honored by the International Technology Education Association as one of 43 teachers from across the U.S. to receive its prestigious Teacher Excellence Award. The Award is one of the highest honors given to technology education classroom teachers and is presented in recognition of each recipient’s outstanding contribution to the profession and to his or her students. The awards were distributed as part of ITEA’s second general conference session. |
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International Technology Education Association honors Distinguished Technology Educator (DTE)
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The International Technology Education Association recently honored Michael Fitzgerald of the Indiana Department of Education with its Distinguished Technology Educator award. The DTE designation is a coveted mark of distinction in technology education. It recognizes technology educators who have demonstrated a high level of competence and conscientiousness in the field of technology education. The award was presented during the Second General Session of the ITEA 69th annual conference in San Antonio, Texas. |
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Egg launch competition teaches physics principles
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In the competition, groups of four to six high school students design and build an apparatus to launch an egg at a target 25 meters away, as well as a container to hold the egg and keep it from breaking upon landing. They are judged on a combination of launch accuracy, creativity, egg protection, and quality of a written report. "The students in the contest are able to put to use the concepts they are learning in the classroom, as well as have fun," says David Riegle, Purdue's Anderson and Muncie student services coordinator. |
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Purdue receives honor for K-12 outreach
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Project Lead The Way, a national educational program, honored Purdue and the state of Indiana for working together to address the shortage of U.S. engineering and engineering technology students. The national award recognizes the Indiana state partnership of Project Lead The Way, administered by the Purdue College of Technology and the state's Department of Education and Department of Workforce Development. Project Lead The Way reaches more than 14,000 students each year in 135 middle and high schools throughout Indiana. |
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The Future/Sim City Group from Riverview Middle School
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The Future/Sim City Group from Riverview Middle School won the state competition. They then attended the Nationals in Washington D.C. They placed 12th nationally and won the Best Personal Transportation Award. The scores were so close that they were only 2 points away from making the final round (4th place)! Teacher Vanessa Schoon is the Future City Group sponsor. |
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Perry's Cyber Blue Celebrates Win
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The Cyber Blue robotics team from Perry Meridian High School claims awards it earned during the Boilermaker Regional over the weekend. By virtue of its performance, the team earned a spot in the national competition. The Perry Meridian team racked up a total of four awards, including being named as winner of the regional meet. The team is sponsored by Allison Transmission, Rolls-Royce, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, and more than 80 other community businesses. The list of sponsors also includes 74 proud grandmas. |
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Robotics Team Makes Third Visit to FIRST
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This year we have a lift system and arm. It's a different game, way different, and a lot more challenging," Klapp said. This year the game is 'Rack N Roll' with robots designed to hang inflated, colored inner tubes on pegs configured in rows and columns on a 10 foot high center rack structure. |
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North White Team Takes Home the Gold
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WEST LAFAYETTE - North White robotics Team Pulse walked away with the gold this weekend after three days of competition at the FIRST Boilermaker Regional Competition at Purdue University. After settling in Thursday in the Purdue armory and running through practice rounds, the team of high school students, mentors and their robot creation dubbed 'Elvis' in line with this year's game theme 'Rack and Roll', were ready for competition on Friday. |
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North White's Robot a Winner
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The pit cart bumper sticker said it all -- "This Isn't Your Grandpa's Shop Class." Music blared, fans jumped and robots battled Saturday at the FIRST Rack 'N' Roll Boilermaker Regional in Purdue University's armory. FIRST means "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology," a program that combines sports with science and technology. |
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FIRST Robotics
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Area high schools Kokomo, Western and Taylor competed in the FIRST Robotics competition on Purdue University's campus Friday. Using robots students built themselves, the teams tried to complete a task. Matches continue on Saturday until winners are decided. |
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Local Team Hopes Robot's Best Days are Ahead of it
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With a little tweaking and modifications, the Jefferson/McCutcheon team thinks it has a winning machine for this week's robotics competition at Purdue University. "Aside from engineering skills, they're picking up teamwork, time management and project management," said mentor Nick Seidl, a technology education major at Purdue. |
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Robotics Teams Lend a Hand to Competition
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“It’s about kids working with mentors — it isn’t a science fair,” said TechnoKats team leader Andy Baker, a past recipient of the FIRST competition’s highest mentoring award. “The kids get to work with people who are professionals in their field. They get to see what I do. Maybe they won’t want to do that, but it’s something to help them find out what they might want to do.” |
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Lawrence Team's Robot Ready to Compete
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The machines come in all sizes and shapes. But they are made with a standard set of materials as prescribed by competition organizers, who hope to inspire high school interest in science and technology. Teachers and robotics officials are trying to encourage girls to participate, they say, because historically science and math-related fields have been male dominated. In the future, McKenzie could have an all-girls team, said Frank Svarczkopf, who coaches the Lawrence team and teaches computer technology. |
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Rack 'N' Roll 2007 Competition Challenges!
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Challenges abound as the 2007 FIRST Robotics team PhyXTGears races against the clock to build their robot in 6 weeks. Many hours of hard work, brain storming and strategic planning by Mentors and Muncie/Delaware High School Students will take place in the Department of Technology. MORE... |
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Gadget Games
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Students battle in robotics contest. A regional robot competition for high school and college students started Thursday at Purdue University and continues through Saturday. The program is through FIRST -- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology -- a group working to change the way students view science. "Aside from engineering skills, they're picking up teamwork, time management and project management," said mentor and Purdue student Nick Seidl. |
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Team THRUST 1501 Eliminated at Purdue: Robotics Team Wins Two Awards, Will Compete in Atlanta
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The Huntington County 4-H Team 1501 THRUST robot, named Martha, was eliminated in the first two quarter-final rounds of competition Saturday at the FIRST Boilermaker Regional Competition in the Purdue University Armory. Even though it didn't qualify through winning the regional competition, Martha will be shipped directly from Purdue to the international championship in Atlanta and will compete there April 12-14. This is its first appearance at the Atlanta competition. The robot won the Wow Factor Award and the Play of the Day Award from the Boilermaker Regional judges. |
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First Robotics Competition
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Charlie Nye / The Indystar.com - View the Indianapolis Star report of the Boilermaker Regional. In this year’s game, competitors will form three-team alliances and will play as either the red alliance or the blue alliance. Robots will attempt to pick up inner tubes and place them on metal forms, similar to jungle gyms, to score points. At the end of the game, teams may score bonus points for being able to get a robot completely off the ground. |
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Robotics Teams Kick off Season
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Saturday, Kokomo’s TechnoKats, Taylor’s Robo-Titans and Western’s PantherTech teams received their kits and instructions for the 2007 competition game, as did the other competitors around the world. The three local teams attended the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology robotics kick off regional at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana’s Kokomo campus, to watch a satellite telecast from FIRST headquarters in Manchester, N.H. |
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Six Finalists Announced in Dimension’s 3D Printing Group’s Extreme Redesign Contest
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MINNEAPOLIS (March 14, 2007) — The Dimension 3D Printing Group announced today the six finalists for its third annual “Extreme Redesign: The Ultimate 3D Printing Challenge,” for high school and college students that awards scholarships to winners. The final contestants from the high school category are Jonathon Crompton (Ski Pole Radio) of Sherwood High School in Sherwood, Ore.; Mike Rouse (Solar Street Sign) of Warren Career Prep Center/Cousin High School in Warren, Mich.; and Zach Stephens (Twist and Measure) of Westfield High School in Westfield, Ind. |
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Principles Of Engineering (POE) Course at Morton High School
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The projects that we have done this year are Engineering Careers presentations and the Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology project (SMET). The SMET project is identical to the activities that students will participate in during the Rube Goldberg contest held at Purdue University (West Lafayette) in February. |
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Desktop Organizer Contest at Morton High School
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We have at least two students from each IED classs that are spotlighted in Second Trimester's Desktop Organizer Contest. All students were assigned to design a desktop organizer that could be any shape, but must not exceed the dimensions of 8" x 10" x 5" (Length x Width x Height). |
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Winamac Super Mileage at Lugar’s Energy Summit
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Promoting Super Mileage competition in Indiana, members of the WCHS Super Mileage Team displayed one of their past vehicles at Senator Lugar’s Energy Summit. Held at Purdue University, the Summit was a gathering of people involved in conserving energy or just interested in the energy shortage. |
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VHS Engineering and Technology Students at State House
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Valparaiso High School’s finest Technology/Engineering activities were on display in the North Atrium of the State Capitol on February 27th, 2007. The public, legislators and other elected officials saw the Indiana Engineering and Technology Education Curriculum that is being implemented by Technology teachers across the state of Indiana. Over 100 public school students from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River participated with State Superintendent Dr. Suellen Reed visiting all students and activities. |
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Schools nationwide add high school initiative
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Universities across the country are now following Purdue's lead and adding Project Lead the Way credentials to their curriculum. In January, Purdue became the first university in the nation to grant Project Lead the Way teaching certification along with its technology teaching degrees. "It used to be teachers had to go to professional development in the summer," said George Rogers, program coordinator of the Lead the Way education program at Purdue. "Now, when our graduates graduate with teaching licenses, they can come out with Lead the Way credentials as well. It allows graduates greater opportunities for selection of schools because schools are looking for teachers qualified to teach Project Lead the Way." |
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