NJTEEA Spring Update #7

New Jersey Technology & Engineering Educators Association

New Jersey Technology & Engineering Educators Spring Update #7

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AutoDesk PLC

Conference Registration

TCNJ Announces Retirement

ITEEA Conference 2014

NJTEEA Awards

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Spring Update #7

March 2013

Greetings!

Please find below information regarding Teen Tech (all girls tech and engineering day), registration information for our upcoming AutoDesk PLC/Activity Swap workshop, the NJTEEA Annual Conference, NJTEEA Awards and Grants, an opportunity to present at the ITEEA Conference in Orlando, FL , as well as information about TCNJ's Department of Technological Studies Chair Retirement.

Don't Forget to Register for Teen Tech 2013!

Teen Tech 2013

For High School Girls (Grades 9-11)

DATE: May 23rd, 2013

TIME: 8:30am-2pm

LOCATION: Rutgers University School of Engineering (New Brunswick)

Teen Tech is a program for high school age girls focusing on design and technology.

Connecting Girls and Technology
A day of hands-on workshops
for high school girls, grades 9-11

teentech™ is a project of the American Association of University Women, New Jersey, Inc. (AAUWNJ) in collaboration with Rutgers University, to involve young women in STEM education-Science,Technology, Engineering and Math.

AAUW's report, Gender Gaps, indicated that young women lag behind young men in acquiring technical proficiencies. The report cites evidence that girls are more likely to use technology when they see its real-world applications. AAUW's book, Why So Few?, documents that the problem persists.

teentech™ 2013, which will take place on May 23, 2013 at Rutgers University, will be a day of hands-on workshops that are designed to make technology, science, engineering, and math exciting and relevant and to interest girls in high-demand careers in the global economy where women are still greatly underrepresented.

High school girls from around the state will have the opportunity to learn problem-solving skills by engaging in hands-on workshop sessions with faculty and students in
Technology and Engineering disciplines.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION: TEEN TECH 2013

Registration Questions: butterfliesr2free@verizon.net

AutoDesk PLC and Activity Swap Workshop

Location: Morristown High School

Date: April 17, 2013

Time: 5-7 pm

Do you use the Autodesk Design Academy in your classroom or are you interested in it? If so, join us for an activity swap and information session about using AutoCAD, Inventor, REVIT or 3D Studio MAX. Please bring one classroom tested activity to swap with other users so everyone can leave with a new activities and resources. If you have an interesting or different application for a command you can do a software demonstration for other teachers. Software computers and projector will be available.

Please click here to get more information or to register: CLICK HERE

27th Annual Conference & Expo - EARLY BIRD PRICING IS COMING TO AN END! REGISTER NOW AND SAVE!

NJTEEA 27th Annual STEM Conference & Expo

iSTEM: Integrating STEM Into Your 21st Century Classroom

Date: Friday, May, 10th, 2013

Time: Starts at 8:00am

Location: Montclair State University, Conference Center

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW!

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Steve O'Brien

Director of the Center for Excellence in STEM Education

(located at The College of New Jersey)

Schedule/Agenda

** Exposition is open ALL DAY**

8:00-9:00am	Registration, Exposition & Continental Breakfast
9:05-10:05am	Opening Session & Keynote Speaker
10:10-11:00am	Workshop Session 1
11:00 - 12:00pm	Exposition & Break
12:05-12:55pm	Workshop Session 2
12:55-2:20pm	Luncheon & Exposition
2:25-3:15pm	Workshop Session 3
3:15-3:45pm	Exposition
3:45pm	Tech Ed All-Stars**

Tech Ed All-Stars - Hands on Design Competition ($100 first prize)

Workshops

Click here for workshop descriptions and registration.

Conference Fees

January 1st - March 31st: Option 1 - $135 Option 2 - $170

** Registration must be received by March 31st, 2013 to qualify.

April 1st - May 10th: Option 1 - $175 Option 2 - $205

Package 2 includes discounted NJTEEA dues for the 2013-2014 school year.
If you are paying by Purchase Order, you still have to register. DO NOT send a PO for unregistered individuals.
Please note that once you register, you are confirmed, regardless if payment has been received.
Make checks payable to: NJTEA

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW!

TCNJ Announces Retirement

Dr. John Karsnitz, Professor and Chair of the Department of Technological Studies is retiring after 45 years of teaching at the junior/senior high school and college levels. He has been at TCNJ for 35 years and has chaired the Department for 24 years. He will be honored during the School of Engineering Spring Celebration of Achievement on April 11th. Alumni will receive invitations but other colleagues interested in attending should contact the School for more information or go to community.tcnj.edu/springcelebration13

Dr. Steve O'Brien has been elected the new chair.

Dr. Karsnitz earned his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1976. Under his leadership, the highly successful M/S/T major was established in 1998 (to be renamed iSTEM this fall) and the Technology Education major was redesigned to include a pre-engineering component in 2005. He created the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) - Secondary Education Technology Education program in 2008 for individuals with a degree in a design field who desire to teach. These majors have grown to ~200 students. Traditionally graduates from the MAT and T/PrEE majors become technology teachers, but M/S/T students with the Technology Specialization can also qualify for the Technology Education endorsement. Dr.K is most pleased that around 40 new graduates per year will qualify to teach Technology Education. Majors in the Department can also qualify to earn a PLTW pre-service endorsement.

During his tenure, Dr. Karsnitz served as the college-wide elected faculty representative to the Board of Trustees (2001-2005) and member of the Faculty Senate Executive Board from 2001-2011. He was asked to lead the effort to establish a new Campus Governance system. The system received national recognition for its shared governance principles by the American Association of University Professors in 2006. He served as a member of the Campus Leaders for 25 years. He worked with NJTEEA to promote Technological Literacy through the establishment of Core Content Standards and served on the Science Framework Standards group preparing the technology chapter. He has served as the college representative for NJTEEA. He was very active in the TEECA and served as the coordinator for the 2011 Eastern Regional Conference in Virginia Beach receiving the TECCA Distinguished Advisor Award at the ITEEA International Conference in Columbus in 2013.

Recognized as a national leader, he has presented at the local, state and national levels. He received approval to bring the TIES Magazine group to campus in 1993 and helped establish the Center for Excellence in STEM Education in the School of Engineering. He has had a major impact on the profession through his five textbooks. His most recent publication, Engineering Design: An Introduction, second edition (2013) was co-authored with Drs. Steve O'Brien and John Hutchinson (Delmar Cengage Learning. Clifton Park, NY).

Future Plans:

Dr. K is committed to continuing to working with the profession to increase the number of technology/pre-engineering education teachers by building on the more than 1000 graduates of the program since his arrival at the college in 1978. He plans to work with Dr. O'Brien this fall to establish a high school/community college/TCNJ collaboration designed to increase the number of students transferring into the Technology/Pre-Engineering Education major. Teachers interested in this initiative should contact Dr. Karsnitz at karsnitz@tcnj.edu or Dr. O'Brien at obriens@tcnj.edu. His goal is to have 10 new transfer students entering the program each year. Teachers are reminded that Freshman Applications are due by November 9th for Spring Admission and January 15th for Fall Admission. Transfer Applications are due by November 1 for Spring Admission and February 15 for Fall Admission. Go to http://admissions.pages.tcnj.edu/ for more admissions information. Remember to always contact the department when recommending a student to one of the programs.

To support students already in the program, Dr.K and his wife Suzanne have established the John and Suzanne Karsnitz Scholarship Endowment Fund at TCNJ. The fund will award a $1000 scholarship each year to a junior T/PrEE major who has demonstrated a commitment to teaching, leadership, creativity and scholarship. He is also pleased to announce that the Technological Studies Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund will begin awarding a $1000 scholarship to a junior T/PrEE or M/S/T major. Contributions to either fund can be made by going to https://community.tcnj.edu/give, select amount and designation "other" and specify either the John and Suzanne Karsnitz Scholarship or the Technological Studies Scholarship Fund.

In retirement Dr. K will continue to write, design and make things, especially arts and crafts inspired items, spend time with Sue and his children and grandchildren, sing bass in his church choir, ski with his son and grandson, and play golf and tennis.

Dr. K, Professor Emeritus, can be reached at karsnitz@tcnj.edu

Deadline Approaching to Present at the ITEEA Conference in Orlando!

CLICK HERE TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFO: http://www.iteea.org/Conference/apptopresent.htm

Deadline to Apply to Present in Orlando is June 15, 2013

ITEEA conference presentations are intended to provide participants with nonbiased professional information related to the wide scope of issues and needs associated with technology and engineering literacy education, teaching/learning research, and student performance. Professional program presenters should avoid specific commercial product and resource endorsements in their presentations. Commercial product manufacturers, vendors, and representatives wishing to make nonexhibit presentations at conferences should contact the ITEEA Exhibits/Advertising Coordinator [ (703) 860-5028 - cmaggio@iteea.org ] to discuss commercial product presentation options within the context of the conference program.

Orlando, FL - 2014 Conference Theme and Strands

TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING LITERACY CORE CONNECTIONS

The subject areas of technology and engineering education have seen a decade's worth of implementation experience, relevant findings from tthe cognitive sciences, and workshops such as the National Academy of Engineering Workshop on core concepts in K-12 engineering education. Various standards have been used during the implementation process such as the Standards for Technological Literacy and newer common core standards. Now is the time to assess the various progressions with these standards, examine linkages to the STEM curriculum, and further define what is really important in technology and engineering education. The Orlando Conference theme and strands are provided to address the important work that has been achieved and to showcase the progress.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications for presenting should emphasize instructional, educational, and classroom resources that K-12 technology and engineering teachers can use in their practices when they return to their school. Applicants should take care to show how their presentation links to one or more of the strands and what materials the classroom teacher will take home.

STRAND 1 - TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL

What revisions should be made to the original technological literacy standards to narrow the content base toward a structure similar to the 21st century skills and core standards? What models and materials for teachers (pre-service and in-service) are being developed? How can we integrate this content to motivate and engage learners in deep and meaningful investigations within a coherent curriculum? What assessments and gauges of progress are available as measures of success?

STRAND 2 - ENGINEERING FOR ALL

What are the core ideas in K-12 engineering education? How can we identify and link engineering content to the STEM Community? What key elements of the published K-12 mathematics and English/ language arts "Common Core" standards should be linked to engineering content in the process of having a common core likeness? What conceptual frameworks should be used to guide the revision of any standards toward the implementation of engineerirng education? What models and materials for teachers (pre-service and in-service) are being developed and where are they? What assessments and gauges of progress are available as measures of success?

STRAND 3 - LINKAGES TO THE STEM COMMUNITY

How can we identify and link technology and engineering content to the STEM community? What "cross disciplinary" content can we emphasize to strengthen the role of technology and engineering? How do we demonstrate the use of mathematics in technology and engineering better? What elementary science principles can we integrate which will best influence a technology and engineering perspective?

STRAND 4 - LINKAGES TO THE LIBERAL ARTS

What are the core ideas in a K-12 liberal arts education? What work has been accomplished to identify conceptually sound and practical (i.e., teachable and learnable) connections between selected technology/engineering content with standards availalble in the liberal arts community? Is there a template for best instructional practices? Just how does the technology/engineering and the liberal arts community connect? Are there models and assessments showing progress to date? What are practical, implementable ideas that can be followed by the classroom teacher in making linkages from the technology/engineering content to a liberal arts education?

NJTEEA Awards - DEADLINES APPROACHING!

NJTEEA is committed to recognizing outstanding students and educators with awards, grants and scholarships. Recognition can be the difference between a program that is growing, and a program that is shrinking, so nominate and/or apply today for the opportunities listed below.

STEM Grant
Geared to support a STEM activity with the purchase of materials or equipment needed.