1Jun 13, 2018
The following is a description of the machines and tools that would be required to set up an Engineering Technology lab to teach the Engineering Technology Standards in an average middle or high school. As will be shown, it is not hugely expensive to do this. The four areas that inhabit the modern workplace and […]
2Jun 13, 2018
The change in focus that needs to occur in education can be illustrated by the difference between the fields of Educational Technology and Technology Education. Educational Technology is the use of technology as a tool to teach any academic subject. This is all well and good but it lulls people into a false sense of […]
3Jun 13, 2018
B. Engineering Technology Pathway The Engineering Technology pathway provides learning opportunities for students interested in preparing for careers in the design, production, or maintenance of mechanical, electrical, electronics, or electromechanical products and systems. Sample occupations associated with this pathway: Surveyor Research and Development Analyst Engineering Technologist Field Engineer Operations Engineer B1.0 Communicate and interpret information […]
4Jun 13, 2018
I wanted to share my thoughts with you today concerning the crisis in modern education. I have been a secondary school teacher for 16 years and I have also spent 9 years in the private sector in the field of electronics manufacturing. My background has given me a unique perspective on what needs to be […]
5Jun 13, 2018
All technologies can be defined as extensions of different parts of our body. When a radio listener can hear a song his favorite DJ is playing 30 miles away, his ear is being extended by radio technology. When you are gossiping with a friend over the phone who is thousands of miles away, your mouth […]
6Jun 13, 2018
If a child lives with criticism He learns to condemn If a child lives with hostility He learns to fight If a child lives with ridicule He learns shyness If a child lives with shame He learns guilt If a child lives with tolerance He learns patience If a child lives with encouragment He learns […]
7Jun 13, 2018
Reprinted from the April 1998 edition of Tech Directions. Written by Peter Honan When you were growing up were you the type of kid that loved to take things apart? (And if you’re a Technology teacher you probably were!) Do you have students that like to take things apart? This article describes a structured, inexpensive […]
8Jun 13, 2018
Technology has tremendous potential to improve the quality of education. There are many excellant software packages that provide what is called participatory learning, which gives students individualized, interactive learning experiences that instructors in today’s overcrowded classrooms cannot give. However, several things must happen in order to realize the full potential of technology. First of all, […]
9Jun 13, 2018
In Washington there are efforts to double the number of foreigners given work permits to fill hi-tech jobs. We are told that there are not enough qualified American citizens to fill hi-tech positions. Because of this shortage we must import up to 200,000 foreigners to work in hi-tech industries here in the US. Many people […]
10Jun 13, 2018
Computers represent man’s search for a tool to simplify the task of quantifying things in the world around him. As this need became more widespread and pronounced, the technology of the time developed machines to meet that need. However, the inventors of the various calculating machines often developed machines so advanced that they were not […]