Session 8

Donna Matteson

Enhance your sketching ability while reinforcing key features of pictorial and working drawings. Sketch along with the presenter to develop ideas and communicate objects in isometric, oblique, perspective, and exploded view formats. Then review the concepts of working drawings, through rapid visualization of orthographic, section, detail, auxiliary, and development views, which help students prepare for CAD input. This is a fast-paced, hands-on experience in rapid visualization. Participants will be provided with pencils, a guided sketchbook, and an ebook pdf for future use. This presentation has limited seating. 

Scott English

Repeated: S7 Friday, 10:15 - 11:00

102 Park Hall (Communications Lab)

Everyone has heard of eSports at this point but what is it really and what does it look like in your school? What type of equipment do you need? What types of issues do you encounter? How do students compete against other schools? Do students compete in an online platform? All the typical questions people ask when figuring out how to start up your program will be answered in this session. Dive into the world of eSports and learn about the ins and outs of a program that is up and running. Learn what type of hurdles you might have getting your program started and how to be successful in your first year! 

John La Cascia, Peter Orlando, & Sean Michel

Repeated: S3 Thursday, 1:15 - 2:00  

115 Park Hall (Transportations Lab)

We would like to take you on the journey of how we built and tripled our Technology Program in seven years at Oceanside High School. With the support of our district and community, we set out with our advanced materials class to build a 1947 Rat Rod from scratch with no auto shop program; showing the district the need and desire for an auto program in our district. 

Tom White

Repeated: S2 Thursday, 10:15 - 11:00  

115 Park Hall (Transportations Lab)

Assessments for project/problem-based learning and the role of the teacher in the learning process - Documentation of the Engineering Design Process for assessment - Assessing student research when solving design problems - Using rubrics as a tool in technology classrooms. This presentation is based on the Siemens Engineering Pathway Program, a sequence of courses and software provided to schools at no cost. 

Mark Springston & Karin Dykeman

Oswego KidsTech is a community outreach program in which technology education majors at SUNY Oswego plan and teach STEM activities and lessons for elementary-aged children. STEM 4 Kids is for K-3 and Young Inventors is for grades 4-6. This is the second year of our funding from National Grid to update curriculum offerings to align with the Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy (STEL). After 10 years of successful programming, we are still reenvisioning our programs to have both a greater impact on the teaching and planning skills of our technology education majors and more fully expose participating children and parents to all eight STEL Technology and Engineering Contexts (TECs). Our new articulated K-6 program may have implications for K-12 alignment with the STEL TECs and our 48 STEM activities may be of interest to both elementary and middle school teachers. We will have many STEM learning materials displayed that participants can interact with. 

Kelsey Roman & Mike Woods

This session will explore the current Commissioner's Regulations, how to leverage technology education to meet diploma requirements, and the resources available from the Office of Career and Technical Education and the CTE Technical Assistance Center. 

Sarah Loudon & Daniel Duarte

Do you have a bunch of lego robotics kits sitting in your classroom that you don't know what to do with? Or have you run out of ideas for lessons and don't have the funding to buy all new equipment? This presentation will cover lessons and implementation ideas for old or outdated lego robotics kits. These ideas will focus on fostering healthy competition and social/emotional learning at the HS level. There will be time for questions and discussion at the end. 

Emily Blake, Scott Breigle, & Ian Krywe

What is a great way to get students to come to the workshop? Bring the workshop to them! The Ithaca City School Technology Department developed a traveling workshop in a trailer. Learn about how ICSD is taking hands-on learning to a new level by making it accessible wherever you may be. Come check out our workshop on wheels as well as a VR tour of our multi-million dollar space coming in 2025. It is designed to resemble traditional industry workspaces with various rooms for learning, designing, and creating. Ithaca is expanding our technology program and continuing to engage, educate, and empower our students wherever they may be.