MTEA Directory

Resources for Technology Educators...

Discussion board for technology teachers. JRH Designs supports elementary through university level technology education programs, technology education organizations, technology education alumni associations, technology teachers, and any other not-for-profit technology education groups, professionals, or events.

Go Engineering! e-Newsletter Go Engineering! goes out to thousands of K–12 educators, reaching into America’s classrooms to promote the importance of engineering and technology education and explore the many ways that engineering and technology can help teachers meet the challenge of making mathematics and science come alive for students.

Edutopia - The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit operating foundation that documents and disseminates models of the most innovative practices in our nation's K-12 schools. We serve this mission through the creation of media -- from films, books, our magazine Edutopia, and e-newsletters, to CD-ROMs and DVDs. Our Web site contains all of our multimedia content published since 1997.

ties - The online magazine for design & technology education. ties magazine supports technology education and the integration of math, science and technology curriculum mainly in middle, junior and senior high schools. ties is published four times a year: September, December, March, and June. We reach over 43,000 teachers. Subscribe online - it is free.

The Journal of Technology Education provides a forum for scholarly discussion on topics relating to technology education.

Welcome to Tech Directions, the nation's only trade journal for teachers and administrators of career/technical and technology education.

T.H.E. Journal offers a free one-year subscription to qualified individuals in educational institutions and training departments. They also provide a subscription service to qualified industry representatives. T.H.E. Institute now offers on-site, Web-based and intranet/CD-ROM delivered professional development as well.

Converge Magazine offers a free subscription to qualified individuals in educational institutions and training departments. Converge magazine is a source for workable solutions in education and technology.

Popular Science - Fuel for a curious mind. The on-line version of the magazine that so many of us have read throughout the years to get glimpses of what the future may hold. Lots of curricular resources available as well as subscription info.

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Finding Funding...

MNSCU Grants Plus! - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities home page for grant funding.

Finding Funders has the tools you need! Foundation Finder - contact information on more than 65,000 private and community foundations in the U.S. Grantmaker Web Sites - links to grantmaker.

Founded in 1969, the Minnesota Council on Foundations is a regional membership association of grantmakers, including family and other private foundations, community and other public foundations, and corporate foundations and giving programs.

Grants and Scholarships from the International Technology Education Association Foundation for Technology Education.

Workshops and Grants available through the Minnesota Department of Education.

The U.S. Department of Education is delivering about $28 billion this year to states and school districts, primarily through formula-based grant programs.

eSchool News - Resources/Funding - Your daily source for up-to-the-minute grant programs, funding sources, and technology funding information.

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Curriculum Resources...

Frameworks for Career and Technical Education:

This framework provides tools for determining how national and industry standards align with goals and curriculum in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. Check them out here!

Parametric Technologies, Incorporated (PTC) is committed to being the industry leader for design and technology in education at all levels.

ProDesktop Resources:
PTC Instructor Resource Site.
Screen shot program for developing tutorials.

For teacher training information contact Steve Ullrich.

101 Ways to Promote Career and Technical Education: From the South Central Service Cooperative. Great ideas! Download the PDF file here, or follow the link to the SCSC.

TryEngineering offers a variety of lesson plans that align with education standards to allow teachers and students to apply engineering principles in the classroom. A content matrix will allow you to select a lesson that will be age and content appropriate for your classroom. Lesson plans are free and in Acrobat PDF format for download.

National Science Digital Library - STEM - The Nation's online library of resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Building Homes of Our Own is an interactive teaching tool for the middle and high school classroom environment. The simulation presents a macro view of the entire home building process from site selection to final sale. Students collect information, solve problems and make choices as they build a 3D home against a budget, then review credit applications and sell to the buyer of their choice. The new program is part of the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) ongoing educational outreach initiative, in partnership with the National Housing Endowment, Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters and Freddie Mac. Building Homes of Our Own is free to educators serving schools with enrollments of 100 students or more* and members of the National Association of Home Builders.

Power Tool Institute: This is a trade organization made up by power tool manufacturers. The organization's aim is to educate and promote safety when using power tools. They have been around since 1961. Here is the good part: They have a bunch of educational materaials on power tool safety that is FREE! These include pamphlets, posters, and videos! Right now the stuff is all free including shipping! The videos look great! It appears they have limited quantities of the materials for free, so if you are interested get online and order your stuff today!

CareerSafe : The goal of the CareerSafe program is to teach younger workers how to stay safe in the workplace and begin to prepare these young men and women for a safe and prosperous future in their chosen career.

School Safety Course Series: These courses contain full-motion, full-screen video showing the proper safety procedures and techniques while working with equipment in schools. Throughout the course, "pop-quizzes" will keep the students attention by having them interact with the curriculum.

iSeek Solutions offers a comprehensive array of Minnesota-specific career and education products. By bringing together content experts from the educational community, government, non-profits and business.

Minnesota Career Information System:
Workforce Centers, High Schools, Libraries, Post-secondary Schools.
(651) 582-8357
(800) 599-6247

The Academic Superstore: Who is eligible to receive Academic Superstore discounts? You are eligible for Academic pricing if: You are a student or teacher, or you are a school administrator or a faculty member, or you are purchasing for an accredited school, college, or a hospital directly affiliated with an educational institution.

Convenience Learning International, specialists in Interactive Video-Based Training Courseware, have about 100 titles in the Trades & Technology area, which can be delivered over the intranet, local network or on a stand-alone computer. Each of their courses contain a FREE Learning Management System which allows you to keep track of your students' progress and obtain reports on individuals or entire groups. You can contact us via email at: info@clearing.com or by phone at: 763.559.4500 (Metro) 866.725.4806 (TollFree)

The Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.

Eye Safety Curriculum:

This is a video-based interactive course showcasing MINNESOTA’S students and instructors in a school environment. A subscription to this School Eye Safety Course comes with access to Ask-The-Expert web site for all your safety related questions.

Graphic Communication Central - The GCC site includes links to: 450+ Online Articles and Books 340+ Online Tutorials 925+ E-Commerce Companies 75+ Online Trade Publications 30+ Virtual Tours 230+ College/University Programs (Searchable Database) 250+ searchable high school programs (Searchable Database) 250+ Web Development Tools and Resources 4000+ External Links Curriculum / Instructional Materials Programs of Study Student Resumes & Portfolios Education & Industry Standards Information The most comprehensive career information on the planet And much much more...

The Anoka Hennepin School District 11
Vocational & Technology Education Safety Manual:

(Acrobat Reader required.)

Safety Manual Cover...
Chapter One: General HS Safety...
Chapter Two: Communications Technology...
Chapter Three: Construction Technology...
Chapter Four: Energy & Power Technology...
Chapter Five: Manufacturing Technology...
Chapter Six: Transportation Technology...
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BattleBots IQ is a national high school academic program in which students acquire and manipulate the mathematical, scientific knowledge and technical skills necessary to gain advantage over opposing robots. This unique curriculum fuses mathematics, physics and engineering into tangible and relevant lesson plans.

Manufacturing Technology of Minnesota is an effort to spread the word about manufacturing technology. We want to: Build awareness of the manufacturing technology industry. Enhance Minnesotans' perceptions of manufacturing. Encourage people to consider a career in manufacturing technology.

Washington State Safety Guide for Career and Technical Education. This is a 459 page Microsoft Word document. It is comprehensive. Tests and signs are included. You really should download this one, it is a great resource.

Pennsylvania State Safety Guide for Career and Technical Education. A 120 + page document in Acrobat PDF format. Excellent resource.

States' Career Clusters - Career Clusters link what students learn in school with the knowledge and skills they need for success in college and careers. Career Clusters provide a way for schools to organize instruction and student experiences around sixteen broad categories that encompass virtually all occupations from entry through professional levels. Two order forms are available: 1) Order Form for Career Cluster Materials. 2) Order Form for Packaged Sets of Sixteen brochures.

Welcome to the companion web site for Dreamweaver 4/Fireworks 4 Studio: A Beginner's Guide (Osborne/McGraw-Hill 2001) and Fireworks MX: A Beginner's Guide (Osborne/McGraw-Hill 2002). On this site you will find a series of tutorials excerpted from both books, favorite Dreamweaver and Fireworks links, the complete exercise files for the books, and a listing of recommended books and services. Excellent resources for a web design curriculum.

Shortcourses.com - A digital photography resource. The Complete Guide to Digital Cameras. If you want to know more about digital cameras this is definitely the place to go. Great collection of web delivered mini courses you can use in class.

Cyber College - Free instructional resources. This is a great site for Video Production and Mass Media information. The site has cyber text with 70 chapters full of video production information. Use this site as your video production textbook.

Hometime - This site is a valuable reference for those teaching in the areas of construction, architecture, engineering, and home repair. The online educational resources could be used as your textbook for teaching construction.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.

JourneyEd offers qualified students, faculty members and other members of the educational community software at significantly discounted prices.

Studica Available only to qualified students and faculty, these products are commercial packages with a student license and a significantly reduced price. Students and faculty can save up to 80% on commercial software.

IndiVisual Learning: "We build powerful educational courseware, blending effective instructional methodology with leading-edge instructional design to create productive, individualized learning environments."

The Learning Network - Content, resources, and shopping for parents, teachers, and kids. Launched in September, 2000, the company's mission is to be an online consumer network of the world's best learning and information resources, personalized to help parents, teachers, and students of all ages take control of their learning and make it part of their everyday lives.

TechEdWeb.com - Mission Statement: To provide a single, comprehensive resource of instructional information that all technology teachers can access freely for improving classroom instruction.

Technically Speaking - Much of the material on the site is adapted from Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology, the report of the National Academy of Engineering's Committee on Technological Literacy. The committee's work was funded by the National Science Foundation. In many ways the report dovetails with the ITEA Standards for Technological Literacy.

The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) documents innovative models of K-12 teaching and learning already successful in today's schools. Browse hundreds of articles, video clips, resources, and interviews on topics such as technology integration, project-based learning, assessment, school leadership, and more.

Every day on CNNfyi, you will find top stories that are written by CNN journalists, working in collaboration with teachers, to be appropriate in vocabulary and content for junior and senior high school students. Each story will be accompanied by a full lesson plan or a shorter "discussion/activity."

Project Lead The Way Inc. (PLTW) is a national program forming partnerships among Public Schools, Higher Education Institutions and the Private Sector to increase the quantity and quality of engineers and engineering technologists graduating from our educational system.

Ed-U-Tech - A University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development web site designed to give educators easy access to the latest information on technology-enhanced teaching and learning.

The Technology Student Association (TSA) is the only student organization devoted exclusively to the needs of technology education students. Open to students who are enrolled in or who have completed technology education courses, TSA is composed of over 100,000 elementary, middle, and high school students in 2,000 schools spanning 45 states.

The Eisenhower National Collection's collection of mathematics and science curriculum resources is the most comprehensive in the nation. More than 16,000 resources are housed in their national repository, with new items arriving daily.

FIRST is an acronym which stands for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology". We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to generate an interest in science and engineering among today's youth.

The Intel Education Destination is a free, noncommercial online toolbox developed for and by teachers and technologists. It provides the most current information and resources to plan, implement, manage and facilitate teaching and learning with technology.

NASA develops, utilizes, and disseminates science, mathematics, technology, engineering, and geography instructional materials based on NASA's unique mission and results and supports the development of higher education curricula.

PedagoNet.com A database to facilitate the exchange of educational resources. The database contains resources posted by educators and resources wanted by other educators.

eSchool News Online. "Where K-12 Education & Technology Meet." Searchable news archives, funding center, career center, technology forums, best practices, conference information, etc.. they also offer a free weekly e-mail news letter read by over 150,000 school technology leaders.

C.R.E.E.D: MISSION STATEMENT: To educate Minnesotans about the impact of energy supply, conversion and use on our environment/ economic prosperity through 3E (Energy, Environment, Economy) materials and demonstration of sustainable technologies and lifestyles.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

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Vendors...

The ITEA Online Company/Product Directory. You need Acrobat Reader to use this. If you don't have it already, get it. Save the PDF file to your system and you can open it at any time to obtain vendor contact information and links to their home pages.

YOUNGBLOOD LUMBER CO
1335 Central Avenue N.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55413
(612) 789-3521 (800-933-1335 Fax: (612) 789-9625

Serving the upper Midwest for over 100 years. Wholesale Distribution Since 1876.

Modern Design is a small custom cabinetry shop located in Cologne, Minnesota. Offering only the highest quality product backed by woodworking professionals Cabinetry can be custom drawn and fabricated based off the instructor's design ideas.

MasterGraphics, is the upper Midwest’s leading provider of design software, training and comprehensive technical services. MasterGraphics offers complete design productivity solutions to its customers from our local staff of certified training and support engineers.

Founded in 1981, ConCad Technologies, Inc. continues to serve industry government and education users in the field of high technology distribution, sales and service around the world for engineering teaching equipment systems, product distribution of teaching equipment to educational resellers, CAD/CAM/CNC Technology materials and modular curriculum

Welcome to Haldeman-Homme's Technical Education Division. We have been helping schools educate students across the Midwest for 14 years. Our specialized programs are designed to help students prepare for today’s competitive workforce. The hands-on learning programs will help students learn real life skills in a convenient lab style environment.

Mid-West Tech covers Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota and views themselves as the most advanced supplier to educational programs as well as industries in the "midwest". Our company was established in 1989 by Wyman Martinek. Over the past decade our family of customers has grown to more than 1,000 schools and industries. Solid Works

IASCO-TESCO

Industrial Arts Supply Co.
Technology Education Supply Co.
5724 West 36th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55416

CES Industries, Inc. is in the business of designing, manufacturing, and selling teaching equipment in the overall field of Electronics and Computer Instructional equipment.

CAREERskills A+, the blended curricular system from ACT, empowers instructors to teach the fundamentals of computer hardware and operating systems, preparing their students for CompTIA® A+® certification.

Founded in October 1994 by Robert L. Werner, Jr., First Technologies, Inc. provides curriculum, computer hardware and software, lab equipment, and lab furniture to teachers, administrators and school districts across the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota.

Learning Labs, Inc. Learning Labs is geared toward reinforcing academic skills through applied hands-on learning experiences to help make school a fun and exciting place for students, as well as a place where learning is relevant to the real world and workplace.

Tracs is a "learner outcome-driven" system developed by Mike Neden wherein K-6 students acquire and perform essential life skills and reinforce basic academic skills through extensive research/presentation projects.

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill is the nation's leading educational publisher for grades 6-12. We also publish materials for use in private business, trade and technical schools, and two-year colleges.

Through its Ideas & Solutions Catalog, Pitsco has been dedicated to bringing excitement and success to the classroom through innovative, hands-on activities for students.

KELVIN® strives to provide new and innovative products every year. Our products are designed to assist educators in enriching curriculum and motivating students through quality hands-on activities.

Hearlihy & Company - Serving the needs of educators for over 30 years. Our site offers special deals, easy ordering and of course our famous superior customer service.

Goodheart-Willcox is a premier publisher for Industrial & Technical, Family & Consumer Sciences, and Career Education. Since 1921, we have been devoted to publishing a variety of exciting products including innovative textbooks, useful supplements, and inviting multimedia resources for school, industry, and individual training.

Lab-Volt manufactures educational training systems to assist educators in various technical fields such as telecommunications, microprocessors, electric power, fluid power, process instrumentation, and refrigeration. Lab-Volt training systems bring technical theory to life, teaching the latest technology and helping trainees develop invaluable troubleshooting skills.

SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (NASDAQ:DASTY, Bourse de Paris) company, develops and markets powerful, easy-to-use 3D mechanical design solutions.

For over 40 years the Feedback group has been supplying quality training systems to engineers in education and industry. Feedback provides equipment in the areas of Electricity and Electronics, Electrical Machines, Telecommunications, Telephony, Process Control, Hydraulics and Pneumatics, PLC Applications, Robotics and many more.

Electronics Workbench develops and markets the world's most widely used Windows-based Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software for design engineers and for education applications.

Heathkit Educational Systems proclaims: "We have been the leader in developing comprehensive technology programs for educators all over the world since 1973. Our success has been measured by our ability to address the changes in work-based skills instruction."

Delmar, a division of Thomson Learning, is a leading provider of lifelong learning products and services for the Health Care, Technology and Trades, and Career Education markets. Our diverse publishing imprints include Autodesk Press, Bergwall, Milady, OnWord Press, Singular Publishing Group, and West Legal Studies.

Modern School Supply. We are a nationwide (U.S.) supplier of products for schools and educational institutions specializing in Science and Technology Education.

Autodesk Press publishes learning materials for all your AutoCAD needs. Autodesk Press is an imprint of Delmar, which is a division of Thomson Learning.

Welcome to the Multistate Academic and Vocational Curriculum Consortium web site. MAVCC is one of the largest developers and distributors of competency-based instructional materials in the world.

Circuit Magic allows you to design, simulate and learn about electrical circuits. Circuit Magic is an easy to use educational tool to allow simple direct (DC) and alternate current(AC) electrical circuits to be constructed and analyzed.

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