Tuesday, October 25, 2011

2011-2012 CNYTEEA MEETING TOURS

Thursday & Friday, October 27/28th - SUNY Oswego Fall Conference

Wednesday, November 9th @ 4:00 pm - Engineering & Technology Education Program ~ Skaneateles High School ~ 49 E. Elizabeth St. ~ Skaneateles, NY 13152

Wednesday, December 7th @ 4:00 pm - School of Art & Design - Studio Arts
Professor Dusty Herbig

Wednesday, January 11th @ 4:00 pm - Cicero North Syracuse High School
Marty Miner

Wednesday, February 15th @ 4:00 pm - C.W. Baker High School ~ Baldwinsville
* Special Awards Presentation to Teacher of the Year (Paul Mizer) & Program of the Year 


Wednesday, March 21st @ 4:00 pm - Syracuse Center of Excellence
Stacey Bunce

Wednesday, April 4th @ 4:30 pm - Aqua Vita Farms  (Sherrill, NY) Aquaponics
Mark Doherty

Wednesday ~ Friday, April 18th to 20th - NYSTEEA Spring Conference
Syracuse University Sheraton ~ SU Campus

Wednesday, May 23rd @ 4:00 pm - Marty Collins' Hermitage
CNYTEEA Year End Picnic

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Dan Tyron invites you to the Oswego State Fall Conference

SUNY Oswego Department of Technology Tour Impresses

Check out an article about the project: http://oswegocountytoday.com/?p=69218
Dept. Chair, Mark Hardy welcomes the CNYTEEA
The "Furniture Shop" is the temporary home for a few of the production courses.
The tour participants looking at the 250 Grothermal Wells ~ all 499 feet deep
Looking out from Wilbur Hall on the construction of the School of Education Complex

Dan Tryon explains the projected construction and renovations to Park & Wilbur Halls

A quick visit to Aqua Vita Farm (Sherrill, NY)

This weekend, I was taking my Mom for a car ride and came upon a very cool place, Aqua Vita Farms. They have renovated one of the old Oneida Silver factory buildings into a giant aquaponic farm system. Below is a short video clip of their operation and CLICK HERE  to link to a news article about them.
I will be calling the owner, Mark Doherty to arrange a possible CNYTEEA tour in May. Let me know if you are interested?

Monday, October 3, 2011

CNYTEEA 1st Tour: Department of Technology Facilities and Curriculum Update Tour of Oswego State

When: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12th @ 4:30 pm

Where: The meeting will start at the Wilbur Hall Lobby ~ SUNY Oswego

The Department of Technology at SUNY Oswego would like to invite you to
tour our facilities and see our plans for the future.  The School of
Education is in the first phase of a multi-year renovation project where
all of Park Hall and most of Wilber Hall will be rebuilt.  Come see the
construction that is currently underway, review plans for the future
facilities, and visit our existing labs. 

We will plan on about a 30-40minute presentation followed by a 30 minute walking tour.           An overview of the curriculum updates that are driving the facility designs will be provided.                               The tour will be hosted by Dan Tryon and Mark Hardy. 




CNYTEEA & local NYSTEEA membership rises for 2011~2012

Coming off the great success of our "75th Celebration" is the definite increase in our local and state membership. CNYTEEA Treasurer for Life, (and our Teacher of the Year) Paul Mizer, sent these numbers on our current membership. They are definitely a huge improvement from previous years, but there are many of you that read this blog that have not join our membership. I highly recommend that you do! Invest in your career and our discipline's future. It is never too late to send the check and membership form.


44 active NYSTEEA members
17 retired NYSTEEA members
56 active CNYTEEA members
29 retired CNYTEEA members
3 student CNYTEEA members
9 ITEA members

Call for Presenters ~ The Oswego Fall Conference October 27 & 28th


Bringing EbD into New York State ~ from Chuck Goodwin

 If you would like to support this effort, please click & printout complete the above form and mail it to              Chuck Goodwin (12 Tudor Drive, Endicott, NY 13760)

Re: Engineering by Design (EbD)

Please make copies of the attached one page doc. (purpose to build support for bringing EbD Curricula into NYS) and distribute during any Regional Assoc. or department Meetings that you attend. Then if you would, please collect them and mail the forms back to me. My address can be found below.

No one should be concerned about signing this doc.  It is purely for each individual to
show their support for ANY teachers and their respective schools, that would ultimately desire EbD  and
for them to gain access to this up to date EbD curricula (FREE) in N.Y.S.  The information will be shared within an
extremely small group of folks.  The EbD fee of $23,990.00, for each of the first three years, is the total amount needed for the entire state and NOT for individual school districts.

Schools that have PLTW, SCANTEK, and other vendor based programs that are happy with or do not want to change
will NOT be expected to deliver this EbD curricula. Many schools that cannot afford PLTW or Scantek and others..can
upon acceptance, have access to the up to date EbD curricula, online standards based pre and post tests and eventually professional development.

Additional EbD Curricula Info can be obtained at www.iteea.org

If you have any questions or concerns, then for sure please contact me at your earliest convenience.

This is important work to get up to date curricula into the hands of our NYS tech. ed. teachers that want it or need it.

Thanks for your support with this important effort. Engineering by Design (developed by Technology and Engineering
Educators and professors across the country) has the full endorsement of NYSTEEA.

Best to All,

Chuck

Hudson & Mowins' Photovoltaic Cell System

My students have been telling me about seeing large solar panels on top of
a local autobody & repair shop in Baldwinsville.... Hudson & Mowins.                                            This afternoon
I stopped by and met Greg & Cathy Hudson! Here is the video that I shot with my iPhone!