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TEAP is now TEEAP!

The Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEAP) has officially become the Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEEAP), as a result of the balloting of the association’s voting membership. TEEAP’s Immediate Past President, Peter Wright, received and tabulated 122 valid votes that were sent on or before June 11th, 2010. 92 votes were to change the name of our association to TEEAP (The Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania) while 30 votes were to leave the name as TEAP (The Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania). 75.4% of the valid votes were for the name change while 24.6% were against it. TEEAP won by a 3 to 1 margin.

The name change properly positions the association to deal with the ‘T’ & ‘E’ of a strong STEM education and allows the association to begin to address curriculum and professional development that includes both technology and engineering education at the K-12 level. The association’s membership has been comprised of teachers who have been working in both areas with some already having “engineering” in their department or course titles. Additionally, the Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEEAP) is now aligned with the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA).

TEEAP’s publication titles and electronic communications have started the transition to new names and addresses to be in line with the association’s new name. The association’s new primary web address is www.teeap.org.

National Engineer's Week Foundation opens registration for 19th Annual Future City® Competition

The National Engineers Week Foundation, a formal coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies, is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students and by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science.

The 19th Annual Future City Competition, for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students, is held from September, 2010 through February, 2011. The National Future City Competition is sponsored in part by National Engineers Week Foundation, a consortium of professional and technical societies and major U.S. corporations. Major funding comes from Bentley Systems, Incorporated and Shell.

CLICK HERE for more information about The National Engineers Week Foundation & The 19th Annual Future City Competition and registration.

The First USA Science & Engineering Festival
The first USA Science & Engineering Festival, “The Woodstock of Science”, is coming to the National Mall this October. We would like to invite Pennsylvania schools’ science, technology, digital media, and video production enthusiasts to participate in our student science video contest. We would love to see what PA students are doing in STEM programs!

Information Regarding House Bill 2460
The MESA Initiative has been presented to in the PA State House in order to increase exposure, educational motivation and achievement of students in science, engineering and mathematics. For more information, visit the TEEAP Blog to access the entire bill in Adobe PDF format.

ITEEA-CATTS EbD™ is here!!

Pennsylvania has become a member state of the International Technology and Engineering Education Association’s (ITEEA), Center to Advance the Teaching of Technology & Science (CATTS), Consortium through partnership with California University of Pennsylvania, Millersville University, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Technology & Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEEAP) and the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC). Schools across Pennsylvania will have free access to products developed by CATTS known as Engineering byDesign™.

Technology & Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania
Technology and Engineering Education... the "T & E" of STEM

		TEAP is now TEEAP! The Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEAP) has officially become the Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEEAP), as a result of the balloting of the association’s voting membership. TEEAP’s Immediate Past President, Peter Wright, received and tabulated 122 valid votes that were sent on or before June 11th, 2010. 92 votes were to change the name of our association to TEEAP (The Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania) while 30 votes were to leave the name as TEAP (The Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania). 75.4% of the valid votes were for the name change while 24.6% were against it. TEEAP won by a 3 to 1 margin. The name change properly positions the association to deal with the ‘T’ & ‘E’ of a strong STEM education and allows the association to begin to address curriculum and professional development that includes both technology and engineering education at the K-12 level. The association’s membership has been comprised of teachers who have been working in both areas with some already having “engineering” in their department or course titles. Additionally, the Technology and Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEEAP) is now aligned with the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA). TEEAP’s publication titles and electronic communications have started the transition to new names and addresses to be in line with the association’s new name. The association’s new primary web address is www.teeap.org. National Engineer's Week Foundation opens registration for 19th Annual Future City® Competition The National Engineers Week Foundation, a formal coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies, is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students and by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science. The 19th Annual Future City Competition, for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students, is held from September, 2010 through February, 2011. The National Future City Competition is sponsored in part by National Engineers Week Foundation, a consortium of professional and technical societies and major U.S. corporations. Major funding comes from Bentley Systems, Incorporated and Shell. CLICK HERE for more information about The National Engineers Week Foundation & The 19th Annual Future City Competition and registration. The First USA Science & Engineering Festival The first USA Science & Engineering Festival, “The Woodstock of Science”, is coming to the National Mall this October. We would like to invite Pennsylvania schools’ science, technology, digital media, and video production enthusiasts to participate in our student science video contest. We would love to see what PA students are doing in STEM programs! Information Regarding House Bill 2460 The MESA Initiative has been presented to in the PA State House in order to increase exposure, educational motivation and achievement of students in science, engineering and mathematics. For more information, visit the TEEAP Blog to access the entire bill in Adobe PDF format. ITEEA-CATTS EbD™ is here!! Pennsylvania has become a member state of the International Technology and Engineering Education Association’s (ITEEA), Center to Advance the Teaching of Technology & Science (CATTS), Consortium through partnership with California University of Pennsylvania, Millersville University, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Technology & Engineering Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEEAP) and the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC). Schools across Pennsylvania will have free access to products developed by CATTS known as Engineering byDesign™. The URL to the ITEEA-CATTS EbD™ Pennsylvania page is now available to schools. If you are interested in accessing it you need to accept the Licensing & Distribution Agreement and fill out the web form by CLICKING HERE, once your request is received the URL to the ITEEA-CATTS EbD™ Pennsylvania page will be sent to. All you need to do is click on the active link of the product that you want to look at and up it will come (remember this may take some time depending on your connection speed). You may print them out or copy them to a CD and share them with the teachers in your school district. Remember these are intended only for the teachers in your school district. If someone from another Pennsylvania school district wants access to the products please direct him or her to the Technology Education page on the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s web site or this information on the TEEAP site.