Tech+Tool+of+the+Day

OSU ITQ Customized Search Engine: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=016463801625478529322:0wwczgn6llu

Windmill Module Content Area

Lego engineering [|www.picocricket.com]

Smartboards http://www.eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/

Games

Digital Story Telling

Cartoon development - Howtoons http://www.howtoons.com/, ToonDoo http://toondoo.com, Glogster posters http://glogster.com Make Your Own Comic http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/comix.php Use as example: http://www.howtoons.com/toon/the-infamous-marshmallow-shooter/

Graphic Organizers - Gliffy http://gliffy.com

=Content Team Meetings=

1st meeting
1) How does the engineering design process and scientific inquiry fit with information literacy? 2) Wikispaces 2nd meeting 1) product vs. process and thinking about teaching with technology

=Module Connections/Activities:=

M1: Energy Engineering
Windmills - we'll have one expensive classroom model set ($90) but other ideas How scientific inquiry is different than engineering design. (Becky has advanced organizer) Testable questions Variables LM/Tech ideas: data communication (creating charts and graphs? - weak) - need something more

M2: Product and Process Design
problem - design an airplane (product) and an airplane production facility (production) airplane design challenge out of difference in designing processes and products focus on creative thinking processes sustainability - waste, impact on society, environmental, labor costs industrial engineering

M4: Structural and Thermal Engineering
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