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by Kathy Belcher Why use social media technologies in the CTE classroom?  As a teacher, I will have to learn what the technologies are and how to use them, integrate them into my existing curriculum, make the case to my principal, add planning time to my already busy teaching schedule, and monitor their use.  What  benefits could there be in extending into the classroom this generation’s

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by Kristin Firmery Marketing Cluster Specialist QR or Quick Response Codes are two-dimensional codes like the one pictured here. These codes are popping up in magazines, billboards, and even some restaurant menus. They have been around for about fifteen years and were developed in Japan by a packing company for warehouse and production purposes. They realized that if they released the

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by Mohammed Dhanjy CCE Graphic Design & Illustration student "Commended" National Merit Scholar Senior at Hebron HS Since the "No Child Left Behind" initiative in 2001, states have modeled their public education around mandated standardized tests. These tests have deviated the educational system from preparing students with the knowledge needed to compete in the economies of tomorrow to

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by Mike Gentry Today, most school districts want teachers to have their own website to communicate to parents, students and the public. Often a district will contract with a company to create all teacher's sites in a uniform way.  If; however, you have control of your website, or if you are in the planning stages, the following suggestions of what to include may help. Our thanks to the Denton

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by Gary Juren, Architect   During one of my recent architectural road trips, I was pleased to hear the local radio announce that the long awaited opening of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is scheduled for March 2, 2012. Texas Independence Day, how fitting.  Well, I decided to veer off course and see for myself the final touches being added to what civic leaders have billed for over a

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by Holly B. Smith In the classroom, my junior college business speech students had one fear that surpassed all their other fears – The Impromptu Speech.  I even stopped putting this speech on the syllabus because the absences for that day rose by 50%.  Everything about this speech frightened them, and for my first semester in the classroom, I was unable to get them over the fear.  It was a

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Nancy Gorman, CTE Web site Publications Editor The topic of in-state tuition rates for illegal students has become a hot topic, even in the records mentioned by prospective U.S. presidential candidates.  (i.e,  Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, who is a proponent of this plan.) Perry’s position states that helping these students achieve a post-graduate education will provide a better educated

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by Jerry Wircenski In his new book, The Highly Engaged Classroom, Robert Marzano provides teachers with an in-depth treatment of research-based instructional strategies that can be used in the classroom to enhance student achievement.  One of the key points in the book is the importance of student engagement.  If students aren’t engaged, there is little chance that they will learn what

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by Mickey Wircenski Instructors who wish to have highly motivated and engaged students in their classrooms are constantly looking for different ways to promote motivation and engagement. There are lots of strategies that can be used to accomplish this. One method is to use quotations and “sprinkle” them throughout a lesson, unit or semester. These quotations can be used for class discussion,

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Tips for soon-to-be professionals By Sara Inés Calderón It’s been almost 10 years since I was in high school and five since I graduated college, but in that time I’ve learned a great deal about what “professionalism” means and how vital it is to understand these often unspoken rules. Although my parents are professionals, in the hustle and bustle of my childhood, I don’t recall that we ever sat

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Holly Smith Cluster Specialist for Business Management Administration, Finance and Marketing “An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”  Ghandi Ever been driving home, and somewhere between dropping a cell phone call and that stick of gum, you are suddenly struck with a brilliant idea?  Whether it was how to prepare the

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By Sara Inés Calderón If you’re a teacher in Texas, chances are you’ve had encounters with parents who are immigrants, and may not speak English.  It wouldn’t be an oddity, considering that more than one in ten people in Texas was born in another country (that’s 2.9 million people), more than 1 out of 3 Texans speak a language other than English at home, and 36.5% of the state identifies as

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The Opinion of an Aspiring “Crazy” Coupon Lady Holly Smith Cluster Specialist for Business Management Administration, Finance and Marketing “Extreme Couponing” on TLC has me enamored.  I love watching it and seeing regular, ordinary people take bits of paper, from the newspaper or a website, and turn it into money.  I aspire to do that.  I’ve even started to coupon on my own.  I am fortunate

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by Mickey Wircenski CTE Project Director Educators and neuroscientists recently met at the 28th Learning & the Brain conference.  The topic for the conference was iGeneration: How the Digital Age is altering Student Brains, Learning & Teaching.  “Whether we like it or not, our students’ time and attention is increasingly being consumed by what appears on a screen in front of them.  For today’s

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by Nancy Gorman CTE Web Site Content Editor A Personal Commentary: We read in the papers and internet columns, and hear on the radio and news programs, that the cutbacks in the education systems are going to be disruptive to the way we have things going now.  Most of us will rue these reductions in personnel, programs, athletics, after-school groups, etc.  This cannot be helped, in this day and

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by Kathy Belcher STEM Cluster Specialist School is out and the results are in!  By now, teachers, students, and parents across Texas have seen “The Report Card” for 2010-2011.  Did your students’ knowledge, skills, and performance improve? Do you know how your students’ achievement compared to others at your school, other high schools in your school district, across Texas, or the nation? How did

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by Gary Juren, Architect Did you know Dallas is home to the largest urban Arts District in the United States? The Dallas Arts District has been a thirty year plan in the making. The 68 acre district is in the heart of downtown Dallas and has become a living museum of architecture. Within a few blocks you will find buildings by Pritzker Prize winning architects Norman Foster, Rem  Koolhaas, I.M

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Dr. Jerry Wircenski CTE Project Director Educators from across the United States and Canada met at the 28th Annual Effective Schools Conference in March.  The mission of Effective Schools has been to create successful educational environments where all students can reach their academic potential.  The keynote address, given by Dr. Larry Lezotte, focused on what effective schools do.  It was

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by Renee TonquistHealth Science Curriculum Coordinator Do your students know those keys on the keyboard they use to make smiley :) faces are actually punctuation marks? Sometimes they forget when they are texting and writing in what appears to be a foreign language. If punctuation is not used in writing, it can't be understood, or is very difficult to understand. Using proper punctuation

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by Pamela Bracey CTE Cluster SpecialistInformation Technology Cluster The concept of technology integration is nothing new, but we all know that the demand is becoming more and more extreme...especially with the overwhelming number of new Web 2.0 tools being developed these days.Over the past two years, I have been attending various educational technology conferences to become more knowledgeable

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by Mariya Garilova CTE Forummaster In the fall I facilitated a 9th grade Junior Achievement Success Skills ®program based on Sean Covey’s book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”. The program focused on self-assessment and preparation for success both in the workplace and college. These habits are common sense principles that can assist students to take control of their life, plan ahead,

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by Holly B. Smith Some of my cluster TEKS (Finance and Marketing in particular) use data mining.  As I have talked with my teachers since the new TEKS were approved, I have received the occasional request to explore this topic more, maybe provide something on cte.unt.edu that teachers can read.  When I ran across an article on cnn.com identifying the top five data mining companies in the country

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by Gary Juren, Architect The other day I was listening to National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”  As the program was airing the benefits of building green, it occurred to me how mainstream this environmentally friendly concept was becoming.  This is not a new concept to Architects.  Since the Roman architect Vetruvius (70BC) authored The Ten Books on Architecture, architects have been

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by Dr. Mickey Wircenski Educators are busy people.  There is always the pressure to practice new strategies and “best practices” in teaching.  Most teachers are already using a wide variety of effective teaching strategies.  However, it is always useful to take a moment to review those strategies that are research-based and have been proven to be successful in classrooms.  Below is a collection

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by Lynne coxAbout 18 months ago I wrote a blog titled “Emotional Intelligence and Positive Self-Concept” which provided an overview for a study I designed for the purpose of investigating relationships between self-concept and participation in secondary CTE programs.To refresh your memory, self-concept, discussed as a scholarly topic since the time of Socrates and Plato, is an important

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By Kathy BelcherWhat does Green Mean for CTE Educators and Students?   With all of the talk about “green this” and “greening that,” is there more to the meaning of the words than marketing hype to promote a product, service or lifestyle? What does all of this “green” mean for career and technical educators preparing students for occupations that will put the green in their pockets?  If you are

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by Nancy Gorman CTE Copy Editor It is wonderful to read in newspapers and magazines about Career and Technical Education in our Texas public schools.  Well-written articles make it clear that not all high school students are aimed at a post-secondary education. But students do have interests, skills, and perhaps talents that can lead them through a successful educational experience and the

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From April 2009 archived blog by Holly Smith Miss Evans: Lloyd. Lloyd Dobler, I’ve got you. Lloyd: How ya doin’ Miss Evans? Miss Evans: You missed every one of your career counseling sessions. Call me obsessive-compulsive, but let’s do this right now. Lloyd: No way. Miss Evans: Lloyd. Lloyd: What? Miss Evans: I got statistics I can show you, I got graphs I can show you. That’s all the stuff I

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From November 2008 archived blog by Mickey Wircenski More than ever, the role of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) instructor is demanding more of our professional skills and knowledge. For anyone who has never taught, it may look easy. However, veteran instructors know that there is enough to keep them continually busy 23 out of 24 hours in the day.  Today’s “blended classroom” contains

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From 2009 archived blog by Renee Tonquest Does the younger generation have the same work ethic as their parents? What has happened to cause this disconnect? What can we do as CTE educators to ensure that the students entering the workforce possess a strong work ethic? The term work ethic as used in this context refers to “the beliefs, values, and principles that guide the way individuals

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From November 2008 archived blog by Lynne Cox Have you ever had one of those students in your class who just seemed to “have it all together?” I think you know the student I am referring to. This student is self-confident without being cocky; handles daily challenges with maturity, grace, and humor; is prepared for class each day; participates in class discussions and projects in a positive

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From January 2009 archived blog by Sandra Hinesly I always felt I was privileged to be a career CTE teacher for 30 years, and 25 of those years were at the same school. I had a great job, good CTE friends, and new students every year with a variety of backgrounds, challenges, and personalities. After the first couple of weeks of school, I would introduce information about our youth organization,

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From 2009 archived blog By Mariya Gavrilova How do we engage and motivate students in the classroom? How do we make them pay attention and be accountable for their work while being genuinely interested in the subject? How do we demonstrate to parents and administrators that school assignments have value? How do we teach students the life and career skills they need? Recent studies and research

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From 2009 archived post by Mike Gentry This won’t be a long blog. Really, it’s not so much of a blog as it is a call for ideas. Specifically – “How are you using technology in your classroom today?” I would like to get your ideas and post them on this website. It’s a win-win-win- and we will all benefit from new ideas. Of course, if this were a blog, I would feel compelled to rant a little

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From 2009 archived blog by Jerry Wircenski Before this most recent economic downturn, the U.S. was facing a shortage of skilled workers. In many of these jobs, workers will need to have advanced skills in order to seek and hold these positions. While there has always been a strong demand for low wage, low skill service sector jobs, the most financially rewarding jobs of the future will require

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(A Top Ten List)By Holly B. Smith Cluster Specialist Business Management Administration, Finance, Marketing 10.  Don’t park your vehicle in two parking spaces.  You’ve just made another person, or even a car full of persons, have to spend 30 minutes driving around for parking, paying more for parking, and generally and unnecessarily starting their conference day on a bad note.9.   Don’t spill

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by Lynne Cagle Cox The 2010-2011 school year has begun for some of you and is just around the corner for the rest of you. As a classroom teacher in one of the creative design disciplines, I always found sketchbooks to be a valuable tool and assignment for students. Though low-tech, sketchbooks are a wonderful way for students to begin to discipline themselves in the documentation of observations

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From October 2009 archived blogBy Holly B. Smith While it was created in 2004 for college students, Facebook now has a reported 175 million members worldwide (ljworld.com).  As more and more teachers are “friended” by students on Facebook, there is a growing concern that a teacher’s personal life cannot be separated from the professional persona of the classroom.  The question becomes should a

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From November 2009 archived postby Renee Tonquest Change…we all must deal with it from time to time.  Some of us seem to do a better job, but nobody really likes it. So then, why is change so difficult?  Why do some individuals do better than others?  Why can’t things just stay the same? These are questions I guarantee everyone has thought of from one time to another – especially educators. “

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From November 2009 archived blogby Mickey Wircenski When we think of classroom management the first thing that usually comes to mind is that the teacher is the guiding force in the classroom.  Often overlooked is the other side of the issue: the responsibility of students to contribute to the effective functioning of the classroom. Larson (1998) stated: Unlike the older, legalistic …models with

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From December 2009 archived blogFrom by Jerry Wircenski What is a Registered Apprenticeship Program?According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (November, 2009), Registered apprenticeship programs meet the skilled workforce needs of American industry and have trained millions of qualified individuals for lifelong careers since 1937.  Registered

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From January 2010 archived blog by Sandra Hinesly While interviewing for your first CTE teaching assignment the principal informs you that traveling with students will be an important part of your job. For some this would cause the first sign of panic about a new career field and for others this information would be an added bonus to a great career choice. Experienced Career and Technical

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From February 2010 archived blog by Denise Philpot We all know about teaching technical skills, whether it’s computer skills, welding techniques, or how to use a piece of equipment. These are the “easy” things to teach because we can design a rubric to assess knowledge learned, competencies acquired, and skills demonstrated. However, anyone that has ever hired or managed employees can tell you

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From March 2010 archived blog by Gary Juren, Architect Spring has sprung and it’s time to gas up the van, plug in the Garmin©, and head out on a road trip. Texas highways are so beautiful at this time of year. No excuses. Make the effort to discover our State’s built environment and celebrate our rich heritage. You will be glad you did. Before you head out the door, let’s make a list. In order

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From March 2010 archived blogby Nancy Gorman There have been several articles recently in The Dallas Morning News about career courses in the Texas public schools. School officials are eager to have programs that work for and appeal to students who  are not focused on a college preparatory course in high school. Their hope is that good programs will keep students in school (who might otherwise

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From April 2010 archived blogby Kathy Belcher As we plan our strategies for implementing the new and newly revised CTE courses to be unveiled in August, 2010, I challenge you to learn more about the use of electronic portfolios to help your students capture artifacts, build their resumes, and begin their career pathway from secondary to postsecondary education and/or the workplace with confidence

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From May 2010 archived blog by Mickey Wircenski At a recent conference a new book was highlighted. This book is one that all CTE personnel should review to see whether they want to add it to their professional library.  The book is: 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times Bernie Trilling & Charles Fadel 2009 San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass ISBN 978-0-470-47538-6 The authors have

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from June 2010 archive blog by Rebecca How One important competency of the 21st century is digital citizenship. The question arises, “What is digital citizenship?” Digital citizenship has been defined as online behavior that is legal, ethical, safe and responsible in using technology. Researchers from University of Kansas state “that Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a

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from July 2010 archived blog by Pamela Scott Bracey As this semester ends, and summer begins…now is the time to begin thinking of ways to make your community aware of all of the exciting CTE changes taking place in the upcoming school year!  Not only is it important for students to be ‘in the loop’, but it is very important that parents, administrators, counselors, school board members, and

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From Aug 2010 archived post by Amber O'Casey Recently, I read an inspirational article about the irresistible topic of Career and Technical Education (CTE) and chocolate. A CTE Legacy Built on Chocolate: Milton Hershey School’s 100 Years is a biographical history by Robert Kemmery the director of CTE and transition services of the Milton Hershey School (MHS) in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Here is a

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