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TECH ED CLASS CALENDAR & TSA CLUB CALENDAR (Updated Weekly) Day One & Marking Period Dates Class Period Timer Career & Technical Education BELL SCHEDULES: Regular 2011-12 School Year & Student Handbook Sample Key Terms & Basic Information to Know (w/Inventory) Techno-Terms Listing, Grades Explained, & Midterms Keys to High School Success- Quickstudy Guide Online Multi-Language Study Guides & Strategies Course Information: NOTE: Classes are held every day unless otherwise noted. Virginia's 2010 Workplace Readiness Skills are now included with course CBE's. 5th Grade- Career Explorations Semester: 18-Weeks {Every Day} (46 Min.) 6th Grade- Introduction to Technology (8481) & @SKMS Trimester: 12-Weeks{Every other Day} (46 Min. A & B Days) 7th Grade- Inventions & Innovations (8485) & @SKMS 18-Weeks (46 Min.) 8th Grade- Technology Foundations (8403) Year: 36-Weeks (46 Min.) Additional Course Options: 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade- Broadcast News Program... "Intro. to Video/Television Production". Students may work together to produce a school News Program. How Stuff Works- Blue Screen/Chromakey & Media College MX-1 Video Mixer & Titlemaker 3000 & Weekly Schedule News Staff Application & News Submission Form Journalism Exercises 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade- TSA- Technology Student Association... Website, Officer Application, Member Application, Info. About Our Program Safety Rules & Lab Safety & Procedures & The Safety Factor 6th Welcome Letter & 7th & 8th Welcome Letter Acceptable Computer Use Acceptable Computer Use Explained Lab Permission & Insurance Info Request Form "Technology Education: Learning by Design" & TOC "Tech Directions" STEM & Safety First Library Reference & Research Links Interactive Learning & Computer Basics Classroom Management Company/Team Info (For Student reference as they set-up their Tech Ed "Companies"): Human Resources Info & More HR INFO President, Vice-President, Secretary, Reporter, & Employees More Job Descriptions & Sample Policies & Procedures Sample Employee Handbook & New Employee Safety Training Getting Started with your company: Company Interview Project, Interview Tactics and Techniques, Getting the Most from Interviews, & Interviews. What happens when your company is operating inefficiently and/or unsafe? Sample Projects: 6th, 7th & 8th, Careers & VA View, & Career Orientation, Career Occupational Handbook Simulations Holiday Shelf, Pencil Holder, Name Plate, Valentines Project, Mother's Day Project, Sample T-Shirt. Project Costs: Students will not pay for their projects, however, they will earn these by planning, producing, and marketing "real world" projects and services through their "mock" companies. These projects will be marketed to others within our school community- faculty, staff, students, parents and extended family, and so on. In most cases, projects will cost others between $5 and $10 for T-Shirts, Can Wraps, Mouse Pads, Electronic Kits, Wooden Items- Name Plates, Pencil Holders, Holiday Ornaments, Video Tapes, CD's, DVD's, etc. Computer Simulations, and various other "Hands-on" lab equipment based simulations will not cost students any money unless harm is intentionally done to the equipment and/or computers and their related hardware and/or software. Students are expected to be responsible and respectful while working in the Technology Lab. Our Current Lab Modules are: Brief Program Tour or Try This Module listing: Graphic Design, Publications, Drafting, & Sketching Biotechnology, Agriculture, & Medical Electricity, Electronics, & Engineering Manufacturing, Construction, Energy & Power Systems Transportation, Aerospace, & Aviation Safety & TSA-Technology Student Association Audio & Video Production Teachers Work Area 2009 Lab Pics Sample Forms for Use: Company Competitive Activity Score Card Company Presentation Powerpoint Company Contract / Agreement Company Order Form Company Presentation Script Company Checklists & Lab Modules Checklist Worklog #1 & #1 Notes. Sample 2010-11 Worklog 6th-AB(1st Tri), 6th-AB(2nd Tri), 6th-AB(3rd Tri) 7th-1st9, 7th-2nd9, 7th-3rd9, 7th-4th9 8th-1st9, 8th-2nd9, 8th-3rd9, 8th-4th9 Module Inventory Sheet & Budget Tracking Sample Test, Measuring, Drawing, Wood Science. Technology End-of-Year Awards: 2002-Present	REMINDER- ALL assignments turned in for a grade are to be Middle School Appropriate... Designs AND presentations ARE NOT to include any weapons, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, blood or any kind of violence or threatening content, sexual content, foul language or profanity, or any other racially or religiously sensitive or objectional material. All work is to abide by already established Harrisonburg City Public Schools as well as Skyline Middle School guidelines. When in doubt, ASK FIRST! As a rule of thumb, if it (audio, video, picture, project) is offensive to any person in the class, then it will not be acceptable to turn in for a grade. Yes, we do have a right to free speech, however, not when that right is used to "bully" and/or harass others. Let's just all get along... speak in a normal tone of voice, call one another by real names and not nicknames, understand that "No" means "No", and so on. Use good common sense, and abide by your best judgement, not your worst. If you think that what you are getting ready to do might be wrong, then do not do it. Visit Karen Campbell's Internet Safety and Ethics Page Middle School Curriculum Page Technology Education... Learning By Design Online Resources... Study Guides & Tests/Quizzes Our Textbook Chapter... Study Guides & Tests "HOME OF THE FALCONS!" Check back often for updated details about our Technology Education class projects, course information, class and lab safety, updated pics, and so on... Self Check Safety Quizzes Personal Protective Equipment Safety Back Safety Workplace Safety Hand and Power Tools- OSHA Fire Extinguisher Safety Teen Worker Safety Small Business Woodworker Safety Tech Ed 101 Talking Safety- Youth @ Work Wood Shop Safety Safety Signs "Hands-on" Lab Work To View any of the .PDF Files as found on this website, please be sure to install Adobe Acrobat. Don't hesitate... It's Free! Introduction to Lab Tools & Machines Links: CarveWright Machine Delta Tools: Radial Arm Saw. Jet Power Tools: Drill Press, Spindal Sander. Hegner: Scrollsaw. Powermatic: Bandsaw, Jointer, Planer, Disk/Belt Sander, Tablesaw. Onieda: Dust Collector.
Design Briefs: Students need to get approval FIRST before starting their "hands-on" projects and simulations. ALL required work (quizlabs, notebooks, company work) should be completed and up-to-date BEFORE any project work can begin. Simulations can be used as a project with prior approval. Design Brief #1... Airplane Production Design Brief #2... Video Production Design Brief #3... Graphic Design Production Design Brief #4... T-Shirt Production Design Brief #5... Production/Manufacturing Design Brief #6... Lab Maintenance Student Links: Our Funstuff Page & Simulations Alice (3d Animation) Audacity (Sound Editor) Hal Reader (Text-to-Speech) Capture Wiz Pro (Image & Video Capture) Extra Credit: (up to 50 points per 6-Weeks w/printed documentation, 1 point for each correct answer.) Technology Country Style (Printed Paper) Decipher the Code (Printed Paper) Word Search (Printed Paper) The Compound Machine (Printed Certificate) Simple Machines (Printed Certificate) Virtual Earthquake (Printed Certificate) "Technology in Action" (go to Online Study Guide) (Printed or E-mailed Report)	Lego Mindstorm Links: NXT Tutorial (By Dale Yocum) & Projects Robolab Mindstorm Tutorial (By Dale Yocum) & Projects Introduction to Lego Mindstorms (By Daniel Cliburn) Lego Mindstorm Quickstart Guide The RoverBot RoboQuiz Educational Links: Ask Jeeves Copy Right/Public Use Info & Creative Commons & Cyber Bee Harrisonburg City Public Schools Local School & Job Search Tech Ed Task Lists Technology Student Association (TSA) & Competitions, Virginia TSA.
E-mail Mr. Herlan, SKMS Tech Ed Teacher at: hherlan@harrisonburg.k12.va.us (540)434-6862, Ext. 2172	Reference Links: Suppliers

Acceptable Computer Use Explained... When we refer to acceptable computer use, we are stating the following: Students are not to attempt to go to websites that contain ANY material not acceptable to the already established school guidelines... sites that contain threatening, offensive, or abusive language, nudity, drugs, violence, alcohol, guns, knives, gang related materials, blood, or any other content deemed unacceptable to established rules already set forth in LAB SAFETY & PROCEDURES, COURSE OUTLINE & POLICIES, ACCEPTABLE COMPUTER USE GUIDELINES, on LAB OVERHEADS, WORKLOGS, NOTEBOOKS, LAB COMPUTERS, TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION INTRANET PAGE, SKMS STUDENT HANDBOOK, HARRISONBURG CITY SCHOOLS HANDBOOK, and so on. For example, if you visit a website that is not already directly linked from the Technology Education Website, then the content of that site has not been verified, and should not be accessed. If a site is accessed during a web search that is not appropriate, then that should be reported immediately. Simulations involving inappropriate content should not be accessed... such as from internet web pages. Simulations already accessible from the Technology Intranet site, or individual lab computers are already approved as long as the specific programs are accessed in a responsible manner. Assuming that continuing the link to other outside links is ok is not acceptable since those links have not been directly linked, checked, or verified as appropriate. If permission is granted on an individual basis for a site to be accessed, this is a one time occurrence. Permission is not always granted, and will need to be obtained again the next time. Internet links are dynamic, and they change often. DO NOT ASSUME that once permission is granted, that permission is always granted. GET PERMISSION EACH TIME an outside site is accessed. If your web search results in a site blocked message, change your search terms immediately, or risk losing your lab privileges.

A Technological View point of our times... click to start one of several video versions below. Try to pay close attention to the various details, and plan for a class discussion about the technology points brought forward... "Did You Know? Shift in many ways (the way we live, think, work, and relate to one another...) is happening all around us... are you ready for it?" The US Department of Labor estimates that today's learner will have 10-14 jobs by the time they are 38 years old. One out of four workers today is working for a company for whom they have worked for less than 1 year. More than one out of every two workers is working for a company for whom they have worked for less than 5 years. The TOP 10 "in-demand" jobs in 2010 did not even exist in 2004. The amount of new technological information is doubling every 2 years... an Exponential Rate of Change. "We are currently preparing students for jobs that do not exist yet; Using technologies that have not been invented; In order to solve problems that we do not even know are problems yet." - Former Secretary of Education, Richard Riley

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