Welcome to Technology Education

Teaching the Future…..

Today!

• Respect: Showing consideration for yourself,

others, school, and community.

• Excellence: Showing YOUR personal best

every day.

• Determination: Doing what it takes to succeed at

CHS and beyond.

Central High schools’ The Way of the Warrior

Show your RED

Be A Warrior in Tech Ed

• Wisdom Learn how to think, and problem solve.

• Accountability If you break it, fix it or report it .

• Respect Provide help and ideas, not criticism

• Reliability Be where you are suppose to be, when you are supposed to be there, and help when needed.

• Integrity Honesty!!! What a wonderful trait.

• Ownership Do your personal best, and be proud of your work.

• Responsibility Be the better person.

LEARNING PROCESS

• RESEARCH

• DESIGN

• MANUFACTURE (CREATE)

• TEST / PRESENT

• EVALUATE

CONSIDERATIONS

• BE CREATIVE• BE WILLING TO MAKE MISTAKES • SHARE INFORMATION• LOOK FOR THE POSITIVE• EXPLORE• BE WILLING TO CHANGE

SIMPLE RULES

• SHOW UP ON TIME. • SHOW UP EVERY DAY POSSIBLE• WORK EVERY DAY.• DO YOUR BEST.• FINISH WHAT YOU START.• DON’T COMPLAIN.• ENJOY.

Be Smart!

• NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, FOOD, DRINKS,• NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES. (PHONES,

MUSIC, ETC)• NO HATS• NO WEAPONS (BROUGHT OR MADE)

ANYONE CAUGHT BUILDING INAPPROPRIATE,DESTRUCTIVE, OR ILLEGAL PROJECTS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CLASS WITH A W\F. EXAMPLE: CLUBS, KNIVES, SPEARS,PADDLES ETC.

GRADING• THE FINAL GRADE WILL BE DETERMINED BY:

• THE CREATION OF A STUDENT ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO. (30%)

• STUDENT PROJECTS. (30%)

• PARTICIPATION (30%)

• FINAL (10%)

• STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE ALL AREAS TO GET THE BEST GRADE POSSIBLE.

THE PORTFOLIO CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS

• Home Page• Technical Report• Essential Question• Research• Drawings• Project Pictures• Evaluations

The Home page, Research, Drawings, and Pictures will be evaluated by the following:

• INTERESTING• INFORMATIVE• CORRECT FORMAT• COMPLETE • ACCURATE• HYPERLINKED • TURNED IN ON TIME

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• ESSENTIAL QUESTION – OUTLINE AND 6 PICTURES– RELATED TO CLASS STUDY

• POWER POINT PRESENTATION – This is your final

Area of interest, specific to class, approved by the instructor

The Technical report and evaluations will be graded as follows

• SPELLING

• GRAMMAR

• CONTENT

THE PORTFOLIO WILL BE GRADED AS FOLLOWS

Project Evaluation

• DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY--1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

• QUALITY-------------------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

• CREATIVITY----------------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

• PRESENTATION------------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Projects are Due on time

• ALL PROJECTS WILL BE DUE AND GRADED ON COMPETITION DAY.

• THE FINAL PROJECT GRADE WILL BE DROPPED 1 FULL LETTER GRADE FOR EACH DAY THE PROJECT IS LATE.

PARTICIPATION GRADE

SHOW UP EVERYDAYSHOW UP ON TIMEWORK EVERYDAY!!!!BE PREPARED (PAPER PENCIL ETC.NO HORSEPLAYMUST CLEAN UP EVERYDAYHAVE NO UNEXCUSED TARDIESHAVE NO UNEXCUSED ABSENCES

Participation Penalties• YOUR FINAL GRADE CAN DROP UP TO 3 LETTER GRADES.

• NOTE, THIS WILL BE TABULATED AFTER YOUR FINAL GRADE.

• ABSENCE. -2• UNEXCUSED TARDY. -1 point• INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR. -1 no clean up

no pencilhorseplay not workinganything that disrupts class

Make up participation penalties

• ABSENCE (Includes leaving class)

• TARDY

• INAPROPPRIATE BEHAVIOR

• Work for 15 minutes for each point.

• STUDENTS NEED TO MAKE UP MISSED CLASS TIME………..

• BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL

• DURING LUNCH.

• MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE TEACHER.

How to make up participation penalties

•ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO MAKE UP

ALL ABSENCES!

Excused absences, See instructor for make up work!

EXTRA CREDIT

• SPENDING EXTRA TIME IN THE TECH LAB • BROCHURE• NEWSLETTER• WIN AN AWARD• DONATION.• SPECIAL PROJECTS ASSIGNED BY THE TEACHER

How about an “A”

• THE STUDENT WILL HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PORTFOLIO.

• THE STUDENT WILL HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PROJECTS WITH AN A OR B

• THE STUDENT WILL HAVE ALL PARTICIPATION POINTS.

• THE STUDENT WILL PASS THE FINAL WITH AN “A”

Is a “B” all right?

• THE STUDENT WILL HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PORTFOLIO.

• THE STUDENT WILL HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PROJECTS WITH AN B OR BETTER.

• THE STUDENT WILL HAVE MOST OF THEIR PARTICIPATION POINTS.

• THE STUDENT WILL PASS THE FINAL WITH AN “A”

“C” is a good grade too!!

• THE STUDENT WILL HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PORTFOLIO.

• THE STUDENT WILL HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PROJECTS WITH AN C OR BETTER

• THE STUDENT WILL HAVE SOME OF THEIR PARTICIPATION POINTS.

THE STUDENT WILL PASS THE FINAL WITH AN “A”

Final Grade

• PARTICIPATION 30 % OF FINAL GRADE • PORTFOLIO 30 % OF FINAL GRADE • PROJECT 30 % OF FINAL GRADE • FINAL 10 % OF FINAL GRADE

Technology Education…