Deadline to Register for PLTW Training

The deadline to register for PLTW's 30-minute, online Assessment training is rapidly
approaching. We know you have busy schedules and appreciate the time you are taking for these training sessions. As a token of our appreciation, PLTW will be giving away a host of prizes to training participants, including the Amazon® Kindle®, a Nintendo® Wii®with the Wii Fit Plus® and the iPodTouch®.

Training is available Monday through Friday between now and September 24 at the times
listed below. When registering for training, please use your PLTW Extranet/Virtual
Academy login email. Your new PLTW Assessment System login will be sent to this
email address ONLY!

PLTW Online Training 10 a.m. EST

PLTW Online Training 12pm EST

PLTW Online Training 2pm EST

PLTW Online Training 4pm EST

PLTW Online Training 6pm EST

Each week, one training participant will be selected at a random drawing to be conducted by PLTW as the recipient of a new Amazon Kindle. Teachers who have already completed training are already included. In addition, at the end of the final session on September 24, one winner will be randomly drawn by PLTW from the list of all training participants and awarded a Nintendo Wii with Wii Fit Plus. Finally, in June, five of the teachers that have administered all growth and end of course assessments will be randomly selected by PLTW to receive an iPod Touch.

Don't miss your
chance to win these exciting prizes - register for training today!

Student Showcase

The STEM division and OKACTE officers will be hosting the Project Lead the Way Counselor Conference on October 26, 2010. We would like to invite several schools to participate in the PLTW Student Showcase. Schools interested would set up an interactive display/booth educating counselors about their program; counselors would walk around and visit each booth. The set up time would be 8:30 and the display could be taken down after lunch. Each school is limited to bring three students and lunch will be provided. We are looking for Pre-Engineering, Biomedical or Gateway programs. If your school is interested please fill out the attached registration and return it to me by September 15. If you have any questions feel free to give me a call. We are hoping sending school counselors, technology center counselors and administrators across the state will be in attendance. Registration:

Project Lead the Way Student Showcase
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tulsa Southern Hills Marriott
1902 E. 71st Street
Tulsa, OK
8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon

We're Looking For A Few Good Teachers and Students.

Actually, we're looking for the best of the best. A few great teachers and students from middle and high schools across the country doing great things in the area of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). We want to honor them for developing the most imaginative student projects and the most innovative instructional programs related to STEM with some outstanding scholarships and cash prizes.

It's all part of the PLTW Innova Awards, which will be presented at The First Annual PLTW National Innovation Summit on October 20th in the nation's capital.

The Innova Award For Learning - For Teachers.
If you, or you and a group of colleagues, can demonstrate an "innovative approach" to teaching and learning STEM to help ignite imagination and innovation in students, then we encourage you to enter to win the PLTW Innova Award For Learning and receive a $5,000 cash prize. It's a great opportunity to be recognized for the great things you do for STEM education. > find out more

The Innova Award For Imagination - For Students.
Know any students who have done some thinking outside the box lately? Students who have created a brilliant STEM-related project that demonstrates a high degree of critical thinking and imaginative problem solving? If so, then you should tell them about the PLTW Innova Award For Imagination and help them sign up for the chance to win a $10,000 scholarship. It would be a great thing to do for some deserving students. > find out more

Hurry, The Deadline For Entries Is September 15th.

Pre-Engineering agreement with OSU IT

We are excited to announce our Pre-Engineering agreement with OSU IT. Thanks to Mike Taylor/OSU IT for the countless hours he worked to align the PLTW Pre-Engineering curriculum with the engineering college curriculum.

For CareerTech's two year Pre-Engineering career major students could earn up to 13 college credits and up to 25 college credits through our Advanced Pre-Engineering Career Major. See additional information.

PLTW Pre-Engineering

OSU Institute of Technology

Technology Center

ETD 1101 - Safety Applications

Digital Electronics [Lesson 1.1]

ETDG 1143 - Introduction to Design/Drafting

Introduction to Engineering Design [Lessons 1.1-1.4, 2.1, 2.3-2.4, 3.1-3.3]

ETDE 1133 - Introduction to Electrical/Electronics

Digital Electronics [Lesson 1.1] AND

Principles of Engineering [Lessons 1.1-1.2, 1.4]

ETDE 1263 - AC Electronics and Photonics

Digital Electronics [Lesson 1.2]

ETDE 1373 - Digital Systems and Microcontrollers

Digital Electronics [Lessons 1.3, 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4, 4.1-4.2] AND

Principles of Engineering [Lesson 3.1]

Total Credit Hours Available: 13

Advanced PLTW Pre-Engineering

OSU Institute of Technology

Technology Center

ETD 1101 - Safety Applications

Digital Electronics [Lesson 1.1]

ETDM 1153 - Introduction to Manufacturing

Introduction to Engineering Design [Lesson 2.2] AND

Computer Integrated Manufacturing [Lessons 1.1-1.3, 2.1-2.3, 4.1-4.2]

ETDG 1143 - Introduction to Design/Drafting

Introduction to Engineering Design [Lessons 1.1-1.4, 2.1, 2.3-2.4, 3.1-3.3]

ETDG 1333 - Residential Design

Civil Engineering and Architecture [Lessons 1.1, 2.2-2.3]

ETDG 2102 - Architectural Modeling

Civil Engineering and Architecture [Lesson 2.1]

ETDG 2683 - Commercial Architecture

Civil Engineering and Architecture [Lessons 3.1-3.3, 4.1-4.2]

ETDE 1133 - Introduction to Electrical/Electronics

Digital Electronics [Lesson 1.1] AND

Principles of Engineering [Lessons 1.1-1.2, 1.4]

ETDE 1263 - AC Electronics and Photonics

Digital Electronics [Lesson 1.2]

ETDE 1373 - Digital Systems and Microcontrollers

Digital Electronics [Lessons 1.3, 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4, 4.1-4.2] AND

Principles of Engineering [Lesson 3.1]

SURV 1011 - Introduction to Surveying

Civil Engineering and Architecture [Lesson 3.4]

Total Credit Hours Available: 25

Great New Pre-Engineering Video

This video is great for pre-engineering. See video. I believe this video could be used to build lessons plans on the where, what, how, careers, salaries, etc on aerospace. I just met with 48 middle school science and math teachers here at our OSSM summer workshop.

Project Lead the Way National Summit-Washington DC

Please encourage everyone to consider the PLTW summit October 20-22 and the USA Science and Engineering Festival on the National Mall is scheduled October 22-24. Please find the attached agenda.

PLTW Summit Alert: Early Registration Ends August 21st

Gaming the System: Connecting Entertainment & Education
Community Colleges: STEM's Secret Weapon
Humanitarian Projects: The Next Sputnik
A Compass For Best Practices: Creating a Roadmap for Model Programs

The significant price break for early registration ends soon. And space is limited. So the perfect time to secure your spot at this much anticipated event and save some money is -Now! See the link below for additional information.

http://beta.pltw.org/innovationsummit

To All FIRST Robotics Participants and Supporters:

Writing to remind you of our two Informational Meetings on August 7 in Oklahoma City and on August 14 in Broken Arrow. Attached is a copy of the announcement with the details of meeting times and locations.

Anyone interested in learning more about this awesome opportunity to motivate students to become interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is invited. (see www.usfirst.org)

During these times of limited budgets, it is exciting to note that the State Legislature understands the importance of this initiative and has made grant money available for new teams.

Please contact any superintendent, principal, teacher, student, parent, etc., that you think might be interested.