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Results from Western Region NC TSA on 2/24/2012

02/27/2012 - 3pm

Below are the results from the Western Region NC TSA Conference on Friday, February 24th.

Congrats to all the schools!

Career Prep Middle School 1st Place Grace Parham Walkertown Middle School 2nd Place Nikki Frame Ashe County Middle School 3rd Place Maison McNeil Ashe County Middle School		Challenging Technology Issues Middle School 1st Place Hanes Magnet Middle School 2nd Place Lufkin Road Middle School 3rd Place Lufkin Road Middle School
Digital Photography Challenge Middle School 1st Place Dara Hobson Walkertown Middle School 2nd Place Laura Warren Walkertown Middle School 3rd Place Cassidy Hedgecock Walkertown Middle School		Essays on Technology Middle School 1st Place Jason Cheng Lufkin Road Middle School 2nd Place Tiffany Bramblett Hanes Magnet Middle School
Go Green Manufacturing Middle School 1st Place Mason McNeil and Ethan Lewis Ashe County Middle School 2nd Place Ben Brown and Matthew Greer Ashe County Middle School 3rd Place		Leadership Strategies Middle School 1st Place Coby Devito, Evan Johnson, Omsai Meka Hanes Magnet Middle School 2nd Place Isabel Iturbide, Emily Orlick, Anna Swartzel Hanes Magnet Middle School 3rd Place Jordan Yonkofski & Matthew Rogers Walkertown Middle School

Multimedia Presentation Middle School 1st Place Ashe County Middle School		Prepared Speech Middle School 1st Place Coby Devito Hanes Magnet Middle School 2nd Place Alexandra Ott Walkertown Middle School 3rd Place Laura Warren Walkertown Middle School
Problem Solving Middle School 1st Place Megan Howell & Casey Campbell Ashe County Middle School 2nd Place Jason Cheng & Zach Helms Lufkin Road Middle School 3rd Place River Riley & Suvleen Singh Lufkin Road Middle School		Video Game Design Middle School 1st Place Dixit Akshat & Ali Mirzazadeh Hanes Magnet Middle School 2nd Place Emily Orlick Hanes Magnet Middle School 3rd Place Zachary Speed Walkertown Middle School
Website Design Middle School 1st Place Bryan Sheets Ashe County Middle School		CAD Architecture High School 1st Place Stephen Bendl Providence High School 2nd Place Stephen Mobley Hough High School 3rd Place Mary McPherson & Charles Ledford AC Reynolds High School

CAD Engineering High School 1st Place Matt Ball & Bailey Tebou Providence High School 2nd Place Matthew Kitson & Roman Furtuna AC Reynolds High School 3rd Place Jason Farrand Mallard Creek High School		Desktop Publishing High School 1st Place Delaney Clatterbuck North Mecklenburg High School 2nd Place Michael Williams Mallard Creek High School 3rd Place Hayleigh Holmes AC Reynolds High School
Digital Video Production High School 1st Place Vance High School 2nd Place Highland School of Technology 3rd Place Mallard Creek High School		Extemporaneous Presentation High School 1st Place Thea Scott Phillip O Berry School of Technology 2nd Place Cheyene Underwood Watauga High School 3rd Place Joshua Orange Butler High School
Music Production High School 1st Place Anders Hare Mallard Creek High School 2nd Place Daniel Rodgers Mallard Creek High School 3rd Place Matt Lapp AC Reynolds High School		Photographic Technology High School 1st Place Mariel Hameer Butler High School 2nd Place Kirsten Floyd Highland School of Technology 3rd Place Jessica Turcotte Highland School of Technology

Promotional Graphics High School 1st Place Esther Lee Providence High School 2nd Place Courtney Tooker Butler High School 3rd Place Xue Wang Butler High School		Sci Vis High School 1st Place Nick Angiuoli Hough High School 2nd Place Owen Dowell Watauga High School 3rd Place Brendan Vanselous Hough High School
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Video Game Design High School 1st Place Watauga High School 2nd Place Providence High School 3rd Place Myers Park High School		Dragster Middle School 1st Place Megan Howell Ashe County Middle School 2nd Place Brandon Josey Walkertown Middle School 3rd Place Michael Anthony Ashe County Middle School

Dragster Design High School 1st Place Brian Delehanty Highland School of Technology 2nd Place Jacob Keller Myers Park High School 3rd Place Keegan Wright Smoky Mountain High School		Structural Engineering - Middle School Middle School 1st Place River Riley Lufkin Road Middle School 2nd Place Ashe County Middle School 3rd Place Sofi Kiser Walkertown Middle School
Structural Engineering High School 1st Place Alexandra Doten and Matthew Mc Donough Hough High School 2nd Place Matt Ball Providence High School 3rd Place Arthur Mercer & Thane Jones Myers Park High School		Flight Middle School 1st Place Tiffany Bramblett Hanes Magnet Middle School 2nd Place James Warren Walkertown Middle School 3rd Place Jason Cheng Lufkin Road Middle School
Flight Endurance High School 1st Place Stephanie Weng North Mecklenburg High School 2nd Place Alex Marsh Myers Park High School 3rd Place Andrew Dixon Highland School of Technology		Technology Bowl Written High School 1st Place Butler High School - Team A 2nd Place Phillip O Berry High School 3rd Place North Mecklenburg High School

Technology Bowl Written Middle School 1st Place Hanes Magnet Middle School 2nd Place Walkertown Middle School		Technology Bowl Middle School 1st Place Walkertown Middle School
Technology Bowl High School 1st Place Drew Hoyle, David Clancy & Mitchel Sayasene Highland School of Technology 2nd Place Butler High School 3rd Place North Mecklenburg High School		VEX Robotics High School 1st Place Valley Springs Team 3 & Team 1 2nd Place Hough High School Team 2 & Mallard Creek 3rd Place Valley Springs Team 2 & Valley Springs Team 6
Wind Energy- Wind Catcher Competition Middle School 1st Place James Warren Walkertown Middle School 2nd Place Ashley Cordell Walkertown Middle School 3rd Place Blake Briles Walkertown Middle School		Wind Energy- Poster Competition Middle School 1st Place Alex Ott Walkertown Middle School 2nd Place Brandon Josey Walkertown Middle School 3rd Place Ashley Cordell Walkertown Middle School

Western Region North Carolina Technology Student Association Regional Conference Registration Information

11/22/2011 - 3pm

Below is the link to the registration forms for the Western Region NC TSA Conference, to be held on the campus of Appalachian State University on Friday, February 24, 2012.

Download the Excel version of the spreadsheet from below and email it to taylorjs@appstate.edu.

All programs in the Southwestern, Western, and Northwestern regions of the state are encouraged to attend.

Students involved in VEX Robotics are encouraged to compete in the 1st Western Region North Carolina Competition and TSA events as well. Schools will need to confirm their participation in this event by February 10, 2012.

Also attached are the Medical/Photo Release Forms, event information, a tentative schedule and the medical/photo release form. Please make sure that you turn in the medical/photo release form when you check- in at registration.

Please note that some of the events will operate differently than described in the TSA Competitive Events Guides. Due to time constraints, some events that normally involve on-site construction of projects will deviate from the event guidelines. For additional information about the events see the attached files, or contact the event coordinator, Jerianne Taylor (taylorjs@appstate.edu), via phone or email.

Early registration is $15.00 for students however every student that is registered will be receiving a t-shirt for participating in the event.

Late registration is $15.00 for students however students will NOT be receiving a t-shirt for participating in the event.

Also note that we can only guarantee spaces in events to those schools/students that have preregistered by February 10th. See the registration form for details. All other students will be taken on a space available basis.

We look forward to seeing you on February 24th!

ASU TECA wins 2nd Place in Problem Solving at the Eastern Region Technology Education Collegiate Association Conference in Virginia Beach

11/22/2011 - 3pm

On November 13th - 15th, nine of our students attended the Eastern Region TECA Conference. While there, our problem solving team (consisting of five students) placed 2nd in Problem Solving at TECA (Technology Education Collegiate Association) East Conference.

The following technology education majors were involved in the competition:

Gary Camilleri

Joe Gragg

Brooks Medford

Dustin Roten

Max Steele

Nine schools competed in the competition, including NCSU and NC A&T.

California University of Pennsylvania received in 1st place and State University of New York –Oswego received 3rd .

The problem consisted of designing & building a prototype for an efficient stationary robotic arm in a limited amount of time (4 hours) using only the specified materials. The robotic arm had to be at least 18 inches in length. The robotic arm had to be able to pick up an empty cup (in the upright position) and place it in the upright position at a designated location that is 12 inches away from its origin, then return to its base location.

Spring Registration, Shirts and Other Stuff

11/03/2011 - 11am

Registration will open on the 7th. If you are a sophomore or higher, you are required to meet with your advisor (me) prior to signing up for classes. Please feel free to contact me to schedule and time to meet if you have not already done so.

Technology Education shirts are now available. The long sleeve black t-shirts are really nice and have the tech ed logo on them. They are $25.00 or free for TECA members once they pay their dues. Stop by my office to get yours today! The image is attached. Be sure to check it out.

Nine students will be attending the TECA East conference – November 13-15, 2011 – at Virginia Beach.

They will be competing in several competitions including problem solving, tech challenge, communication and teaching lesson.

Be sure to wish them luck if you see them. They are Dustin Roten, Max Steele, Joe Gragg, Brooks Medford, Trey Boggs, Matt Watson, Gary Camilleri, Colin Clark and Hillary Bowlin.

ASU TECA Meeting - Monday, September 19th

09/13/2011 - 11am

ASU TECA will hold its first meeting of the year on Monday, September 19th @ 7:00 pm in Room 180.

Hope that you can make it! Pizza will be provided! We will elect officers and discuss TECA East.

Welcome back!

08/31/2011 - 1pm

Hi! I just wanted to take a moment and welcome all of you back to school or to Appalachian State University.

I just wanted to let you know about a few things that are going on in our program right now.

1. All of our graduates have jobs. Good jobs in great counties. I think that is a definite plus . There are numerous job openings right now in technology education. We currently do not have enough graduates to fill all of the job openings.

2. Appalachian State University is one of two institutions in the state and one of three in southeast region that prepares technology education teachers. You will be in high demand upon graduation, know that!

3. Our student organization, ASU TECA, is actively involved in regional and national conferences. We are proud to have the International TECA President-Elect in our program. ASU TECA will be meeting in the next few weeks. I encourage each of you to get involved in this organization.

4. I would also like to encourage you to get involved in ITEEA, our international professional organization. Right now they are offering a discounted rate to first time student members of $25.00. This rate is only available until the end of September. Here is the link to join:

http://www.iteea.org/Membership/membership.htm

5. We will be going several places this year. I hope that each of you decide to attend these activities. Below is a list of the activities that you are encouraged to be involved in as a technology education major.

· TECA East – Virginia Beach VA – November 13-15, 2011

· NC Western Region TSA Conference - Appalachian State University – February 24,2012

· ITEEA’s 74th Annual Conference – Long Beach, CA – March 15-17, 2012

· NC TSA State Conference – Greensboro, NC – early April

Feel free to contact me if you have questions or concerns. Know that I am here to help you and want you to be successful in this program.

Kind Regards,

Dr. Taylor

TECA Eastern Region Conference - November 13th-15th

09/09/2011 - 8am

It's that time again! Time for TECA East! If you are wanting to attend, check out the site http://tecaeast.org/.

Registration for the conference is $67.00 and due to Dr. Taylor by September 30th. The total cost for the conference (includes lodging, registration and travel) is $125.00 plus meals not included in registration. You also need to join ITEEA in order to attend this conference. Student membership for ITEEA is $25.00 until 9/30. After the 30th, conference registration is $100.00 , ITEEA membership is $40.00 and total cost for the conference (includes lodging, registration and travel) is $175.00 plus meals not included in registration

If you have questions about the conference, please feel free to contact Dr. Taylor.

Five students from Appalachian attended the Eastern Region TECA Conference in Virginia Beach

08/03/2010 - 8am

Technology Education Collegiate Assocation

October 17- 19 2010, Five students from Appalachian attended the Eastern Region TECA Conference in Virginia Beach. While there they placed 3rd in Problem Solving and 3rd in Technology Bowl. The students are Will Thrasher, Katy Bula, Jeremiah Blanco, Max Steele and Dustin Roten. Approximately 300 students from 10 schools competed in this year’s competitions, including NC State, Old Dominion, Millersville and SUNY Oswego.

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Dr. Jerianne Taylor
Program Coordinator
828-262-6352
taylorjs@appstate.edu

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