Tech Prep || Lewis-Clark State College

Dear Educators,

This year’s conference will be taking place October 2^nd & 3^rd on the campuses of Lewiston High School and Lewis-Clark State College. We believe the PTE offerings that we’ve put together this year will accommodate almost all professional-technical program areas in some fashion. This year we are focusing our sessions on Web Development, Pre-Engineering/ Manufacturing, Geographic Information Systems, Global Positioning Systems, Applied Mathematics, and Educational Enrichment courses to benefit all educators. Not only does PIE have sessions related to PTE but also a myriad of others that can be found in their program booklet at http://www.lewistonpie.com/PIE BookletInside_08.pdf.

This conference is one of the largest, if not the largest, of it’s kind in Idaho and Eastern Washington. The large annual attendance provides wonderful opportunities to bring nationally recognized keynoters that a single district might not otherwise be able to do. We hope you will all come and enjoy this year’s keynote speakers as well as gain valuable competencies that you can take back to the classroom.

For more information on the PIE conference please go to: http://www.lewistonpie.com/

For more information on registration and fees please go to: http://www.lewistonpie.com/Registration.htm

Here are this year’s professional-technical workshop offerings at Lewiston High School’s Partnerships in Education (PIE) Conference. For more about registration or general information about this year’s conference please go to www.lewistonpie.com or contact Tate Smith at ttsmith@lcsc.edu or (208) 792-2418.

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION - WEB DEVELOPMENT

The Interactive Web - Flash Application O’Harra, Jimmie (Thursday, 10:00 am -4:30 pm & Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Location: Sam Glen Complex Room 124 on the LCSC Campus)

The session is dedicated to learning the various tools of web development and focusing specifically on the powerful web development software Flash. Jimmie O’Harra, one of North Idaho College’s webmasters, will teach and allow time for attendees to apply their new found “Flash” knowledge to building a website during this two-day training. (Note: This session will take place in room 124 of LCSC’s Sam Glen Complex focused towards Business Technology & Skilled and Technical Science Instructors.). Space is limited to 20 computers.

SKILLED & TECHNICAL SCIENCES / TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

From the Drawing Board to the Product - SolidWorks at Work McDonald, Rob (Thursday, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm & Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location: LCSC Mechanical Technical Building Room 205 on the LCSC Campus)

This session is designed to refresh existing SolidWorks software instructors on its basic features. This two-day training will take the user from the drawing board to the milling process. Information will be provided on basic example projects that are included in the classroom. (Note: This session will take place in room 205 of LCSC’s Mechanical Technical Building and focused towards Business Technology & Skilled and Technical Science Instructors.) Space is limited to 15 computers.

GIS/GPS and APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Using GPS in the Classroom Reynolds, Bill (Thursday, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Location: Room SB1)

Ideas for teachers to introduce mapping, geographic information systems, and global positioning systems. We will cover GIS/GPS and ideas for use in curriculum for history, geography, math and science.

GPS & GIS Reynolds, Bill (Thursday, 1:00 pm – 4:00 am, Location: Room SB1)

Data collection, GPS, geocaching, and mapping. We will collect data using GPS equipment to bring into the classroom and create a map.

Using GPS in the Classroom Reynolds, Bill (Friday, 10:00 am – 11:30 am & 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 pm, Location: Room SB1)

Shoot Low Sheriff: They’re Riding Shetlands Dahlquist, Andrew (Thursday, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Location: Room 201)

This is a presentation about the technical math program at LCSC. We think this math sequence could be moved down to the high school level and help students pass standardized tests in Idaho and Washington. It is based on problems that we have encountered and solved in math remediation at LCSC.

ENRICHMENT

READING WITH COLOR Studer, Verna L. (Thursday, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, Location: Room 106)

Frustrated with poor readers? “lazy” students? Poor grades? Learn how people can improve their reading comprehension and efficiency in order to perform better in school and in work! Verna L. Studer, licensed Irlen Syndrome screener and LCSC professor, has screened poor readers for over 15 years. She will show you how you can help YOUR poor readers by using COLOR!

How Do You Conflict? The Nature of Interpersonal Conflict-By Gender Owen, Michael. (Thursday, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, Location: Room 214)

This insightful and amusing presentation will examine how and why we enter into conflicting situations and focus on how differently males and females process the same situations based on gender.

READING WITH COLOR Studer, Verna L. (Friday, 10:00 am – 11:30 pm, Location: Room 106)