75th FOUR-STATES REGIONAL
TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
(Diamond Jubilee)
TEECA Southwest Regional Competition
(Technology & Engineering Education Collegiate Association)
"Preparing Professionals to Teach Technology & Engineering Principles"
Purpose of TEECA
The purpose of TEECA is to promote leadership, fellowship, scholarship, and a philosophical foundation for future technology and engineering teachers, through coordinated activities at the chapter, state, regional, and international level.
TEECA shall serve as a pre-professional organization providing opportunities to develop the professionalism of future technology and engineering educators through active participation in TSA, ITEEA, and TEECA proceedings. TEECA pre-professionals are committed to promoting the integration of Math, Science and Engineering concepts through hands-on Technology projects and activities.
Why TEECA at the FSRTC conference?
TEECA students are hands-on problem-solvers preparing to teach all students about CTE, Technology & Engineering Education, STEM, Pre-Engineering, and Industrial Arts/Education, which unequivocally transfers to real world application. The students are pre-service students and need valuable conferences to develop professional attributes, enrich their teaching repetoire, and interact with professionals in schools as well as vendors who work directly with teachers, gaining invaluable pedagogical knowledge. TEECA students will offer a unique, fresh perspective and generally have more time to dedicate to new curricular developments. The students will also play a unique role at the conference, providing additional assistance to conference staff as needed.
TEECA Advisors
The SW Regional coordinator is Dr. Byron McKay. bmckay@pittstate.edu
Registration: Conference registration for students is $25. This price includes Thursday TEECA competitions, meal functions as well as access to all presentations. Students are considered professional attendees at the conference. Each student will have to register as a student via their local advisors who will coordinate with Dr. McKay. Faculty will register at the regular conference rate.
Lodging: A list of lodging options are available on the Conference Information tab at the top of the screen.
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COMPETITION DESCRIPTIONS
Problem Solving Competition
The problem solving competition is designed for teams of college students from TEECA affiliated chapters. The competing teams will receive contest details, tools, and materials necessary to develop a solution to a specific problem. Each team is responsible for bringing along the tools and materials noted on the enclosed list.
PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETITION MATERIALS
Robotics
Competition
The TEECA robotics competition is designed challenge teams to fabricate or modify a robotic device to perform a specific task. The challenge could be autonomous in nature or be remote controlled, or both. The platform could be Mindstorms, Vex, Tetrix, Gears or custom made depending on the challenge. The purpose is to develop skills in relation to robotics systems.
ROBOTICS COMPETITION MATERIALS
Manufacturing Competition
The regional live manufacturing competition is designed to both encourage and reward the study of production technology as it relates to manufacturing. Each participating team must include college students from TEECA affiliated chapters. The teams must design, document, fabricate and implement a continuous manufacturing system to produce an assigned product using only the tools on the official list.
Evaluation is based on team performance, safety, craftsmanship of jig and fixture design, documentation of design efforts, and quality of the product.
It should be noted that part of the competition involves a certain degree of problem solving skills, especially when creating jigs and fixtures. Teams are encouraged to be creative in the fabrication of the
jigs and fixtures to optimize both speed and repeatability. Exploiting the creativity of each school will allow the products as well as the jigs and fixtures to increase in quality. The use of CNC equipment, lasers and automated systems should be encouraged if the schools have access to such equipment. Partnering with a company with such equipment is also recommended, however, utilizing the equipment should be a learning experience for the students. Documentation of materials, equipment or external partnerships should be well documented and defended during a presentation.
MANUFACTURING COMPETITION MATERIALS
Communication Competition
The communication contest is designed for teams of college students from TEECA affiliated chapters. The objective of the contest is to produce an industry quality video-based commercial and product advertising the “assigned topic.” The “assigned topic” will be a product, service, or organization. The competing teams will receive a description of the product, service, or organization, and associated marketing and demographic information. However, the bulk of the information
needed for the video-based commercial will be up to the team to research. The teams must develop a storyboard and produce the required feature within the time constraints of the contest.
COMMUNICATION COMPETITION MATERIALS
Teaching Lesson Competition
Technology Challenge Competition
The purpose of the TEECA Technology Challenge Contest is to provide a means for TEECA members to demonstrate their cognitive knowledge about the core concepts of technology, the profession of technology education, pedagogical concepts such as curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
The TEECA Teaching Lesson Contest evaluates how well an individual, or pair of students, teach others about a technological topic. The topic is provided well in advance of the TECA competition. All preparations for the actual lesson must be done by the student and/or team. During the actual competition, the lesson is timed and instructional material is
evaluated. The teaching evaluation is based on: teaching effectiveness, use of appropriate instructional materials, effective and appropriate lesson plan flow (i.e., stated learning objective, helpful and well scaffolded anticipatory set, evidence of learning assessment, ability to engage learners, and ability to demonstrate innovative teaching techniques.) Note: the handout(s) could be in the format of a Design Brief, an in–class worksheet, etc.
TEACHING LESSON COMPETITION MATERIALS