Engineering & Technology Education
Building Georgia's Future
TIDE Teaching Excellence in Technology, Innovation, Design and Engineering
Jim Glenn
Coastal Middle School
Dr. William "Pete" Brannan
Rockdale Career Academy
(left to right is Jim Glenn, Dr. Creighton Alexander,
Georgia Southern University and Dr. Pete Brannon)
GACTE 2008 Conference
Presentation PowerPoints
Yvonne Spicer
Teacher of Excellence
Dr. William "Pete" Brannan
Rockdale Career Academy
"Tech" Eddy Nelson
Autrey Mill Middle School
(left to right is Dr. Pete Brannon, Dr. Creighton Alexander,
Georgia Southern University and Eddy Nelson)
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GETEA 2008
Fall Conference
Rockdale Career Academy, Conyers, GA
October 24 - 26, 2008
NEW! NEW ! NEW !
GETEA Poster Series
Engineering Design, Technology Systems, Structures, Aerodynamics, & Fluid Dynamics
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Best Practices in Technology Education
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Founded in 1932 as the Georgia Industrial Arts
Association (GIAA), renamed the Georgia Industrial Technology Education
Association (GITEA) in 1986 and again renamed the Georgia Engineering and
Technology Education Association (GETEA) in 2007. GETEA is a nonprofit professional
organization for Engineering and Technology Education Teachers and many supporters of
Engineering and Technology Education in our Georgia schools.
"Engineering
and Technology Education" refers
to a series of action
based, hands-on courses that allow students to work with and study modern
technology and the impact that it has on our society. Beginning with an
"Introduction to Technology" in high schools, "Explorations in Technology"
in the middle schools, and now "Technology Education Activities" at the
elementary school level - students may explore, study or specialize in many
educational areas that interest them.
The association is affiliated with the
International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
and also works closely with the National Technology Student Association (TSA)
& Georgia Technology Student Association (GATSA),
which provides student members with co-curricular activities in Technology
Education.
With continued aggressive leadership from the Georgia Department of Education, the Georgia State School Board, and the Georgia State Legislature, we continue to lead the nation in the percentage of schools teaching technology education. GETEA hopes that this trend will continue well into the future.