Project Lead the Way Ohio 2012 Fall Conference

November 29 and 30

November 29 General Session for all PLTW Administrators, Counselors, Teachers, and Business Partners

November 30 Teachers Only Professional Development Day

The audience for this conference is current PLTW program school administrators, PLTW counselors, PLTW teachers, business and industry representatives, advisory council members and

those either considering implementing PLTW, or those who will implement the program in 2012 or 2013.

The conference features topics in Project Lead the Way courses, Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gateway to Technology (for middle schools), articulation and help with implementation of PLTW, advances in technology, and classroom strategies. This program fulfills the PLTW teacher requirement for annual professional development. This conference is eligible for contact hours for continuing education by the Ohio Department of Education.

Administrators 8.5 hours Teachers 14.5 hours

Guidance Counselors 8.5 hours

Conference Location:

Baker Center 4th floor

Ohio University One Park Place

Athens, Ohio 45701

Conference At-A-Glance

Thursday, November 29, 2012

7:30 am – 8:45 am Breakfast and Registration 4th floor lobby and Grand Ballroom

8:45 am – 9:00 am Conference Opening Grand Ballroom Host: Dave Powell, AEP, Chairperson Ohio PLTW Executive Council

Welcome Dennis Irwin Ph.D., P.E., Dean Russ College of Engineering and Technology

Conference Overview PJ Marshall, Affiliate Coordinator, PLTW Ohio, Sinclair Community College

9:15 am – 10:00 am Breakout Session I

Session A: Preparing for National Certification Room 240 Session B: PLTW State of the State Room 242

Session C: Honda -Pathway From High School to Work Force Room 239

Session D: Using Cengage Materials in the Engineering Classroom Room 231 Session E: Engineering Field Day/Community Service Opportunities Room 233

Session F: PBS Field Test Updates Room 237

10:00 am – 10:15 am Break – Please Visit Student Displays and Vendors Room 230

10:15 am - 11:00 am Breakout Session II Session G: Articulation and Credit (2 and 4 year) Room 240

Session H: Utilizing Moodle in the BMS Classroom Room 237 Session I: Coma Kokosing Construction Engineering Room 233

Session J: New Programs Room 231 Session K: Collaborations that Work Room 239

11:15 am -12:00 pm Breakout Session III

Session L: CareerME Overview Room 231 Session M: CTE 26 and Tech Prep Room 235 Session N: Implementing the iPad into the PLTW Classroom Room 233

Session O: NIOSH- a Different Perspective on Engineering Room 242 Session P: Making STEM Work in any School Room 240

Session Q: BE Updates and New Curriculum Room 237

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Luncheon and Student Presentations Grand Ballroom

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Breakout Session IV Please visit student displays and interact with student presenters Room 230

1:45-3:00 pm Session R: Navigating the New IED Curriculum Room 240

Session S: POE Updates/VEX Room 242

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Breakout Session V Session T: Identifying, Attracting, Retaining the Non-Trad Student Room 239

Session U: LoggerPro for BMS and POE Room 237 Session V: CIM Updates Room 235

Session R: IED con’t from 1:45 Room 240 Session S: POE con’t from 1:45 Room 242

3:00-3:15 PM Break- Please Visit Vendors Room 230

3:15 pm – 5:00 pm Breakout Session VI

Tours Tour of OU College of Osteopathic Medicine for BMS teachers Tour of Russ School of Engineering, Stocker Center, for engineering teachers

5:00 pm Evaluations / Contact Hours Awarded

Registration (One contact hour sheet per participant, none handed out in advance)

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Teacher Networking Event (Recommended for All Teachers) OU Inn/Cutler Ballroom

Sponsored by: AEP, DEPCO LLC, Cengage Learning, Honda of America and ImaginIT Technologies,

Breakout Session Program Descriptions – November 29, 2012

9:15-10:00 am Breakout Session I

Room 240 Preparing for National Certification

What you need to know in order to prepare for that all important national certification visit. Paperwork, Ohio standards, what we like to see, who needs to be involved.

Presenters: PJ Marshall, Affiliate Coordinator, PLTW Ohio

Room 242 PLTW State of the State What is happening with PLTW Ohio at the State level.

Presenters: Linda O’Connor, Assistant Director, CTE, Ohio Department of Education; James Ruble, CTE, Ohio Department of Education

Room 239 Honda of America- The Pathway From High School to Work Force Explains the pathway to become an Equipment Service Technician at Honda of America. How can Honda improve this pathway for high school students, focusing on PLTW students and their skills?

Presenters: Larry Jermyn, Senior Staff Administrator Strategy and Planning, HAM; Scot McLemore, Unit Manager Performance Solutions and Talent Management, HAM; Noreen Nichols, Unit Manager Acquisition and Deployment, HAM

Room 231 Using Cengage Materials in the Engineering Classroom A look at the supplemental materials Cengage has developed to enhance your PLTW classroom curriculum.

Presenter: Todd Fowler, Field Account Manager for Cengage Learning

Room 233 Engineering Field Day/Community Service Opportunities Students love the hands on in PLTW, especially when they can use that to compete against other PLTW schools. This session will share the experiences of TCTC’s field day as well as ideas for other competitions available.

Presenter: Terri Fleming, PLTW teacher, Trumbull Career and Technical Center

Room 237 BMS Update on PBS Curriculum Field Test The PBS Curriculum is being updated. Find out the latest on what will be included in the new curriculum and how the testing is going.

Presenter: Kelly Woodruff, PBS Master Teacher, Northwestern High School

10:15-11:00 am Breakout Session II

Room 240 PLTW Articulation and Credit (2 and 4 year college credit) Clarifies the process for obtaining college credit for PLTW courses taken in high school, both from 2 year and 4 year institutions.Update on BMS articulation. Certificates of completion are also covered.

Presenters: PJ Marshall, PLTW Ohio, Sinclair Community College; Eric Geiman, PLTW Ohio BMS Affiliate Director, Sinclair Community College

Room 237 Utilizing Moodle in BMS How to engage your BMS students in the curriculum via Moodle.

Presenter: Kelly Woodruff, PLTW Master Teacher, Northwestern High School

Room 233 Coma Kokosing Construction Engineering This panel will discuss engineering as it relates to the construction industry, especially CEA, and opportunities for students.

Presenters: Jill Harris, Manager of Human Resources, Coma Kokosing Construction; Mike Schmitt, Project Engineer, Coma Kokosing Constructions; Jeff Hollback, Lead Estimator, Kokosing Construction

Room 231 New Programs Whether you are in your first year of PLTW or investigating how to begin, you are sure to have a lot of questions, which this session will try to answer.

Presenter: Steve Wendel, PLTW Ohio Affiliate Director, Sinclair Community College

Room 239 Collaborations That Work There are different ways to implement your PLTW program. This panel discussion will focus on three different but highly successful county-wide models.

Presenters: Greg Bowman, Principal, Collins Career Center; Steve Stockey, Executive Vice President Allied Machine; Mike Bailey, PLTW Teacher, Lorain County JVS

.

11:15-12:00 pm Breakout Session III

Room 231 CareerME Overview CareerMe and MycareerME is an interactive exploration website for high school students. Learn how students can research degree programs, job shadowing and collaborate with other PLTW Students around the country. In depth sessions on the engineering and biomedical portions will be offered on Friday.

Presenter: Steve Wendel, PLTW Affiliate Director, Sinclair Community College

Room 235 CTE26 and Tech Prep Learn more about CTE 26 and Tech Prep and how it works with PLTW, and get your questions answered.

Presenter: Ray Timlin, College Tech Prep Consultant, ODE

Room 233 Implementing the iPad into the PLTW Classroom How has having an iPad for each student impacted the PLTW classroom for both teacher and students? What are the positives and negatives of using the iPad in the classroom?

Presenter: Dale Liebrecht, PLTW Teacher, Kalida High School

Room 242 NIOSH- a Different Perspective on Engineering Not your typical engineering! Research to reduce worker exposures to hazardous chemicals; hierarchy of controls, and hazardous drug projects that use engineering controls.

Presenter: Deborah V. Hirst, Environmental Health Engineer, NIOSH

Room 240 Making STEM Work in any School Whether you are in a big urban district or a small rural one, you can have a successful program and secure grants and funding for your program. One of our most successful superintendents shares his tips for sustaining your program.

Presenter: Jeff Layton, Superintendent, Northwester Local Schools

Room 237 BE Updates and New Curriculum Find out the latest in BE as well as what is being changed and updated in the curriculum.

Presenter: Susan Arthur, BE Master Teacher, Collins Career Center

12:00-1:15 Luncheon Grand Ballroom, 4

th floor

STUDENT LUNCHEON PRESENTATIONS:

EDD Leads to College Success Logan High School

Dennis Wolfe, Timothy Ryan, Jeff Tornwall

Skype 4 Life Northwestern High School Mikaela Franks, Cortney Howman, Becca Leasure, and Faith Hudson

NATIONAL CERTIFICATION PRESENTATIONS Presenters:

Dave Powell, PLTW Ohio Executive Council

Steve Wendel, PLTW Ohio Affiliate Director

Eric Geiman, PLTW Biomedical Affiliate Director Linda O’Connor, ODE, PLTW State Leader

William White, Vice President Midwest Region PLTW

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:

Shane Smith, graduate of Bellbrook High School, currently enrolled at Ohio University, Russ School of Engineering

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

David Dimmett, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, PLTW

Sincere thanks to teachers, parents, and especially to the students for sharing their real world classroom experiences with us.

1:30-2:00 pm Breakout Session IV

Room 230 Poster Session Browse the student displays and interact with the students about their projects.

1:45-3:00 pm Room 240 Navigating the New IED Curriculum

The IED curriculum underwent a major revision and expansion this year. Review the changes, discuss questions and problem solve together. Session goes until 3 pm. Presenter: Bill Kuch, IED Master Teacher, Hilliard Davidson High School

Room 242 POE Updates/VEX Get the latest POE info and have a chance to ask questions and work in depth with a VEX representative. Session goes until 3 pm.

Presenters: Dan Spak, POE Master Teacher, Akron Firestone High School; Rob Smith, DEPCO LLC

2:15-3:00 pm Breakout Session V

Room 239 Identifying, Attracting, Retaining the Non-Trad Student TCTC has been recognized as a leader in attracting and retaining non- traditional students to the Career Center by High Schools That Work. Terri Fleming, chemical engineer and PLTW teacher, shares some of the winning strategies being employed at TCTC.

Presenter: Terri Fleming, PLTW Teacher, Trumbull Career and Technical Center

Room 237 LoggerPro for BMS and POE Learn tips and tricks for using LoggerPro in your classroom.

Presenters: Darla Warnecke, HBS Master Teacher, Miller City High School; Peter Leeper, POE Master Teacher, Milford High School

Room 235 CIM Updates Get updates on CIM and interact with other CIM teachers about best practices.

Presenter: David Lord, CIM Master Teacher, Kettering Fairmont High School

Room 240 IED con’t from 1:45

Room 242 POE con’t from 1:45

3:15-5:00 pm Breakout Session V Grand Ballroom Tours Tours of the OU School of Osteopathic Medicine, and Russ School of Engineerig in Stocker Center will convene from the registration area outside the ballroom.

5:00 pm Evaluations / Contact Hours Awarded

Registration (One contact hour sheet per participant, none handed out in advance)

Conference At-A-Glance

Friday, November 30, 2012 (Teachers Only)

8:00 am – 8:30 am Networking Breakfast Grand Ballroom

8:30 am – 9:15 am Breakout Session I Session A: CareerMe BIO- BMS Teachers Room 233

Session B: Truss Calculations- POE Teachers Room 242

Session C: AE updates Room 231

Session D: Extreme Cranes- GTT Room 239 Session E: Ecybermission- Today’s Army Room 240

9:30 am – 11:15 am Breakout Session II Session F: GTT- Intro to Building With VEX Room 239 Session G: CEA- Section Views and Labeling Room 240

Session H: DE Flip Flops Room 235

Session I: BMS- Medical Advances in the Military Room 233

11:30-12:30 pm Luncheon and Networking Grand Ballroom

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Breakout Session III Session J: EDD/Innovation Portal Update Room 237

Session K: CareerMe for Engineering Room 240 Session L: DE- Multisim and FPGA Room 235

Session M: BMS- Working Session Room 233

Session N: POE- Simple Machines Room 242

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Breakout Session IV Session O: DE- State Machines/Going Paperless

in the DE classroom Room 235

Session P: Navigating the New IED Curriculum Room 240 Session Q: POE updates/VEX Room 242 Session P: GTT-Programming Your VEX Machine Room 239

Session M: BMS Session con’t Room 233

3:00 pm Evaluations & Adjournment/Contact Hours Awarded Grand Ballroom

Breakout Session Program Descriptions – Friday, November 30, 2012

8:30-9:15 am Breakout Session I

Room 233 CareerME BIO Session highlights features that students can use to explore career examples, college degree programs, and customized content for bio science and technology companies with the biocareerme.org website.

Presenters: Sandy Feola, Customer Engagement Manager, NCME, Sinclair Community College

Room 242 Truss Calculations They can be a real challenge! This session is designed to help clear up some of the mystery and make them easier for you and your students.

Presenter: Dan Spak, POE Master Teacher, Akron Firestone High School

Room 231 Aerospace Update Get the latest information on changes in the Aerospace curriculum and discuss challenges and successes in the classroom

Presenter: Dave Lord, AE Master Teacher, Kettering Fairmont High School

Room 239 Extreme Cranes-GTT Take what you learn in the design model problem solving unit to the next level, creating a week long “extreme” challenge for your students.

Presenters: Fritz Schermbeck, GTT teacher, Jefferson Junior High; Chris Hoover, GTT teacher, Jefferson Junior High

Room 240 eCybermission- Today’s Army eCybermission and West Point Bridge Design are STEM competitions for middle through high school. Find out more about the two programs and how your students can get involved.

Presenter: Shannon Wagner, Today’s Army Education Specialist;

9:30-11:15 am Breakout Session II

Room 239 GTT- Introduction to Building with VEX An overview of the mechanism builds in GTT as well as an opportunity to build the mechanism

Presenters: Jason Board, GTT Master Teacher, Dover Middle School; Courtney Walls, GTT Master Teacher, Milford Junior High School

Room 240 CEA Section Views and Labeling In this session you will work on section views and labeling, which can be a challenge. You will also have time to do hands on work.

Presenter: Steve Carter, CEA Master Teacher, Akron Garfield High School

Room 235 DE Flip Flops A review of Flip-Flop and Latch basics, along with asynchronous counters and synchronous counters

Presenter: Rick Pinkava, DE Master Teacher, Cuyahoga Valley Career Center

Room 233 BMS Medical Advances in the Military Current medical advances and procedures being used and researched in the military. Session will include breakthroughs in medical treatment, as well as the nutritional presentation designed for biomedical teachers.

Presenters: Shannon Wagner, Today’s Army Education Specialist

11:30-12:30 pm Luncheon and Networking Grand Ballroom, 4th floor

12:30-1:15 pm Breakout Session III Room 237 EDD/Innovation Portal Update

You will cover updates in the EDD curriculum, discuss project ideas, and the use of the Innovation Portal in EDD.

Presenter: Steve Wendel, PLTW Ohio Affiliate Director, Sinclair Community College

Room 240 Career ME Engineering This session highlights features that students can use to explore career examples, college degree programs and customized content for advanced manufacturing companies with the CareerME.org website.

Presenter: Sandy Feola, Customer Engagement Manager, NCME, Sinclair Community College

Room 235 DE- Multisim and FPGA This session will cover what is new in Multisim, and how to set up the FPGA which is a new process. There will also be a question and answer period.

Presenter: Chad Weaver, DE Master Teacher, Timken Regional Campus

Room 233 BMS- Working Session

Collaborate to create a statewide assessment bank for tests and quizzes; hands on lab work, troubleshooting. Session goes til 3 pm.

Presenters: Kelly Woodruff, PBS Master Teacher, Northwestern High School; Amy O’Loughlin, HBS Master Teacher, Chaminade Julienne High School; Darla Warnecke, HBS Master Teacher, Miller City High School; Autum Barry, MI Master Teacher, Logan High School

Room 242 POE Simple Machines This session will cover gear rations and mechanical advantage, as well as taking a look at a fuel cell dragster.

Presenter: Peter Leeper, POE Master Teacher, Milford High School

1:30-3:00 pm Breakout Session IV

Room 235 DE- State Machines/Paperless DE This session will offer a review of the state machine design process and step through a more complicated design example than is provided in the curriculum. Take a break and then learn about going paperless in the DE classroom using Microsoft OneNote.

Presenter: Pat Farley, DE Master Teacher, Toledo Technology Academy

Room 240 Navigating the New IED Curriculum The IED curriculum underwent a major revision and expansion this year. Review the changes, discuss questions and problem solve together. Presenter: Bill Small, IED Master Teacher, Timken Regional Campus

Room 242 POE Updates/VEX Get the latest POE info and have a chance to ask questions and work in depth with a VEX representative.

Presenters: Peter Leeper, POE Master Teacher, Milford High School; Rob Smith, DEPCO LLC

Room 239 GTT Programming your VEX Machine An introduction to the programming language used with VEX. Also see how the test bed activity is used to introduce your students to the Robot C platform.

Presenters: Jason Board, GTT Master Teacher, Dover Middle School; Courtney Walls, GTT Master Teacher, Milford Junior High School

Room 233 BMS- session continued ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

3:00 pm Evaluations & Adjournment/Contact Hours Awarded Grand Ballroom

PLTW Ohio would like to extend a sincere THANK YOU to the PLTW Ohio Executive council for their ongoing support. Thank you to our corporate sponsors: AEP, Cengage Learning, DEPCO LLC, Honda of America, and ImaginIT Technologies, for their support of the teacher networking event. Thank you to Ohio University for their hospitality. Our sincere appreciation to Ohio University Russ College of Engineering for their assistance and sponsorship. A special thanks to Dr. Laquetta Cortner and Dr. Jeff Giesey, Ohio University, for their tireless efforts in helping us make this year’s conference possible!

Please join us in recognizing the following Ohio schools

2012 Nationally Certified PLTW High School Programs

Recertification Kettering Fairmont High School

Engineering

Brooklyn High School

Chesapeake High School

Fairborn High School

Indian Valley High School

Northland High School

Winton Woods High School

BioMedical Science

Berea High School

Chesapeake High School

Eastmoor High School

Fairborn High School

Girard High School

Hoover High School

Midpark High School

Northland High School

Olmstead Falls High School

Middle School Recognition Dover Middle School

Fairborn Baker Middle School

Girard Junior High School

Tusky Valley Middle School

On behalf of the Ohio Department of Education, Sinclair Community College, and the PLTW Ohio Executive Council, we would like to express our

sincere appreciation to Ohio University for hosting this conference, and to the numerous individuals, organizations and agencies whose

support and commitment made this conference possible.