{"id":3290,"date":"2014-02-27T15:53:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T20:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=3290"},"modified":"2014-02-27T15:53:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T20:53:04","slug":"middle-school-technology-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=3290","title":{"rendered":"Middle School Technology Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent learning activity at Patrick Henry Middle School in Sioux Falls, S.D. showcased the interaction of technology\/investigative skills\u00a0 and possible\u00a0career interests for sixth grade students.<\/p>\n<p>Using a guest speaker who was a forensic specialist in the local police department as a catalyst, students were given the opportunity to see and participate in the why&#8217;s and how&#8217;s of criminal investigation. The students\u00a0 had the chance to work with the investigation techniques under the supervision of\u00a0local law enforcement officer. This activity was specially designed as part of the technology education program\u00a0at Patrick Henry.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0outcomes of this activty were twofold:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students enjoyed learning in this fashion as opposed to the more traditional setting of textbooks and chalkboard<\/li>\n<li>Technology education and exposure to hands-on activities can be used to increase student awareness in different career fields in industry and technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take Away?\u00a0 You most likely will find\u00a0a similar type of activity available from your local law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to review the article for this blog, please go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keloland.com\/newsdetail.cfm\/sixth-graders-get-csi-experience\/?id=160792\">http:\/\/www.keloland.com\/newsdetail.cfm\/sixth-graders-get-csi-experience\/?id=160792<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent learning activity at Patrick Henry Middle School in Sioux Falls, S.D. showcased the interaction of technology\/investigative skills\u00a0 and possible\u00a0career interests for sixth grade students. Using a guest speaker who was a forensic specialist in the local police department as a catalyst, students were given the opportunity to see and participate in the why&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=3290\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[304],"class_list":["post-3290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","tag-middle-school-technology-activity","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3290"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3295,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290\/revisions\/3295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}