Our traditional classroom experiences don't always leave every student prepared for their next chapter. For more and more 21st century students, career and technical education is a bit more up their alley. When it comes to CTE in schools, many students have access to real-world experiences, on-the-job training, and opportunties to develop new skills in industries they're passionate about. And, unsurprisingly, one of the most popular focus areas in school CTE programs is technology. Today, career preparation does not just involve vocational training and exposure to some of the most vital occupations, like plumbing, firefighting, and manufacturing. With so many top 21st century careers centered on robotics, AI, computer science, and more, CTE programs continue to evolve. As such, students have access to so many more tracks and chances to discover something they love.
Whether you're just starting a school CTE program or looking to expand on your current offerings, there are so many 21st century STEAM solutions that can help students prepare. As some may know, many CTE classes take place within your classrooms but impactful opportunities unfold in the real world. However your students experience career and technical education, having the right tools and framework could help. Of course, we offer an extensive list of educational robotics solutions that students can utilize in CTE experiences and programming. We also, however, provide all the best 3D printers for engineering education and programmable drones for architecture or military programs. Plus, we even stock robotic arms that are perfect for students in high school CTE programs. Even starting in middle school, our tech solutions and content can help you shape your CTE program for the future.
STEM-Works is a website that anybody can find valuable—not just educators. Anyone who has a passion for STEM education can use STEM-Works to find resources to learn more about STEM teaching approaches, STEM careers, and how to get children more interested in potential career fields within this area.
While it’s tough to determine how much of each should be in this balance, it seems pretty clear that a combination of STEM skills and soft skills will vastly benefit today’s students once they enter the workforce. Even though many of tomorrow’s careers have not yet been invented or evolved yet, we have a pretty good idea of how to
Teachers try every day to bring learning alive, but it hasn’t always been as easy to bring content alive. With zSpace’s amazing augmented reality system, however, all you get is interactive, exhilarating experiences. The content literally jumps off the screen, allowing students to hold, move, and manipulate 3D objects.
Even with the addition of STEM tools and more active learning, these students oftentimes fail to feel fulfilled. With career and technical education, however, they’re able to increase this active learnxing even more and gain skills in areas that can truly help them. CTE, while it may not be for everyone, certainly is for some students.
Since more school systems are transitioning toward offering some kind of CTE program for students in high school grades, it’s becoming even more important they do this the right way. In many places, career and technical education (CTE) is taking off in colleges and universities, but also coming into play even earlier than that by necessity.
Students aren’t always guaranteed success by sporting straight A’s on their report cards—they need authentic experiences with real-world projects, coding, and collaborating. They also need to take charge and lead their own learning—and that is why many school districts are ditching the old ways and focusing more on student-led learning.
College is traditionally considered to be the four years in which students are molded into the successful workers they will become and given the opportunity to practice their craft through hands-on classes, internships and co-ops. It’s becoming more and more common, however, that college is just the second stop on this train.
In this edition of “Map of Skills,” Andy Larmand, a blogger at Boston Sports Then & Now, describes the process of writing a post about Boston Bruins statistics for thousands of readers. These processes require patience, knowledge of the game, attention to detail, efficiency and, oftentimes, quick decision making. Keep reading to learn more.
In this second part of “Intro to Video Production,” Eli introduces popular video editing programs for advanced production. What if you are looking for something more advanced? What if you have come and gone with iMovie or Lightworks and it’s just not doing it for you anymore? Keep reading to learn about more of our suggestions.
Staff Writer Eli Kell-Abrams sheds light on the world of video production.”Oh the times, they are a-changin’.” It was as true in 1964, when Bob Dylan first said it, as it is now. It’s a new day, a day filled with screens, technology, and flashing lights. A day where famous books are now being overshadowed by the motion pictures made
