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In TJ’s training at ShopBot this past week, of the 10 entities represented, 6 were involved in education in some form or another. Another 3 were “life long learners” with the idea of using their new ShopBots in a career change because they had been laid off from their old job, or were creating a … Continue reading >>> ShopBot Training, Aug 2014: Life Long Learning My name is Lexus Pickett, and I’m Weston Mohawk, and we are with the Renaissance Academy Woodworkers. We are both juniors in high school that are interested in computer aided manufacturing. Our class has now moved onto Plotter Pen projects. The first thing we had to do was find an image that would be easy … Continue reading >>> High School CAM Class, Episode 5: Plotter Pens! I am a big believer that if you give students a practical challenge they will take more interest in developing skills needed to be successful in the manufacturing areas. A prime example of this is having students get involved with the SkillsUSA’s Automated Manufacturing Contest. This contest consists of a three person team that had … Continue reading >>> State Champions in Automated Manufacturing-One Way To Motivate Students…. The roar of robots racing, kids shouting and general mayhem filled the air as the FIRST Robotics 2014 Virginia Regional Competition got underway in April. FIRST Robotics’ mission is “to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire … Continue reading >>> Handibot Tool goes to work in a FIRST Robotics Competition pit crew My name is Lexus Pickett, and I’m Weston Mohawk, and we are with the Renaissance Academy Woodworkers. We are both juniors in high school that are interested in computer aided manufacturing. We have now started a new project, learning how to use pocketing and profiling. As a class we have begun a project using a … Continue reading >>> Adventures Of A High School CAM Class: Episode 3 My name is Lexus Pickett, and I’m Weston Mohawk, and we are with the Renaissance Academy Woodworkers. We are both juniors in high school that are interested in computer aided manufacturing. Now that we know the skills of using pockets and profiles, we are all making our own project. First we had to find a … Continue reading >>> Adventures Of A High School CAM Class: Episode 4 ShopBot Tools has announced the launch of ShopBot Certification training. The program is being rolled out in Texas: career and technical education professionals can receive Level I Teacher Certification during the TIVA Conference in Austin, July 13th – 18th. TIVA is the state’s professional organization supporting career and technical educators. Conference and course registration information … Continue reading >>> ShopBot Launches Certification Classes for Teachers My name is Lexus Pickett, and I’m Weston Mohawk, and we are with the Renaissance Academy Woodworkers. We are both juniors in high school that are interested in computer aided manufacturing. Now that we know what the problems were (see our “Episode 1” blog post), we are going to go through the process of making … Continue reading >>> Adventures Of A High School CAM Class: Episode 2 My name is Lexus Pickett, and I’m Weston Mohawk, and we are with the Renaissance Academy Woodworkers. We are both juniors in high school that are interested in computer aided manufacturing. We’re excited to be blogging about our classroom with 100kSchools.org. Here at the Renaissance Academy in River Falls, WI we have been currently working … Continue reading >>> Adventures Of A High School CAM Class: Episode 1 |
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