STEM in Action: Westfield Vocational Technical High School

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Here’s a look at how teacher Dave Roberts and the students at Westfield Vocational Technical High School in Westfield, MA are progressing with the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program. When we last visited them, the students had just started to familiarize themselves with the fischertechnik construction system itself. Now, just a few weeks later, they have already completed the initial unit … Read More

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Deploying Autodesk Software as an Image

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One of the quickest, easiest, and most efficient ways to deploying Auodesk Software (really this applies to almost any software) to a large number of computers is to use imaging software. For those who do not know, imaging software is software that will, essentially, create a snapshot of a computer’s hard disk and then push that snapshot out to any number … Read More

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Exploring Family Studies at the OFSHEEA Conference

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Studica Limited had great success at the OFSHEEA Conference over the weekend at Maple High School. Family studies and Home Economics teachers from all over the Ontario, Canada came to participate in workshops and collect information from the various vendor displays. Studica was there along with representatives from Brother Canada, showcasing their latest products.  There were several different models of … Read More

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The Future of the Foundry Nuke – What’s Next?

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If you haven't heard of Nuke, it is an award-winning node based compositor. It is a fast and powerful tool for compositing. The Foundry Nuke is set to release the next version, Nuke 8 before 2014. Users are excited about the Foundry's ability to listen to the consumers' input to consider their wants and needs and then implement them into their … Read More

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Game Design at Wimberley High School

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The Game Design program began in 2012.  We began teaching Game Design Principles using Gamestarmechanic, an online, very simple application.  Then we completed the HTML, CSS, and Javascript classes on CodeAcademy.  With Game Design principles and some understanding of coding constructs, we started GameSalad.  With the help of a grant from the Wimberley Education Foundation, Wimberley High School was able … Read More

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