6 Quick Facts About the guideWELD® LIVE real welding guidance system
1. guideWELD® LIVE is NOT a simulator: It is an actual welding helmet used while live welding and can be used in any welding booth Trains how to consistently have proper work angle, travel angle, and correct welding speed while performing a live weld 2. Auto-darkening helmet, hand sensor & speed sensor work together to […]
Two Teachers Appointed to RealCare Advisory Council
Realityworks, Inc., is excited to welcome two new educators to our RealCare Customer Advisory Council. Northridge Middle School Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) Teacher Cynthia Leonard and Catonsville High School FACS Teacher Christina DeSimone will bring over 22 years of experience using Realityworks’ RealCare Baby infant simulator to a council charged with guiding the popular […]
How 3 Amazing Schools Are Preparing High School Kids for Health Science Careers
Note: This article was originally published by We Are Teachers on July 9, 2018. The entire article can be found here. Health science careers make up more than half of the top 20 fastest-growing occupations nationwide. Projections show that the United States will need 5.6 million more healthcare workers by 2020. It’s no wonder that more […]
Back to School Supply Drive
As a part of our yearly charitable giving and volunteer efforts, the employees at Realityworks recently took part in our annual Stuff the Bus competition. This yearly school supply drive pits the seven departments against one another in an effort to gather the most supplies for each team’s designated school. The teams get to choose […]
Back to School with RealCare Baby
By Nate Schlieve, Realityworks Product Support Technician It’s Back to School time, which means it’s time to get RealCare Baby out of storage and ready for some new adventures! Here are some tips to get you started and back in the groove with your RealCare Baby program. Take the RealCare Program Health Assessment to learn how you […]
Perkins Reauthorization Highlights
By Samantha Forehand, Realityworks Marketing Communications Manager We have been diligently watching the Senate’s progress on reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins). Passed by the Senate and the House just last week, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act aims to improve Career and Technical Education […]
Customer Spotlight: Dove Healthcare Nursing Program
Less than five minutes into my first conversation with Bobby Scanlon, Dove Healthcare Nursing Program Nurse Educator, it was clear to me that she is in the right profession. Dove Healthcare is a long-term care facility in western Wisconsin, where Scanlon has spent over two decades teaching geriatrics and elder care to CNA and nursing […]
It’s All About Experience: 5 Tips for Engaging Today’s Students in Elder Care from a Seasoned Nursing Educator
by Emily Kuhn, Communications Specialist for Realityworks, Inc. Note: This article was originally published by the National Consortium for Health Science Education in their Spring newsletter. The entire article can be found here. It’s been 25 years since Bobby Scanlon began teaching geriatrics, and to say that a lot has changed is an understatement. Twenty-first century learning […]
15 Ways to Teach Soft Skills in Your CTE Classroom
What are soft skills? Soft skills, employability skills, job-readiness skills, emotional intelligence… there are many phrases used to describe these skills, but they all mean one thing: they are the personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people. They’re considered the “bedside manner” of the workplace. We’ve heard others say, […]