From a Maker Fair to a Fab Lab: How a Western Wisconsin school district is helping students develop in-demand skills

By Timm Boettcher, President & CEO of Realityworks, Inc. | Editor’s note: This article was originally written for the Association for Career & Technical Education‘s Industry Connect Blog. It was published in two parts, on September 10, 2019 and October 10, 2019. The excitement was palpable as Altoona elementary, middle and high school students crowded […]
4 Great Ways to Observe National Baby Safety Month

September is National Baby Safety Month. This is a great time to check on things like product recalls, car seat standards, and more. Here are 4 ways you can observe this important month: 1. It’s never too early to learn about car seat standards, as well as proper installation and use: 2. Download Safe Kid […]
Giving Back with Backpacks

Realityworks employees teamed up in seven groups and competed to see who could fill the most backpacks in a two-week period. This year, the teams chose to support the following local schools: Cadott Elementary, DeLong Middle, Lakeshore Elementary, Longfellow Elementary, Manz Elementary, Meadowview Elementary, and Putnam Heights Elementary.
5 Resources for Back to School with RealCare Baby®

Whether you inherited a program and have never used the product before or are a novice RealCare Baby user, these 5 resources will help you get your program working.
Virtual Reality Training Immerses Ag Students in Welding Skills

At Realityworks, we strive to create learning aids and develop programs that engage today’s students in high-demand career pathways and help them develop industry-needed skills. To do that successfully, we communicate regularly with education and industry representatives, paying close attention to their program needs and the hurdles they face as they train our future workforce.
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There are a lot of reasons your students should be excited about agriculture. After all, they get to learn about farming, food and natural resources by doing some really cool things such as participating in hands-on learning opportunities outside the classroom and joining student organizations like the National FFA Organization. The lessons you’re teaching will help them develop all sorts of valuable skills, from science and math to communication and leadership.
Teaching In-Demand Skills: How Healthcare Educators Are Engaging Today’s Students

Healthcare educators are changing the way they teach patient care skills, and for good reason. U.S. demand for healthcare expected to grow twice as fast as the national economy in the next eight years, prompting concerns about unfulfilled healthcare jobs. What’s more, older Americans are retiring in droves; this 2018 study projects that within just a few decades, older people will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history.
4 Key Topics for Teaching Child Care Center Design (And Why They’re Important)

In this post, we’ll dive into the Child Care Center Classroom Design curriculum that comes with the kit and share why it addresses 4 key topics: managing flow, how to plan a great layout, the impact of classroom design on infants and toddlers, and using learning centers in child care.