Balancing Safety with Student Engagement: How a MN FCS Teacher is using RealCare Baby in her Blended Classroom
The 2020-2021 school year will be Trude Sowada’s twelfth year using Baby in her FCS class, and her first year using the infant simulator during a pandemic. A FCS teacher at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in Sauk Rapids, MN, Sowada taught much of her third trimester last year virtually. This fall, she’s conducting her child […]
Veteran Baby User Offers 7-Day RealCare Baby Simulation Experience to Virtual and In-Person Students
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Grain Valley High School FCS teacher Cheryl Beckman had just sent her RealCare Babies home with students. It was spring break in Missouri, so the timing was perfect. A 17-year veteran of the RealCare Baby Program, Beckman usually sends Babies home with students for a week. While her students were […]
Illinois Welding Program Uses Virtual Reality Welding Simulators To Address Local Skills Gap
When William Duncan began teaching welding at Harlem High School in Illinois 14 years ago, the curriculum he inherited was based largely on textbooks. He knew that had to change. Duncan had spent the previous decade manufacturing aircraft control systems; before that, he worked in the automotive industry as a mechanic. In fact, Duncan discovered […]
Workforce development program uses soft skills curriculum in job centers
“Employability skills are an incredibly important element of our overall services helping individuals move out of poverty into self-sufficiency. The Employability Skills Program curriculum is up-to-date, easy to facilitate and has a comprehensive inventory of necessary soft skills needed to be successful in the workplace. The upcoming online training will be particularly important in our […]
Ag tech program expands animal science offerings with hands-on activities
“This year the Agricultural Technology Program is looking to expand its animal science offerings and strengthen our curriculum so we can attract more students and be more competitive with other colleges. When we survey students, they’ve asked for more hands-on activities. [Realityworks’] equipment would allow us to do that. We have not used technology money […]
Future Millwrights Using Next-Gen Welding Technology
Students who enroll in the Union Carpenter and Millwright Skilled Training Center in Wayland, MI undergo rigorous training. The center, which is associated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, offers a 4-year apprenticeship program for people interested in becoming a millwright, a profession that involves installing, maintaining, diagnosing and repairing equipment like compressors, […]
High School FCS teacher Heather Boe reflects on her experiences incorporating RealCare Baby® 3 into her classes.
Heather Boe teaches Family & Consumer Sciences at New Richmond High School in New Richmond, WI. Her classes include Foundations of Early Childhood Education and Infant/Toddler Studies.
New Tool Brings New Engagement Opportunities to Illinois Agriculture Classroom
Students who entered Brent Nelson’s Illinois agriculture classroom on the first day of the 2019-2020 academic year were met with a big surprise: A new, freestanding hydroponics system, its LED lights emitting a soft, pink glow and its three vertical shelves shiny with anticipation of sprouting seedlings, nutrient-rich water and, eventually, greenery.
RealCare Baby® Gives Missouri FCS Students Authentic Learning Experiences
Since 2013, Battle High School Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Amanda Klenke has used Realityworks’ RealCare Baby® infant simulators to provide her Child Development 1 & 2 students with authentic, hands-on learning experiences as they discuss human development. As a result, Klenke’s 14- to 18-year-old students leave the classroom more prepared for children in the […]