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4 Essential Components of a 21st Century Welding Program

With demand for skilled welders growing, now is a great time to implement a 21st Century welding program and get more students interested in these rewarding career opportunities. Of course, launching a new welding program, or reinventing a current one, can be a daunting task. There are a lot of questions to ask, like what […]

What does CTE Month® mean to you? 3 Questions for Realityworks CEO Timm Boettcher

As Career & Technical Education (CTE) Month® kicks off this week, we asked Realityworks President and CEO Timm Boettcher to tell us, in his own words, what CTE Month® means to him. In addition to presiding over our experiential learning company, Timm serves on the board of directors of the West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development […]

High schools using simulators for livestock training

Student using Bovine Breeder AI simulator

From proper ear tag attachment to artificial insemination, there are tools that add value to class time. by Willie Vogt  | Editor’s note: This article was originally written for Farm Progress. It was published Nov 19, 2019 The days of the high-school field trip to the farm may be numbered. Or more limited. With falling budgets […]

Virtual Reality Training Immerses Ag Students in Welding Skills

guideWELD VR

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.

12 Eye-Opening Stats About Health Care Careers

Today’s health care students are unique. They’re tech-savvy. They have short attention spans. They love to learn, but they are not afraid to ask “why?” – why are you teaching them this task, why are they practicing that concept, why are they studying this topic? One way to answer those questions is to show your […]

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, […]

A Recipe for Creating Careers

By Diane Ross, M.Ed., Realityworks Senior Field Account Manager for NC, SC, VA, WV Creating Careers, not preparing students for a job. That’s the message I took away from a recent meeting with Dr. David Barbour with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. During our time Barbour, an education consultant for Career and Technical […]

When Fax Machines First Came on the Market

By Diane Ross, M.Ed., Realityworks Senior Field Account Manager for NC, SC, VA, WV When fax machines first came on the market, a friend told me a story about one of her sales.  She had gone into an office and sold them a fax machine.  She taught the office manager how to use it and everything […]