Friday, August 21, 2009

A New Curriculum - GTT

Well, big changes are in store for us from over the summer. A brand new curriculum, Project Lead The Way -- Gateway to Technology, has been put in place at our school. This is a pre-engineering curriculum, with GTT being the middle school version and PLTW being the high school version. Once I get everything shaken out and we get into the swing of things you should have a lot of fun with what we are going to be doing, especially towards the end of the semester!

We start out learning some enginneering fundamentals, move towards drawing and design, then drawing and design using AutoCAD on the computer, then we fabricate some of your designs. You will make a wood compressed-air dragster and a magnetic levitation car from high-density foam in the fabrication part.

What do you think about the new class so far? Do you have any concerns or worries?

24 comments:

bdnc said...

i think that it is going to be a fun class! i never been in a class like this, so im hope that it and it will be fun and i can learn alot!

L.L. said...

I THINK TYHE CLASSES ARE OK

aac said...

i learn about what is nagative and positive in technology. And the production of technology, transportation of technology, and biotechnology.

klh said...

no i do not i think it will be fun because i like using computers and technology. i think the compressed air dragster will be a lot of fun.

kas said...

we learn about good things and bad things about technology. One good thing is that computer sends stuff that you need fast also that the can be bad because you get viruse .

K.A said...

THE CLASSES ARE VERY FUN. THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO LOOK FUN AND EXIDING.I LIKE THE CLASS BECAUSE WE GET TO USE THE COMPUTER. WE CAN GO TO PLACES WE WANT TO GO IN THE INTERNET

mdh said...

so far no concerns or worries class is great no problems learing alot ! thanks !

YMD said...

It good so far.I am iooking forward to this class.

kjm said...

We learn about communication technology.{communicationwe can communicate taking whith each other. by hand ,by paper. by hand .Production technology. they make more things ,jobs,things faste. Transportation technology.cars are fast ,solar power, buses.Biotechechnology.help science evolve,curing.

vtp said...

it sounds like we are going to have lots of fun this semester I cant wait for the compressed air dragster

rjm said...

class has been kinda boring i want to do experiments. i love to take things apart and try to put them back together even if i cant put them back. i love to do things with my hands. i like to see how things work. thats why i sighned up for this class, to do experiments and build things

cm said...

i like it because it is fun. and because i get to us compters. i wish faster compter.

ap said...

i like your class because you get to make cars and cool things.plus this class looks fun. even u get to use computers.

ksr said...

I think wat we have planned so far is goin to be much fun.I cant wait till we get to do a wood dragster or sumthin lyk dat.Idk but hopefully we wont hurt r selves.....well i have insurance lolz.This class can be fun.But my homeboi got swiched so itz not as fun but the person next to me cough cough i wont say names shuld start helpin me lolz instead of keep messin around but i mess around to so itz allllll gud my frnds peece out pplz!!!!

ct said...

No i do not have any concerns or worries.What i think about the class so far.I think that this class is cool.It is cool because there lots of information so far.

gms said...

Mr. Gleasland has tested us from see what so much we learn of the technology and for learn other things that we don't known.
I think that the class is interesting but at the time is boring because is talk and talk an talk is theory in general...
so we have do more things like arm something to learn the things=) ,more works in team...

tc said...

what i think this class is cool so far.it is cool because we get to do know things and learn.no i do not have eny concerns.or worries

VG said...

THIS CLASS IS BORING NOT FUN AT ALL AND TOO MUCH HOMEWORK ITS EVERYDAY N EVERYNIGHT I CNT HAV SO MUCH PAPERS IN MY BINDER N IM NOT DAT SMART N I HATE TECHNOLIES (BUT MAYBE I COULD PASS IDK)

ag said...

well, in our class we are about to get our comp.notebooks.And we are going to start designing our models and work with tools to build them.i think its gonna be alot of fun.

sm said...

i think that this has been a good class so far
i dont have that much worries or concerns!!!!

ms said...

hola mr. gleasland como la apasado estos dias yo mas o menos esque aveses no le entiendo a las tareas que me deja esque ay veses que no le entiendo y no se como aserla oy le voy a desir a mi prima abersi me quiere esplicar un poco de que se trata sino voy aser el intento averci me sale viem buebay mr. gleasland

acarrera said...

on the curriculum we yous for rsample the humans bady end the erth sistem.

ag said...

The other day we finished our models and some of the students raced them in the e-hallway.with our models we had to measure,fold cut and color. when we finished them we could race in the hallways.to see if we are ready for the real thing!

drew h said...

The topics we are going to cover sound interesting