The good ole computer…where would the world be without them? Would you be able to balance your checkbook? I don’t know about you but I think I would have some problems trying and read my own penmanship while trying to give a speech! Would you be able to see if your favorite sports team blew it again? Better yet, would you be able to teach a CAD class if you didn’t have computers or at least computers that could support the software you want to teach? There is only one answer to all of these questions…NOPE!

I am aware that some high schools have the privilege of having nice, deep pockets and don’t have to worry about this problem! That is awesome! Maybe we can get some feedback on how they do it!

What I am trying to get at here is Technical Education is beginning to be put on the back burner as far as computers go. I have visited a lot of high schools this year alone that are in desperate need of new/ updated computers. To give you an example: I visited a school this past week south and west of the metro. The CAD instructor from that particular high school took his own time over the summer to get training on ProE. He was awarded 300 seats for him to disburse at his will. Well, when he got back to the CAD lab, excited and ready to bring some more jazz into the classroom, he found out that the computers in his lab, which were hand-me-downs from the business department, did not support the software! Oops! Seems pointless to have spent time on training and not be able share his knowledge with his students!

So what can we do about this problem? How can we make the next new computers that come into a school go into the CAD/ Tech Ed. lab? Is there fund raising we can do to fund our own labs? Can we get special grants/ bonds set up to dissolve this problem? Can we_____? (fill in the blank) I would like to hear your response. Please leave a comment to this blog so we can attempt to solve this matter.

Thanks for your time and I/ NTI looks forward to helping solve this problem in high school Tech. Ed. labs!!

Chad Genz - Admissions Representative/ Architectural CAD Technician

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