West View Middle Shcool

Morristown, Tennessee

Introduction to Technology

Mr. Thiessen, Instructor

The Introduction to Technology program is taught in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades and is designed to give the students an introductory experience to technology and its applications in the work place.  The class uses a modular learning environment with each module having a ten day, self-directed curriculum as the teaching method.  The technology modules are intended to give the students the opportunity to interact directly with a variety of technologies representing those commonly found in business and industry.  The goal of this interaction is for the students use the technology to produce a "product" typical of the work place (although on a smaller scale).  Team work is also an important emphasis of the class as all module work is done by groups of two or more.

The technology modules are:

1  AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS         Produce a Radio Program

2  COMPUTER APPLICATIONS                Create Computer Graphics

3  ENGINEERING STRUCTURES       Design and Build Bridges

4  AEROSPACE                    Build and Fly Airplanes         

5  TELEVISION BROADCASTING      Be a News Show Anchor

6  TELEVISION PRODUCTION                Film a Television Program

7  COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING      Draw a Technical Drawings

8  MANUFACTURING                        Build a Wall Shelf

9  COMPUTER MACHINING           Write Programs To Cut Out Parts

10  RESEARCH AND DESIGN         Design and Build a Racing Car

11  ROBOTICS                            Program a Robotic Arm

12  FLUID POWER                 Make Things Move With Air

13  AUTOMOTIVE                  Work On Cars and Engines

14  ELECTRICITY/ELECTRIONICS    Make Electricity Work For You

15  TELECOMMUNICATIONSE         Electronic Methods of Communications