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Agricultural Technology Student: Farming & GPS/GISLearn how agricultural technology is changing farming, and one student's life, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. |
9-12 |
Video |
Bandwidth and Data ConversionThis interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center describes the factors that affect the speed of data transfer in computer networking systems and some of the techniques used to increase the data capacity of these systems. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Careers in Information and Security TechnologiesThis interactive activity produced for Teachers’ Domain explores different career paths available in information and security technologies. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Computer NetworksThis interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center describes types of computer networks and how they function. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Engineering Technology: Value EngineerIn this video adapted from Pathways to Technology, learn how one woman's community college education helped her transition to a career in laser technology, working on night-vision products. |
9-12 |
Video |
Fiber OpticsIn this media-rich lesson plan, students investigate how the index of refraction of materials is related to fiber optics: they explore the phenomenon of total internal reflection and learn how dispersion can affect fiber optics. |
9-12 |
Lesson Plan |
Geospatial RevolutionLearn how satellite imagery, social networking sites, mapping technologies, and volunteers worked together to address human needs following an earthquake in Haiti, in this video segment from Geospatial Revolution, produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting. |
6-12 |
Video |
GPS/GIS Technology: Training & CareersLearn how GPS/GIS technology is revolutionizing professions, from farming to emergency management, and see how studying GPS/GIS gives students valuable workforce skills, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. |
9-12 |
Video |
GPS: Where in the World Are You?This interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain illustrates the concepts and technologies that enable the Global Positioning System (GPS) to identify a person's location within a range of a few meters. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
The Index of Refraction and Snell’s LawLearn about the index of refraction and Snell's law in this video from the ICT Center. |
11-12 |
Video |
Information Technology: Computer Systems EngineerWatch how a community college education took one person from being a computer know-nothing to having a career as a successful information technologist, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. |
9-12 |
Video |
Information Technology Student: Technical & Network SupportIn this video adapted from Pathways to Technology, a community college student discovers how his information technology (IT) skills can be applied in the working world. |
9-12 |
Video |
Information Technology Student: Computer Programming & SupportLearn how taking her first online course led one woman to study computer programming, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. |
9-12 |
Video |
Information Technology: Training & CareersExplore the range of job opportunities you can pursue with an information technology (IT) degree, in this video excerpted from Pathways to Technology. |
9-12 |
Video |
Interference and DiffractionLearn about interference and diffraction in this video from the ICT Center. |
11-12 |
Video |
LED and Transmitter CharacteristicsLearn about fiber optic transmitters in this video from the ICT Center. |
11-12 |
Video |
Photodetector and Receiver CharacteristicsLearn about fiber optic receivers in this video from the ICT Center. |
11-12 |
Video |
Planning Your Future Career in Advanced TechnologyIn this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students explore the industries that produce and rely on advanced technology and assess how their goals and interests may make them well suited for a career in this cutting-edge sector. |
9-12 |
Self-paced Lesson |
A Simple Fiber-Optic Communications SystemLearn about rise-time analysis in fiber optic communications systems in this video from the ICT Center. |
11-12 |
Video |
A Simple Fiber Numerical Aperture MeasurementLearn about measuring the numerical aperture of an optical fiber in this video from the ICT Center. |
11-12 |
Video |
Technology Over TimeThis interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey offers a historic tour of technologies common in homes from 1900 to 2010. |
3-8 |
Interactive |
