"What's Going On At The ATC?"
December, 2005

With the semester coming to a close, good use of instructional time is our main focus at the ATC.  The following activities have taken place over the past few weeks: 

Introduction to Health Sciences

  • The health science students have been studying human growth and development.  Topics have ranged from physical changes of aging to emotional well-being.

  • Students have also been working on writing activities.  Students wrote responses to the following prompt:

  1. Prompt--You are a newly hired nursing assistant in a local medical facility.  The Director of Nursing has explained to you the facility’s expectations regarding personal appearance and hygiene.

Directions-  1.  List 4 expectations related to personal appearance and hygiene.

  1. Explain the rationale for each expectation

Anatomy and Physiology

  • Students dissected sheep hearts.  When I walked into the classroom, students were excited and engaged!  One student stated, “It was fun and a great way to learn.”

Welding

  • Students spend two days discussing the proper way to complete a job application (students identified things you should know prior to completing the application, procedures you should follow when requesting an application, and how to properly deliver an application to an employer). After the discussion, students completed a job application from a local industry.

Computer Applications

  • Students began a unit on power point (starting a power point, changing views, using the task pane, using the slide pane, deleting slides, creating a power point, etc.)

PC Repair

  • Students learned how to install a network card and how to connect to networks.

  • Students practiced how to troubleshoot a network connection.

Machine Tool Technology

  • Students have been writing “how to pieces.”  The writing activity required students to write a description of each step taken to complete a machine tool project.  For example, students might have written about the steps taken to design a vise.

Upcoming Events:

  • The ATC staff will be visiting with Marion County Freshmen on Friday, December 8th to discuss the new robotics and automation program.  Following the presentation, any students interested in the program, will visit the ATC on December 11th.

  • St. Charles and Lebanon Middle School 8th grade students will visit the ATC in January.

Adult Training  

Upcoming Training in January

  • Machine Tool Technology-A basic machine tool technology course will be offered in January

  • Industrial Maintenance-A basic electrical class will be offered in January

  • A welding class will be held in conjunction with Elizabethtown KCTCS for farmers beginning in January

If anyone has any questions regarding the above training, or would like to inquire about other types of training, please contact at the ATC at 270-692-3155.

 Also, the ATC would like to thank Stephen Lega from the Lebanon Enterprise for developing a series of articles focused around the ATC. The first article was included in this week’s addition. It focused on the carpentry and information technology programs. 

Laura K. Arnold
Principal
Marion Co Area Technology Center
Phone (270)692-3155

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THE CLASSES OR OTHER TRAINING
PLEASE CALL KY TECH AT 270-692-3155

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