Exploring Technology: A Survey of Modern Technology for Majors and Non-Majors

小行星9354822 该项目提高了学生的科学和技术意识，提高了大一学生的保留率。这一目标需要一个课程编制过程，创建一个试点课程，提供现代技术的调查。试点课程导致工程技术的永久性提供，将作为技术学生的定向课程。本课程也作为通识教育选修课，为包括师范专业在内的普通学生提供现代技术中的科学概况。 该课程使用积极的学习经验作为导向过程，以促进学生在技术职业生涯中的成功。这些学习经验使用动机实验室练习，探索现代技术，同时提高学生的解决问题，沟通和学习技能。这些实验室练习展示了自动化制造和机器人技术、计算机辅助设计和制造以及电子和计算机技术方面的现代技术。 鼓励妇女、美洲土著印第安人和尚未决定的学生报名参加调查课程。本课程提高他们的技术素养，并鼓励他们追求工程和科学相关的职业。

9354822 McDonald This project improves student awareness of science and technology and increases the retention of freshman students. This goal requires a curriculum development process that creates a pilot course to provide a survey of modern technology. The pilot course leads to a permanent offering in engineering technology that will serve as an orientation course for technology students. The course also serves as a general education elective course to provide general students, including teacher education majors, with a survey of science in modern technology. The course uses active learning experiences as an orientation process to foster student success in technical careers. These learning experiences use motivational laboratory exercises to explore modern technology while improving the students' problem solving, communication, and study skills. These laboratory exercises present modern technology in automated manufacturing and robotics, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and electronics and computer technology. Women, Native American Indian, and undecided students are encouraged to enroll in the survey course. This course increases their technical literacy and encourage their pursuit of engineering and science related careers.