Educational Technology

November 23, 2016

Hopkinsville students create vehicle for real-world solution

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:35 am

BY SAM MORGEN, The Kentucky New Era

Gateway principal Penny Knight jumped at the opportunity to let her students help Clara. Clara, who can’t walk, is unable to move without the assistance of a family member. The project fit perfectly with the school’s goal. “We present students with problems, real-world problems,” Knight said, “and they have to do the research and figure out how to solve that problem.” Known as project-based learning, each classroom at Gateway offers a curriculum in which students work through problems that exist in the real world to prepare students for jobs in industries like construction or hospitality. Knight recruited the help of two classes, the advanced machine tool class and the advanced electrical circuitry class, for Clara’s toy car.

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