GHS Application of Technology

Rocketry (Club) - students work with design, building, and launching of the rockets
Coding (Class & Club) - MATLAB - Weekly programming assignments having the students use MATLAB to solve instructor generated problems
News Broadcasts - students previsualize, storyboard, create a shot plan (sequence) film and editing a news broadcast
3-D Printing - Students designed custom parts for rockets and then sent to 3-D printer for production. Students have participated in opportunities offered by UNOmaha over the last two years. Activities included creating 3-D models of airplanes to be added into a collaborative iPad / Android app to teach about the forces of flight. Last year, students created applications for the Henry Doorly Zoo to teach about corals and an interactive map of the zoo. Smaller projects involved writing apps for Android using AppInventor. There has been some crossover into the rocket club to help with programming the rocket software.
CAD - utilize professional software (Autodesk, Rivet, and Inventor) in the use of computer technology for design and design documentation
Graphic Design - utilize professional software (Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator) in the use of computer technology for creation of graphics
Audio and Video Production
video - Video Production class creates monthly news broadcasts - in which students learn the fundamentals of photography and cinematography as well as video production skills. These skills include pre-visualization, storyboarding, directing, and video editing.
audio - Music theory class works with Garageband in audio production and editing
graphics - Graphic Design classes work with photoshop

Other Examples:

Intro to Engineering:

Using e-mail and Moodle for Responsive Writing Assignments: I propose a topic and inform the students of the specifics via e-mail and posting on Moodle. The student writes a 1-page response and e-mails it to me by the due date.
Using Excel to develop a personal budget tracking application
Using Office products (PowerPoint/Word/Excel) to produce written and oral reports
Computer modeling with Maple/MATLAB/Excel
Using LaTeX to produce written reports 

Rocket Club:
Students use Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) software to design a rocket with the proper aerodynamic properties for the TARC challenge. They have to identify engineering constraints and match their design to these constraints. The designs are then converted into real-world rockets that are flown and tested to match the predicted performance with actual performance. Data is collected by a commercial on-board flight computer and this is also used in analysis.

Custom parts for these rockets have been designed by students using a 3-D CAD package to create the files. The files are then processed and sent to the 3-D printer for production. Students then use these parts and modify as needed for the final rockets. We have one 3-D printed assembly composed of over 10 parts that can be controlled with a microcontroller to change the aerodynamic properties of the rocket. The software controlling this has also been written by students using the Arduino platform. The students use Arduino to collect data.

Computer club:
Students have participated in opportunities offered by UNOmaha over the last two years. Activities included creating 3-D models of airplanes to be added into a collaborative iPad / Android app to teach about the forces of flight. Last year, students created applications for the Henry Doorly Zoo to teach about corals and an interactive map of the zoo. Smaller projects involved writing apps for Android using AppInventor. There has been some crossover into the rocket club to help with programming the rocket software.