Poster Session 1

Title: Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Across the Curriculum

Session Description:

The main focus of this innovative project is to increase the cross-curricular work within the
Industrial Arts/Technology Teacher Education program at Red River College by employing
CAD/CAM software and Hp Tablet PCs as technology tools. Students use the Tablets to
develop computer aided designs and then apply their designs to a manufacturing process in
their Power and Energy and their Manufacturing courses.

Our instructors use a multi-disciplinary approach to course design and work closely with
colleagues to ensure learning builds and grows across the curriculum.

A secondary but important focus of the project is the professional development of public school
teachers in Manitoba regarding the use of CAD/CAM software and its benefits in the promotion
of engineering, science and technology.

A final focus of the project includes a novel approach to raising the profile and awareness of
engineering design and manufacturing in schools. Participants in the project will mentor a group
of public school students in the F1 Cars in Schools Project. The Tablet PCs provide the RRC
students with mobility required to take the learning to the schools and interact with the younger
learners.

Presenter: Gord Price

Gord Price is a member of the Teacher Education team at Red River College preparing
students to become Industrial Arts, Business Ed. and Vocational teachers. Gord has been
teaching for the past 25 years in a variety of subject areas from K to 12 in Manitoba, Nunavut,
B.C. and Alberta and has recently returned to his Alma Mater to pass on his experience in
Woodworking and Metalworking to the next generation of Industrial Arts teachers.