The Future is You
The Future is You
5/2/2024 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
A look at classes for machine tool technology and broadcasting.
A look at education courses in West Virginia for machine tool technology and broadcasting.
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The Future is You is a local public television program presented by WVPB
The Future is You
The Future is You
5/2/2024 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
A look at education courses in West Virginia for machine tool technology and broadcasting.
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Hey everybody, welcome back to the future is you.
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Machine Tool builds the word.
So in other wor... would you describe the overlap in the skills that they lear... Well, there is because a lot of the lot of that comes f... Is that something that they can do here in West Virginia?
Oh, absolutely.
And that's something I again, I take a lot of pr... surrounded by some pretty cool technology here in ...
I take a lot of pride in having the students learned the ...
I know your students have some fantastic opportunities wh... Well, I love simulated workplace simulated workplace was crea...
I was chatting with a few of your students and they tal... along with that, you know, we build a portfolio along with ... a recent study showed that only about 10% of machinists ... you know, I like to say give it a try it because once they...
So if we zoom out and look at career and technical educat...
Here at Wheeling Park High School, we offer 14 differ... think that's one of the cool things about career tech ed,... Yeah, absolutely.
You know, and whether it's a techni... you so much for your time.
Mr. Fedora your program here... Well, thank you, Alex.
Thank you so much for that.
I had the privilege of conversing with Tabitha... technically, the boss, if you want to think about it, I m... so I know that you get to do a lot of fun things in this cla... to make personal projects of our own for home or we can bring...
So you get to utilize the skill sets that you're learning...
It's been kinda scary at first.
But then I realized that a wo... Yeah, no, that's perfect.
And so I'm curious, what would you ... can be artsy, and you can have a passion.
And really, it's j... it.
And and you mentioned this idea of working with ot... Well, certain people, we get assigned to things.
So some w... That's so cool.
Well, Tabitha, thank you so much for your ti... We are encompass everything.
We have radio and televis... so exciting.
So what are some of the specific skills t... even though it is about broadcast technology, and... if a student didn't want to go into one of those types... and it's actually really exciting.
But I have a stud... there's some pretty incredible opportunities if a student ... Oh, definitely.
Definitely.
I mean, this is a great marke... Can you walk me through because what's a day in the life o... have a couple of different layers.
So we hav... Yeah.
And I feel like that's simulated workplace i... you walk in here, you will leave being successful, we h... Can you talk a little bit about why is that so important ... know, I think it's the hands on experience that gets them to... Well, Mrs. Dylan, thank you so much for your time, and tha...
Thank you so much.
Now as we shift our focus to inclusivity, within CTE, I ... what it's like being a producer is in my third period class...
I enjoyed speaking with Taylor, a vibrant broadcast stud...
I just wanted to check it out.
And then I did my freshman y... Now I'd be remiss if I didn't highlight the driving fo... krytac Education is a very integral part of wheeling P... you can see Career and Technical Education has some incredi...
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