Finding engaging lessons that address teen interpersonal skills and prepare them for life can take educators many directions. We recently teamed up with seasoned Family and Consumer Science Teacher Melissa Priester to present a webinar on how she’s teaching teen interpersonal skills in her classroom. During this free presentation, Melissa shared the activities she uses… Read More
In today’s evolving educational space, where the learning environment may include students in a classroom or remote setting, soft skills training is extremely beneficial for your students. While simulation is common for hard skills training, it can also be used to practice soft skills or employability skills. A nursing educator and partner of Realityworks, Kasey… Read More
Earlier this summer, we hosted a free webinar on designing simulation-based lessons in a post-COVID world. The webinar was co-hosted by longtime Realityworks product manager Denise Dubois and Kasey Carlson, RN, MSN, M.Ed. Kasey is former nursing instructor and an experienced curriculum manager. As such, she focused on three key concepts in her presentation: How… Read More
With many teachers returning to a combination of virtual and blended learning environments this fall, engaging learning aids that students can use for at-home learning will be an important part of Agriculture, Health Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences and soft skills training programs. After all, one of the hallmarks of quality CTE instruction is experiential… Read More
Earlier this year we hosted a free webinar on delivering content from our RealCare Baby® curriculum in an e-learning environment. Hosted by longtime Realityworks product manager Denise Bodart, the webinar shared 3 RealCare Baby lessons you can facilitate online. With many schools returning to blended or entirely virtual learning environments this fall, we know teachers… Read More
Digestive and reproductive systems, AI techniques, injection placement and calf care… these are essential bovine care skills to address in any agriculture classroom, but coordinating live practice opportunities is not always feasible. Earlier this month, we hosted a free webinar on how instructors can provide today’s students with the realistic, hands-on learning opportunities they crave… Read More
It all began in 1993, when Realityworks co-founders Rick and Mary Jurmain viewed a television program that showed teens using eggs and flour sacks to simulate caring for an infant. Rick commented to Mary that these seemed like poor substitutes for real infants. “There’s no crying or waking up at night,” he’s remembered as stating…. Read More
Since David Kolb published his experiential learning theory in 1984, research has underscored the value of learning from experience. Experiential learning helps students engage in lesson content, make important connections and retain information. In fact, those benefits are why Realityworks’ founders created RealCare Baby® over two decades ago. They knew students would benefit more from… Read More
The U.S. hydroponics market is estimated at $6.8 billion this year and yields 27.08% share in the global market. Overall, the global market for hydroponics is estimated at $25.2 billion this year, and is projected to reach $36.3 billion by 2027. With numbers like these, now is a great time to add educational hydroponics systems… Read More
