Engine Class is Underway

I was gone for a couple days and there are parts everywhere. Looks like everyone is having fun!

State PAS

We had a little run off test to determine who we should take to the State PAS Ag Mechanics competition. The following students qualified: Brion Barrett, Marcus Wenthold, Josh De Bruin, Andrew Conrad, Greg Arndorfer, Cole Ramsley, Joseph Redman and Shea Rouleau. Josh Oswald and Paul Feick were alternates.


We were scheduled to go Emmetsburg on Feb 1st but the contest was postponed until Feb 7th. We all reluctantly arrived at the school at 4:30 am on a Monday to make the trip. At the end of the day we came home with 2nd, 5th, 6th and 8th place.

Brion Barrett and Marcus Wenthold took 2nd place team and Marcus also placed 3rd individual. 

Greg Arndorfer and Cole Ramsley took 5th place team. These 2 groups will represent us at National competition in March.

Congratulations

Engine Class Preview

This is a little 2.4L project for Consumer Products class. The project imvolved removing the pumping units and reinstalling them in time. It sounds good after the air got purged. We are eagerly anticipating some "Big" engine smoke in a few weeks.

Group Pics

Classes of 2011 and 2012.

Class of 2012

Class of 2011

Services For Jay

Services for Jay will be visitation 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at the Schluter Balik Funeral Home Chekal Chapel in Ft. Atkinson. Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, January 31, 2011 at 10:30 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Atkinson, IA. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Here is the link: http://www.schluterbalikfuneralhome.com/index.cfm

For a trip down memory lane click the link below.

Memory Lane

JDIT Presentations

During John Deere Information Technology Class we finished up with group presentations. The presentations had a features and benefits focus and were presented to the class. We spent a lot of time building Power Points with pictures and videos to prepare for a 15-20 minute presentation. When they were done we put on our good hats, connected to a projector and spent a few hours learning about new equipment.

Service Advisor Certification

In November when the second year students came back I locked them in the computer lab for about 3.5 hours a day with a few breaks to make live connections to the equipment. The lab projects covered everything from programming controllers and diagnosing electrical problems to connecting their cell phone to the 8320R. I think most understand now that Bluetooth is not a personal hygiene problem.

Most of the students made at least 10 live connections to different machines and looked up more tech manual information than they care to remember. I'm sure they are all as excited as I am about Service Advisor 4.0 and Windows 7 updates I will be doing in January. It will be AWESOME!
The end result is that the average score for Service Advisor Certification was 93.6% with 100% of the students certified.
Good Job

Its Been Awhile

I've been a little busy and haven't taken time to post anything new.

First on the agenda is to add a few names to the list of FFA American Farmers from the class.
Joey Redman also received the award for 2010. He is sponsored by Erlanson's in Albert Lea, Mn.

Jude Rochford and Randy Slick received the award for 2009 and they are sponsored by Hub City Implement in Oelwein.
Sorry about the exclusion. I would have posted pictures if I had them.

Congratulations Men

Electrical Class is Exciting

You just have to love the excitement of electron flow. We are requiring the students to get 100% on the post test for the Electric 1 DLM and this student has just met that goal.

Electrical/Electronics is Smoking

This is a demonstration of an electrical short. We do this for a safety demonstration.