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Englewood's New PHOTON
Problem-Based Learning Program
 Englewood High School will
participate in the PHOTON Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
program sponsored by the New England Board of Higher
Education (NEBHE). The NEBHE received a three-year grant
from the Advanced Technological Education program of the
National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund the project.
The grant was created to strengthen the optics/photonics
curriculum in secondary schools and community colleges.
The grant employs PBL by providing technology students
with real-world challenges to solve. The challenges and
problems will be contributed by industry and research
partners.
Dr. Michael Reiner
from Florida Community College at Jacksonville will
serve as the post-secondary partner for the project, and
Bill Pugh, holography teacher at Englewood, will
teach the PBL program to students at Englewood. Pugh is
excited to implement the new program and believes the
PBL program will take his curriculum to a new level.
Students will reap the benefits of participating in
cutting-edge, high technology lessons, which will better
prepare them for the work force.
Photonics is the practical
application of light and optical components. It is one
of the most pervasive new technologies. Examples of
photonic applications include lasers, optics, fiber
optics, LASIK, holograms, flat panel LCD displays, and
satellite imagery. Photonics is crucial to new
technology advances in industries such as manufacturing,
medical, environmental, telecommunications, homeland
security, and defense technologies.
For more information on
Englewood’s PHOTON Problem-Based Learning Program, call
Adora Davis at 924.3470, or send her
an e-mail.
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