Technology as a Tool

One of the most exciting products of Cascadia’s emphasis on technology is the way our students, in both academic classes and technology classes, use the technology as a tool to express learning. Examples of this include:

Web Classes

The following projects were created by students taking Business and Information Technology 113 - User Interface Development. The task was to create a web site for a real client within the community.

  2002

• Pony Mailbox
• Milestones Coaching
• Madini Perfume Essences
• "Feel-Good" Products
• Science Olympiad
• K-four Construction -- George Schmidt, Lise Ashforth,
  Bryan Kindred, Lukasz Lelek
• Snohomish Classic Car & HotRod Display -- Tina Ringstad, Andrew Ograin,
  Rick Smith, Tim Schroeder
• Complete Gas Service -- Pat East, Wil Banks, Ryan Pond, Josh McGrew, Dale Corner

Science Classes

Students taking Astronomy at Cascadia Community College complete a final project whereby they research a specific field of astrobiology research and create web pages designed to educate the public. Here are some examples of their work:

  Summer 2001

• Search for Intelligent Life -- Lynn Arima, Millen Babayev, Aaron Brown
• Extremophiles -- Atasha Kim, Chris Loberg, Brandon Pickering
• Hydrothermal Vents -- Candi Darnell, Danielle Larpenteur, Chris Perkins
• Thermophiles -- Jen Babin, Karen Dedman, Alicia Rodriguez, Brandon See
• Life on Europa -- Mark Mariano, Christina Robertson, Julie Wartes
• Life on Titan -- Brenna Gerlach, Arielle Riley, Mike Wartes
• Galilean Moons and Titan -- Jeanette Hurban, Sarah Nason, Nick Snow

  Spring 2001

• Extremophiles -- Liz Miller, Cari Dorey, Chris Schindler
• Plate Tectonics -- Matt Bovetz, Connie Losvar, Ian Swanberg
• Cambrian Explosion -- Dan Nolte, Lisa Lanier, Keli Morgan, Brian Isaacs
• Hydrothermal Vents -- Anna Tahl, Jess Bly, Thomas Anderson
• Complex Life -- Siobhan Mangus, Kristen Marks, Kyle Smith

  Winter 2001

• Terraforming -- Randy Porter, Joe Quiggle, Erica Pecco
• Finding Terrestrial Planets -- Mike Johnson and Jenny Conyers
• Panspermia -- Sam Riggins and Michelle Linkem
• Terraforming Mars -- Amy MacDonald and Aaron West
• Exobiology -- Bonnie Jordan, Kate Jarman, Jocie White

  Fall 2000

• Terraforming Mars -- Kenneth Moore, Jeremy Arkle, and Nathan Flint
• Hydrothermal Vents -- Lexine Pishue and Dave Hancuff
• S.E.T.I. -- Dale Yarnell and Jason Lindvall

View these and other exciting initiatives by clicking on the options to the left.