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Mr. Brian Reagan and Mrs. Tonya Vandergriff-Williams are the TSA chapter advisors and tech ed teachers at Powell High School. Mr. Reagan has been teaching at Powell since 1997. Ms. Vandergriff has been in the classroom since 1998. She serves as the National TSA advisor, and was the 1992-1993 National TSA President.

Powell High Tech Ed Classes

All classes are taught in the Powell High Technology Center, which contains about 20 technological modules, a TV studio and control room, TSA work areas, and a materials production lab. The tech lab was completed in 1997 after being converted from a wood shop.

Television Technology

Mr.Reagan teaches the Television Production ("TV Tech") class, which is a Diversified Technology class with emphasis on communications, video production, and speech. The class began in Fall 1998 as an opportunity for students to learn about writing, editing, presenting, and producing television programs. The first class had 15 people, a number which has remained about the same for the past three years. TV Tech students produce "The Morning Voice," which features the school's daily announcements. The class has its own studio and sets, which were sponsored in part by Knoxville's WBIR-TV Channel 10. Students also create their own commercials and short films; many of the films feature the class mascot "Lobby the Lobster." One special short film was entitled "Safety Practices in the Technology Lab," which was an educational, entertaining parody of safety rules that taught viewers to be aware of their surroundings and not to play with saws, among other things.

Inventions and Innovations

This year, technology education classrooms across the state of Tennessee are offering a new class, called Inventions and Innovations. The curriculum of this course is based on the previous Materials and Processes class. Curriculum includes basic drafting, material specifications, and manufacturing processes. The students also work in the wood shop. Earlier this year the students built rockets, balsa wood bridges, and CO2 dragsters.

Diversified Tech

Diversified Technology I and II teach students about a wide range of technological subjects. Areas include communication, electricity, manufacturing, transportation, and construction. The most recent project of the Div Tech classes was to construct a playhouse for a National Kidney Foundation fundraiser. Click here for details about the NKF Playhouse Project. Students can also complete the following modules: Basic Electricity, Biomedical Technology, Computer Applications, Computer Aided Drafting, Construction, Desktop Publishing, Digital Photography, Digital Sound Technology, Electronic Communications, Electronics Technology, Hydraulics, Mechanisms, Multimedia Presentation, Research and Design, Robotics, Video Production, Writing and Research. In class, the Diversified Tech students have been building airplanes and have done various problem solving activities.

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