Since I am fairly new to the teaching profession I can always utilize new information to improve what students are "receiving" from my teaching methods. I have used the minute paper idea in class and it seemed to work well. My students never feel shy about telling me when they are bored. lol. I struggle with limitations of the facilities because much of industry cant be experienced in the environment of a school setting. It would be great to be able to give my students exposure to more machinery and manufacturing practices. I do use dvds and videos to show many things but it is not the same as doing it yourself. A combination of seeing and doing would be great. What does everyone else do in these cases? Andrew LeRoy