Jon Salaban, NBCT

Cnc milling, speeds and feeds, coolant, expensive bits, etc. is old tech. Our water jet is rocking it! So glad our school got this machine. 1st attempt at a metal carabiner. #STEM #STEMeducation #Engineering #water #CAD #cte #machinery #cool #achs #sequoits

An experiment with our Culinary classes! Making chocolate treats with a DIY silicon mold created from a 3d print. Will poor melted chocolate next week! Bringing tech into an otherwise traditional food class! #cte #achs #sequoits #chocolate #culinary #food

Our longest print yet! 158 hours! Showing my CAD students the potential of 3d printing! #sequiots #achs #cte #cad #3DPrinting #elegoo #OrangeStorm #3dprint #engineering

We made this! Next level 3d printing! Making art and inspiring students’ creative minds! Hueforge is a great program to use for this. Privileged to use cool tech like this at my school! #achs #sequoits #3DPrinting #cat #cad #school #cool

Functional furniture being made on our Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga 3d printer! CADD class! This thing is strong, heavy, and you can sit on it with confidence. Inspiring future designers! #cad #3DPrinting #achs #sequoits #design #Engineering

Check out this two-toned 3d printed electric guitar! Gray with a gold top. Love our new giant 3d printer from Elegoo. Lots of potential for our students in CADD classes! #cte #STEM #achs #sequoits #3dprint #music #guitar #highschool #tech

And the giant vase is done! Only 10 hours with a .8 nozzle. Think of the possibilities! #cte #stem #3dprint #3dprinting #cad #Engineering #art #sequoits #achs #elegoo

Our Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga has arrived! Looking forward to making some furniture pieces on this giant 3d printer! Blessed to be able to bring these opportunities to the high school students! #CTE #stem #3Dprinting #cad #3dprint #highschool #achs #sequoits

Interesting article suggests that face-to-face conversions after an observation is more effective than written feedback. Preach on…Love the conversations! edutopia.org/article/effecti…

Off to a collaborative start! Building towers with spaghetti and tape. The tallest that can support a marshmallow wins. Super excited to now serve as CTE Department Chair!

This is how I get new ideas for my classes! I went to the Lake County Maker Faire last Saturday. There, I assembled a fully 3d printed speaker. Walked away with a cool, engaging project idea! Keeping it fresh 😎 #achs #sequoits #cte #STEM #cad #3DPrinting

Enjoying the day at College of Lake County Advanced Manufacturing Center. We took our CADD Adv students there for a county-wide design challenge. Great engagement! #cte #STEM #ACHS #sequoits #cad #engineering #Partnership #tech

CADD Adv class! We have a lot of plexi left from Covid shields. Putting it to good use- laser cutting laptop stands. Very cool! #cte #CTEMonth #cad #sequoits #achs #engineering #stem #steam #laptop #plastic #highschool

CTE colleagues! February is CTE month. How do you celebrate it and bring awareness to your program? Looking for ideas! 😀 #cte #achs #sequoits #cad #woodworking #Engineering #electronics #trades #highschool

It’s a good day to cut some carbon fiber sheet! Our water jet cutting machine is awesome! #cad #STEM #STEMEducation #cte #achs #sequoits #wazer #water #manufacturing

One of the challenges of a CTE department is developing creative ways to celebrate our students’ work with the student body and to parents and community. What are some ideas? Open House? STEM Day? #cte #stem #achs #sequoits #STEMeducation #highschool

Proud to have made 2 more electric guitars to be raffled off to one lucky student and one to be auctioned off for Sequoit Pride (ACHS Booster Club). Always willing to help the greater-school community!

CADD Adv class! Students had to assemble parts to make an FM radio and then design/laser cut a creative enclosure. Very cool and useful project! #cte #STEMeducation #Stem #cad #sequoits #achs #fm #radio