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I have really been struggling with the readings of late. I found Chapter 18 very interesting to read, reason being is because I worked construction for the past 12 years. Now if I hadn't done that, I think I would have been really lost with what information was given.

Like I said earlier, I kind of enjoyed reading this chapter. It brought me back to my concrete days. I know most of you love teaching in the building that you are in, but have you actually stopped and thought about how that building actually got there? I have had a lot of experience working with designers/architects, project managers, and the technology that they use to design and build various buildings. I have lost count of the number of schools I was a part of constructing, but one thing is for sure, the first school I was a part of was so much different than the last one. The reason, technology.

When we first started bidding on jobs, our estimators sat down with the blueprint and pencil and had to figure out square footage, how much concrete would be needed to complete the job, how much reinforcing rod would be needed. Not anymore. They have the whole blueprint on disk. They can just put that into the computer and use various programs to figure out all those estimations. It is so much more effective and efficient. Having the blueprint on disk also makes it much easier for those working in the field. Any questions with measurements or dimensions can be easily be solved by being able to use computers to check those measurements. So technology is definitely playing a huge role in business, especially construction.

So how does this relate to education? Well I don't think it really does. However, I do think that education, and schools in general, could learn a few things from this. If it, technology, has had that much of an impact on business and industry, then it might (and will) have just as much of an impact in education, and I think that we are seeing that first hand in the schools we are in.