Horizon Technology

• Cutting-edge technology is the vehicle driving the educational delivery at the center. That includes:
• Students are armed with wireless Internet-enabled laptop computers which allow them to log into the system from any part of the building. The system also allows instructors to more readily tap into student progress and deliver a better educational product. Students and instructors are given better tools to foster a better learning environment.
• DiGiAC training modules located in two classrooms help instructors to transition what is learned in books and lectures into a more realistic setting. Ten training modules simulate a specific car system and then instructors or the computer program put in “bugs” for students to properly diagnose. If they fail to diagnose the problem properly, the system forces them to go back and learn the auto system until they know it.
• Videoconferencing in the conference room area, which allows transportation business leaders to hold professional development meetings in the Horizon Center . Doors to the conference room are also large enough to allow a vehicle to be driven into the area – giving presenters an actual car to use during their sessions.
• Portable broadcast capability right in the bay area, which allows instructors to video and show the actual work going on under the hood of a car on a two-story screen on one end of the bay. Training videos can also be shown on that screen, which will help students better learn while they are working on the car. The work can also be broadcast directly back into the classrooms, where instructors in those rooms can communicate with students working on the car in the bay area.
• Instructors will have use of a Qwizdom, a hand-held device that allows students in a class to answer a question posed by the instructor – and their answers singularly as well as a group, are automatically catalogued by the computer system.
• Throughout the training, students will be able to learn how to use the newest Snap-on diagnostics device. This will help them to obtain their Snap-on certification as well as make them more marketable upon graduation. Many times there are only a handful – sometimes none – technicians in a dealership properly trained to use the device.
• A new, state-of-the-art Frasca TruFlite simulator will be installed in the building, helping to give pilots in training an even better simulation of flight before they step into a plane.