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ETHERNET / COAX CABLING AND RUNNING
This is my absolute favorite lab area, and quickly becoming the students also.
Every year we get the scissor lift, take down and replace cable trays and run new ethernet and coax cables to the lab stations. Students terminate ethernet and coax cables in the gang-boxes for the labs.
We also have 3 fake walls where students drawout the gang-box template, then use a drywall punch and saw to cut. They'll run the cables behind the wall using the "Magnapull" and attach the wall plates.
There's also a 66-block station to practice.
Top left - Students terminate and test Ethernet and coax cables.
Top right - Fake wall
Bottom right - Fake wall
Bottom left - 66 Block
Middle left - Cable trays to run cables
SOLDER / PHONE / MOBILE REPAIR
Students learn safe soldering and working on replacing phone and mobile device parts. Students have repaired iPhones, Xbox controllers, earbuds and more.
TECH DECKS
Where students start building computers adding components and replacing components.
Fully functioning mobo, CPU (with heat sink and fan), RAM, optical drive, HDD, power supply, video cards, NIC cards, display, keyboard, mouse
REPAIRS
Students work on real world computer issues with troubleshooting, replacing parts and customer service. Students contact the customers and provide updates and resolutions, then prepare customized customer reports.
VIRTUALIZATION / ROUTING & SWITCHES
Left - Students configure VM servers and use RDP to access VMs for a testing environment and assignments.
Right - Switches, router, patch panel and wall plate simulate cable tracing and troubleshooting while configuring and securing 2 switches and a router
PODCASTS / INTERNET OF THINGS
Left - Students create, edit and publish podcasts. Podcasts can be any school appropriate topic and should be approximately 5 minutes.
Right - Students setup, configure and secure various SmartHome and IoT devices. Lightbulbs, thermostats, weather monitor, security cameras, Alexa and more.
NOCTI / QUIET STUDY
Left - Setup for NOCTI performance tasks with individual bins for each senior.
Simple LAN
Cable Identification and Usage
Wireless Network setup, configure and secure
Right - Section for SkillsUSA meetings, students wanting quiet spaces for study, labs, videos, testing etc.
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