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=Requirements for Applying for the Massachusetts Journeyman Electrician Exam= Today I would like to comment on the Requirements regarding acquiring a Massachusetts Journeyman Electrician License. Current laws require a person to work in the Electrical trade under the supervision of a licensed electrician for a total of 8000 hours. Credit is given for students who complete a four year program in a technical high school towards their 8000 hour requirement and also towards the 600 hours of classroom related hours needed to take the exam. Upon completion of all of the apprenticeship requirements a person may apply to take the designated exam but notirized applications forms must be filled out by past employers and educations institutes verifying hours of employment or education received. The fee for taking the exam is set by each state and changes as legislatures decided to raise or adjust them. The exam allows testers to use the National Electrical Code Book that the test is based on and calculators that do not contain pre-made formulas may also be used. Some useful study material includes books such as the Questions and Answers for Journeyman Electrician's Exam and also for the visual learner, a copy of the N.E.C. handbook which has many explanations and pictures. The Q & A books are published by several companies and can easily be found on the WEB. One site that is always full of information is mikeholt.com and another good book is Audel's Q and A for Journeyman Electrician Exam.

=**Resources for the Technical and Academic Educator for Shop, Lab and Classroom**= In todays everchanging technilogical environment, new resi=ources are introduced every day and they offer numerous oportunities to deliver the educational messages that today's students are required to learn. As "natives" of this environment the student in today's classroom is far more able to adapt and learn using many of these resources. To raise the awareness of some of these resources we will illustrate some of the free download programs that are available for use by the teacher and the student, with an eye on interactive lessons and training. Many individuals choose to specialize on one or two of the available programs rather than trying to master all, since time constraints and classroom size limit how much time most teachers have to develope these learning tools. The up side is that once a template or format has been developed, it becomes easier to adapt some existing programs to newer material. Some of the programs available for free use are Photo Story 3.com, Garage Band.com ,Wikispaces, Wiggio,Weebly.com, Brain Pop.com, Taking It Global.com, Voice Thread.com, iLearn Audacity.com and Lit Trip. These are only a few of the resources of what is out there in cyberspace. With the increased use of Smart Boards in the classroom at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Tech, many of these programs will be very effective in the classroom.