Viste: Visualization For Technology Education, An Outreach Program For Engineering Graphics Education

Visualization in Technology Education (VisTE) is a standards-based initiative designed to promote the use of graphic visualization tools among students in grades 8-12. By using simple and complex visualization tools, students can conduct research, analyze phenomena, problem solve and communicate major topics identified in the Standards for Technology Literacy (STL) as well as topics aligned with national science and mathematics standards. Therefore, in the future, students will come into engineering and technology programs at the post secondary level already having these basic visual skill. This paper will discuss this new national project and how its approach to technogical and visual literacy can impact instructional approaches to engineering design graphics at the secondary and post-secondary levels.