Vision of smart classroom at Deer Trail Implement fulfilled with student visit
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Saturday, November 3, 2007
When Deer Trail Implement was building its $2.3 million complex west of Emporia on U.S. Highway 50, one feature Deer Trail Manager Richard Garber was excited about was having a smart classroom.
Garber envisioned the room being used by the community and students as a place to learn about agriculture.
Last week, the classroom fulfilled that vision when 35 K-State students traveled from Manhattan to Emporia. The students were juniors and seniors enrolled in a chemical applications systems course taught by John Slocombe and precision ag technologies class taught by Dr. Randy Price.
The students spent more than an hour in the classroom learning about the latest in agriculture spray technology. They then spent time outside driving John Deere’s 4830 and 4930 agriculture sprayers.
Slocombe said it was great day and he had good feedback from the students.
“The facilities are very nice and the students enjoyed the opportunity to interact with Richard and his staff,” Slocombe said, “but the thing I have heard the most from students was having the ability to get on the equipment and drive the equipment.”
Slocombe plans to bring down more students in the future.
Garber hopes more classes will use the smart classroom and has spent time at area universities letting professors know what it has to offer. The smart classroom is open to the community. For more information, call 342-5000.
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