CASE STUDY FOCUS ON A.K. SMITH CAREER CENTER Located in Michigan City, Ind., serving all LaPorte County students, the A.K. Smith Career Center employs educational technology to provide high school students with a hands-on, real-world learning experience. Students earn credits transferrable to a two- or four-year college as well as industry certifi cations that qualify them for employment. One of those was the A.K. Smith Career Center. Its director, Audra Peterson, enlisted Aidex to help conceptualize and ultimately create Indiana’s fi rst Energy Academy. Aidex’s Laura Coard suggested not one, but three learning systems from different manufacturers. The approach was novel, complicated and ultimately, highly successful. Today, the A.K. Smith Career Center’s Energy Academy boasts a

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