what a means by engauging your students, keepin it real. Often in career colleges we see students referring to the "real" world vs. the Utopia of the learning environment. This is very relevent to this module. Without seeing the connection between these two worlds the student will seek their knowlege elsewhere, thats bad for admissions and retention rates. So how does one make the connection? In my trade it means keeping current in industry standards and trends. It means I have homework and must keep abreast of changes even before they become popular in the industry. Once a trend takes hold if you are teaching to that level then you are teaching outdated materials to the students. By the time students enter the real world that trend is done and gone leaving our students struggling to learn the next trend. In all honesty, it is teaching our students about life long learning and it is done so by example of the instructor.