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INSIGHT in Schools/Universities

There is no getting away from it: there is a direct relationship between the way ceramic glazes fire and their chemistry. Without ceramic chemistry you'll never really be able to properly fix problems, substitute materials, adjust, identify weaknesses, formulate or optimize glazes properly. There is a great need for increased technical training in ceramics. At Digitalfire we are about giving people the on-line tools and information they need to understand and harness the power of ceramic chemistry.

INSIGHT Videos

These step-by-step lessons take you through every aspect of using INSIGHT from downloading, installing, buying it to learning the mechanics of using it and dealing with a host of glaze adjustment, formulation and trouble shooting issues. When you complete these lessons (there are many of them) you will know INSIGHT and a good deal of practical ceramic chemistry. To view them click here.

Learning to Apply Ceramic Chemistry

In addition to the INSIGHT Videos, use the Articles, Glossary and Materials links above to research dozens of issues related to ceramic chemistry and by implication fired glaze and body properties. There are articles on almost any issue you might face with information that you will not find anywhere else on the internet.

Teaching INSIGHT

Ceramc chemistry related topics can be approached from multiple angles and levels of complexity. No student can be fully competent without at least realizing the role that chemistry and mineralogy plays in fired glazes. INSIGHT is the international standard for interactive ceramic calculations. We encourage you to download a trial copy and its instruction manual and check it out. Then login at our home page and use the INSIGHT page to contact us about educational discounts and how to start teaching it to others.

INSIGHT Seminar

If you have special needs and would like Tony Hansen to visit your school for a seminar, please contact us. Also, please login on our home page and then click the register button and fill in the seminar feedback questions to help us refine the program.

Educational Discounts

We offer educational discounts to students and teachers for both single INSIGHT programs and site licenses. Please contact us.

Buying INSIGHT for an Institution

The INSIGHT page provides many ways to pay for and order INSIGHT. There are options to provide a purchase order number, to print a Proforma Invoice for use with getting a PO number, to FAX payment info, to transfer money to our bank, etc.

OnLine Ceramic School Database

There are thousands of ceramic schools around the world and we are creating the largest database of them on the internet. The activity surrounding this database will open many new doors and foster international partnerships. Click here for the beginning page of this project, the bottom of the page has more info. Please click the register button on our home page and use the affiliation section to tell us about your craft, art or technical school or university.

Ceramic Materials Website

This Digitalfire project is at www.ceramicmaterials.info. We invite you to consider teaching students more about materials science using this reference. This is a comprehensive project to document traditional ceramic materials in a more practical and unified way than ever before so students see them as much more than just powders in bags. We are looking internationally for technical schools to partner with us to co-host, author content and help define a new XML standard language to describe material chemistry, mineralogy, physics, geographic, sales information. If you can help please click the Register link on our home page and click the appropriate checkbox on your registration page.

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