I chose to watch a video about a group of high school students in Colorado that made an extra curricular robotics club. There is an annual competition hosted by various organizations arond the country in which high school students have 8 weeks to design and test their robots in preparation for the event. Poudre High School was fortunate enough to have actual engineers and grad students nearby that assisted them in getting this program up and running. They have found that instead of students spending all of their time asking "why?", they are focussed on asking "how?". The technology is truely engaging them in the areas of learning and creating. Another benefit of this program is that students must learn fundraising, marketing, and presentation skills in order to raise the money needed to fund the program. The real beauty of the program is that, these students are utilizing applied mathematics and engineering skills, while having fun! You can see this video too by clicking on the link below or the link on my blog page. Enjoy!
http://www.edutopia.org/poudre-high-school-robotics-video
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