Paper Info
Title
Work in progress: Serving rural communities: A K-8 LEGO robotics case study
Abstract
In this paper we describe approaches to better assist teachers in rural areas to participate in an annual LEGO robotics competition offered at Texas Tech University. While local schools have a student mentor visiting the robotics teams on a weekly basis, schools that are more than 20 miles away from Texas Tech University do not benefit from this service. Although there is a significant amount of literature available on LEGO robotics, teachers and students seem to prefer personal interaction. We propose daylong fieldtrips and webinars to partly overcome distance and still provide direct interaction.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/FIE.2012.6462376
Frontiers in Education Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
computer aided instruction,control engineering education,distance learning,robots,K-8 LEGO robotics,daylong fieldtrip,personal interaction,rural communities,webinars,K-12 Engineering Education,LEGO Robotics,teacher professional development
Computer aided instruction,Work in process,Engineering management,Distance education,Rural area,Mathematics education,Pedagogy,Artificial intelligence,Engineering,Educational robotics,Robot,Robotics
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0190-5848 E-ISBN : 978-1-4673-1351-3
978-1-4673-1351-3
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tanja Karp1193.06