Title
Weartec: Empowering Youth To Create Wearable Technologies
Abstract
WearTec is an NSF funded project focused on activities related to wearable technologies. The goals of the project are to develop an intervention that focuses on solving real world problems and practicing the engineering design process while immersed in the innovative area of wearable technologies. Curriculum has been developed focused on youth in grades 4 to 6 to teach engineering design, computer programming, and basic circuitry. The curriculum and associated professional development are designed to encourage connections between in-school and out-of-school time instruction. Results of this pilot study suggest that the WearTec activities promote female participation in engineering technology activities. In addition, student attitudes towards STEM improved as a result of participating in the program.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/ICALT.2016.143
2016 IEEE 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (ICALT)
Keywords
Field
DocType
wearable technologies, elementary education, engineering desgin process, Arduino
Computer science,Professional development,Arduino,Curriculum,Engineering design process,Wearable technology,Programming profession,Multimedia,Computer programming,Primary education
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2161-3761
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jennifer Keshwani100.34
Bradley S. Barker231.13
Gwen Nugent3417.22
Neal Grandgenett431.13