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Fred Martin, Douglas Prime, Michelle Scribner-MacLean (UMass Lowell)

Fred Martin, Douglas Prime, Michelle Scribner-MacLean (UMass Lowell) Sam Christy, Ivan Rudnicki, Emily Lin (Machine Science Inc.). iCODE overview. Year-round after-school program + 2-week summer camp for middle and high school kids

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Fred Martin, Douglas Prime, Michelle Scribner-MacLean (UMass Lowell)

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  1. Fred Martin, Douglas Prime, Michelle Scribner-MacLean (UMass Lowell) Sam Christy, Ivan Rudnicki, Emily Lin (Machine Science Inc.)

  2. iCODE overview • Year-round after-school program + 2-week summer camp for middle and high school kids • Teaches engineering design and microcontroller programming with hands-on projects • On-line courseware, community-building, and programming tools • NSF-funded collaboration between UMass Lowell and Machine Science Inc.

  3. Learning goals • Enhance students’ fluency in IT • Increase students’ awareness of educational and career options in STEM and IT. • Connect students to a community of like-minded peers and adults

  4. Project activities • Weekly after-school meetings at local school and community partner sites • Annual Botfest exhibition and Robot Sumo competitions • 2-week summer workshops

  5. Two curricula • TechCreation + Super Cricket for middle school kids • Machine Science + Xboard for high school kids • One integrated on-line system

  6. Sample projects

  7. Discussion • On-line curriculum can integrate presentation of material with hands-on activities • Site-based file storage means kids don’t have to worry about “where is my file” • Teachers need to assist with username/password maintenance • Plan to integrate community-building features (discussion boards, open project DB) by next fall

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