Minnesota High School Students Learn to Program Robots
Source: U.S. News
URL:http://www.usnews.com/news/stem-solutions/articles/2016-11-21/minnesota-high-school-students-learn-to-program-robots
Key Points: This article briefly talks about one teacher and his efforts to encourage students to become involved in robotics and programming. Stephen Larson, the teacher, says "I think technology is helping kids understand programming quicker and faster. And more kids are becoming involved as it becomes easier to do."
Intended Audience: Educators
Relevance: Encouraging any outlet for students is important. I think that in recent months, there has been a lot of focus on how we can bring our students together and how we can teach them understanding and acceptance. We race to lesson plans and discussions for the answers but we can sometimes lose sight of what brings kids together. Kids love to do stuff and learn fun things, and doing those things with others can bring them together.
Based off the quote you provided, my initial response was, "Soo..kids are understanding programming more quickly...so what?" However, your personal insights made the importance clear. Whether that is what the teacher meant by that or not, I can understand how working on a fun, different project together can make a difference in the classroom. Learning and growing and being successful with your classmates can really foster a sense of achievement.
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