ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology at Parallax (FULL!)
Jessica Uelmen
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Parallax is proud to be hosting the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology course June 15-18, 2009!
The Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) is a week long, in-residence learning opportunity designed for motivated teachers and other school staff who want to learn more about wireless technology and bring that knowledge to their students. A variety of topics are covered during the 4 days of the TI including basic wireless technology literacy, electronics, and the science of radio; bringing space into the classroom; ham radio operation; introduction to micro controllers; and basic robotics.
Just a few examples of some of the activities teachers who have participated in the Teachers Institute have initiated upon return to their classrooms include:
* Using weather imagery gathered by the students for environmental studies.
* Using TV remotes to control simulated "smart homes."
* Radio Direction Finding (RDF) activities to study how naturalist track wildlife.
* School competitions during the School Club Round-up, a nation wide ham radio contest for schools.
* Geography lessons using QSL card (postcards collected from ham contacts around the world).
* A school wide space exploration curriculum including radio stations to receive signals from space and participation in the NASA Explorer School Program.
* Radio contacts between participating schools.
* Using radio in ESL classrooms to listen to live broadcasts from countries that use the languages as their native tongue.
The course is virtually free for teachers to attend! The grant to attend a TI covers transportation, hotel, a modest per-diem to cover meals, instructional resources for the electronics, microcontroller, and robotics segments of the course, and a resource library of relevant ARRL publications.
PLUS the first two days of the course cover material from our What's a Microcontroller and Robotics with the Boe-Bot texts, AND participants get to keep all hardware used (including their very own Boe-Bot)!
This is a course you don't want to miss! For more information and signup instructions, visit: www.arrl.org/FandES/tbp/ti.html
EDIT: The Parallax course is now FULL! However, there are a few seats available at other locations if you are interested in attending. See the above link for more info.
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Jessica Uelmen
Education Department
Parallax, Inc.
Post Edited (Jessica Uelmen (Parallax)) : 4/27/2009 10:21:38 PM GMT
The Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) is a week long, in-residence learning opportunity designed for motivated teachers and other school staff who want to learn more about wireless technology and bring that knowledge to their students. A variety of topics are covered during the 4 days of the TI including basic wireless technology literacy, electronics, and the science of radio; bringing space into the classroom; ham radio operation; introduction to micro controllers; and basic robotics.
Just a few examples of some of the activities teachers who have participated in the Teachers Institute have initiated upon return to their classrooms include:
* Using weather imagery gathered by the students for environmental studies.
* Using TV remotes to control simulated "smart homes."
* Radio Direction Finding (RDF) activities to study how naturalist track wildlife.
* School competitions during the School Club Round-up, a nation wide ham radio contest for schools.
* Geography lessons using QSL card (postcards collected from ham contacts around the world).
* A school wide space exploration curriculum including radio stations to receive signals from space and participation in the NASA Explorer School Program.
* Radio contacts between participating schools.
* Using radio in ESL classrooms to listen to live broadcasts from countries that use the languages as their native tongue.
The course is virtually free for teachers to attend! The grant to attend a TI covers transportation, hotel, a modest per-diem to cover meals, instructional resources for the electronics, microcontroller, and robotics segments of the course, and a resource library of relevant ARRL publications.
PLUS the first two days of the course cover material from our What's a Microcontroller and Robotics with the Boe-Bot texts, AND participants get to keep all hardware used (including their very own Boe-Bot)!
This is a course you don't want to miss! For more information and signup instructions, visit: www.arrl.org/FandES/tbp/ti.html
EDIT: The Parallax course is now FULL! However, there are a few seats available at other locations if you are interested in attending. See the above link for more info.
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Jessica Uelmen
Education Department
Parallax, Inc.
Post Edited (Jessica Uelmen (Parallax)) : 4/27/2009 10:21:38 PM GMT
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