文档介绍：Auburn University Robotics puter Literacy K-12 Engineering Camps: A ess Story
Daniela Marghitu Department puter Science and Software Engineering at Auburn University, daniela,fullemg,******@
, Michael Fuller1, Taha Ben Brahim1, Eliza Banu Department of Mechanical Engineering at Auburn University, ******@
Abstract - Two K12 engineering outreach programs for typical and special needs children have been established at Auburn University: Computer Literacy Academy and Robo Camp, to enhance students’ knowledge puting and robotics fields, and to offer graduate students a hands-on experience in working with school aged population. Programs for typical children included Lego Mindstorms/NXT and Lego RIS, Carnegie Mellon University’s Alice, Prentice Hall MyITLab tutorials for , ft Office applications, interactive educational games like Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Computer tasks for the special needs children included , WWW, Microsoft Office applications and puter programs like Acorn’s Tree House Vocabulary; No Glamour Grammar; Understanding and Following Directions. Feedback obtained from instructors, participants and participants' parents, reinforced by the results of the pre and post program evaluations, clearly indicated both programs as a ess.
Keywords: K12 engineering outreach, education and assistive technology, robotics, broadening participation in engineering.
INTRODUCTION
It is ing increasingly imperative that everyone should be able to use puter and providing children will gain these technical skills at an early age increases their chances of being essful adults. Laws concerning education, inclusion and outreach for special needs students, such as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), are pushing towards a change in the structure and design of the traditional classrooms. Therefore educators from all academic levels are likely to have students from a variety of backgrounds. In this case the preparation programs for edu