Last summer during a Solarbotics Robotics for Educators session, one of the teachers noted something about many of the mainstream robotics and electronics learning platforms commonly used in classrooms. He said that those platforms suffered from the Black Box Effect. This effect was where the “black boxes,” the controllers, were plugged into the computer and […]
Teach the Teacher: Arduino Boot Camp
Solar botics
August 1, 2017
Join our workshop on August 9th or 29th to learn the basics of how to make Arduinos work and how to teach CTF, CTS, and cross-curricular Project Based Learning using this fantastic resource.
Sessions schedule:
10:00AM-12:00PM - Arduino programming with the Grove Educational Kit
1:00PM-3:00PM - Arduino Electronics with the ARDX Electronics Kit
Location: Active Tech Electronics (2015 32nd Ave NE Calgary)
Both sessions will be hosted by Mitchell Way, Robotics teacher at Nelson Mandela High School. RSVP at mdway888@gmail.com.
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