SPIRIT Robotics

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SPIRIT Robotics

• Neal Grandgenett, Bing Chen, Elliott Ostler

http//ceen.unomaha.edu/TekBots/
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A Little About SPIRIT
PKIs Computer Electronics and Engineering UNOs
College of Education OPS Mathematics and Science

• SPIRIT (NSF ITEST)
• Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in IT
• Teacher Training (Robotics)
• Teachers Develop Lesson Ideas
• SPIRIT 2.0 (NSF Discovery K12)
• Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in IT 2.0
• New Robotics Innovations
• National Robotics CyberCurriculum

http//www.ceen. unomaha.edu/TekBots/
http//www.ceen.unomaha.edu/TekBots/Shared/jumbotr
on07/index.html
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ProblemBased Learning(Lesson Context)
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Lessons by Teachers (small sample shown)
Moving TekbotBuilding of TekbotProgramming
TekbotEngineering
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EvaluationInformation on our Website
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Student Test Scores
Results suggest that students in the classes of
teachers using these techniques are scoring above
district and school averages.
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Teacher Perceptions
Results of teacher perceptions suggest that
teachers are increasing their understanding of
STEM-related topics and strategies, with a
particular growth in engineering and robotics.
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Planned Curriculum Cyber-infrastructure
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Final Comment
We have not succeeded in answering all of your
problems. The answers we have found only serve
to raise a whole set of new questions. In some
ways, we feel we are as confused as ever, but we
believe we are confused on a higher level and
about more important things. Omni Magazine,
1992