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Upcoming Robotics Coach & Volunteer Training in Malheur County
Our friends at the Frontier Oregon STEM Hub will be conducting two free robotics workshops in the next month: A FIRST Lego League (FLL) Robotics training for coaches and volunteers this coming Saturday, September 17 at the Malheur ESD (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m). More information and a registration link can be found here. A FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) […]
SuperQuest: What Goes on Here Does Not Stay Here
One of the educators in Melissa Kessler’s App Inventor class in Pendleton teaches preschool — and she came out of the class confident that she can use ScratchJr this fall, to help the kids she works with have fun, learn, and have some control. No more App specific classes this summer, but there are Game Development […]
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LEGO Robotics for Classes and Clubs, not just Competitions
Don Domes gives his class of teachers a small number of LEGO pieces, access to some student-appropriate internet resources, a worksheet, markers, whiteboards, lots of hands on time to practice, and very little lecturing. Some teachers have no previous experience, some have a couple of years, but all are engaged and making progress at showing […]
SuperQuest Impromptu FAQ
Where can I register? Everywhere I click on the photo, I end up in Wilsonville. Oops! Apologies, we left up a prototype. We expect to have it fixed by Monday. As of Friday, June 10, 6:49 pm, click on these links for more info and to find the bright orange registration buttons under the list of […]
Robots, Robots, Robots
Oregon has multiple robotics organizations and leagues supporting authentic STEM learning. In no particular order: Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program runs the tournament circuits for FIRST(tm) robotics. FIRST is an international organization For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, spearheaded by the inventor of the Segway, Dean Kamen. Junior FIRST LEGO League, ages […]
SuperQuest Alum gets Ford Innovation Award, 3-D printer grant
Congratulations to Mark Gullicksen, Oak Grove Elementary School, in Albany. He got some “good STEM news” which he thinks “is a direct benefit from my involvement with OCSTA’s professional development opportunities that I have participated with as an educator. This Monday, I was humbled to learn that I was selected as one of 20 teachers, […]