Tech Museum PR2 Exhibit

Woodland students had a special invitation to come to The Tech Museum in San Jose and program Willow Garage's PR2 robot.  Ms. Marzouk was very happy to see her students attend the exhibit and come and program the robot!

Overall Goals of Each Class

Kindergarten- Spatial awareness, motor-eye coordination, integration of technology and design, insight to how things work

1st- Basics of using a computer, drawing and typing on computer, computer as a tool to create and do research on multimedia websites

2nd- Basics of using a computer, drawing and typing on computer, computer as a tool to create and do research on multimedia websites, being creative with computer tools.

• ISTE Standards (Research and Information Fluency) 3. b, c, d

3rd- Combining pictures and text, drawing shapes, Powerpoint, Word, Excel

• STE Standards  (Technology Operations and Concepts) 6 a, b, c, d

4th- Draw with Shapes, Develop an idea while working on a computer, Create a project, Robot programming

• ISTE Standards (Creativity and Innovation) 1 a, b, c, d

5th- Group collaboration and team work, creating a product, robotics and programming

• ISTE Standards (Communication and Collaboration) 2 a, b, c, d

6th- Develop spatial reasoning and problem solving.  Develop skill with CAD as a tool to design and model and understand how things are made.  How to self-educate online.

7th- Develop logical reasoning and ability to execute ideas through programming.

8th- Develop logical reasoning and ability to execute ideas through programming.  Complete a proposed design challenge.

• ISTE Standards (Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making ) 4 a, b, c, d
• Capstone
• ISTE Standards (Research and Information Fluency) 3. a, b, c, d

References:
ISTE Standards: http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-s-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2