Archive for January, 2010
VEX Professional Development Classes
Robotics Academy VEX Teacher Training classes are web-based. Learn to program in ROBOTC using Innovation First VEX robot hardware. This video provides a quick overview.
These courses focus on learning how to program VEX-based robots, and how to use robotics as an organizer to teach STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics) concepts. Included with the course is the Robotics Academy’s Teaching ROBOTC for IFI VEX CD-Rom, along with a license to use it in your classroom afterward.
You will also have the opportunity to earn professional development credits and a Certificate of Completion by completing various assignments throughout the course.
Robotics Technician Training Program Interview
Robin Shoop of the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy, Michael Amrhein of California University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Stephen Catt of Butler County Community College discuss a new robotics technician training program in a television interview conducted by host Bill Flanagan on the program ‘Our Region’s Business’.