Silicon Prairie Initiative on Robotics in Information Technology

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Silicon Prairie Initiative on Robotics in
Information Technology

• Curriculum Overview

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Workshop Curriculum

• First Week
• Morning Meeting summarizing the previous days
  experiences
• Engineering professional topics
• What teachers should know about the TekBot
• TekBot Hands-On Experiences

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Engineering Professional Topics

• What is engineering?
• The scientific method and the engineering process
• What do engineers do?
• Engineering tools
• Objectives and constraints
• Scheduling
• Technical writing

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What Teachers ShouldKnow about the TekBot

• How does it work?
• Components
• resistors ? transistors
• Measurement Tools
• Electric Motors
• Batteries
• Electrical Circuits

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TekBot Hands-On Experiences

• Battery Tester
• Assembly and Test
• Chassis
• Power Board/Battery Charger
• Motor Control Board
• Wired Remote Navigation

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Workshop Curriculum

• Second Week
• Morning Meeting summarizing the previous days
  experiences
• Planning Student Experiences
• Brainstorming
• Presentations
• Your TekBot Experiments

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Breakout

• Appoint a coordinator and a recorder.
• What are your initial plans for the TekBot?
• What will you need to learn from this workshop?