New robotics class brings 21st century tech skills | Comstock Park - School News Network

Shane Johnson smiled proudly as he watched a baseball-sized sphere spin and flash its colored lights thanks to the programming exercise he had just completed in his robotics class by James Harger, Author at School News Network.

Veteran teacher Harold Schneider is teaching eighth graders how to program robotic spheres.

It’s just fun,” said Johnson as he and his fellow eighth graders at Mill Creek Middle School completed the exercise under the tutelage of veteran technology instructor Harold Schneider.

Robotics is a new rotation class at the school this year as the district attempts to introduce its students to STEM courses earlier in their education, according to principal Gus Harju. 

“This is an opportunity to bring 21^st century technology skills to students that may make a change in their life and may allow them to make a career choice,” says Harju...

For Schneider, the robotics class is an opportunity to teach students the basics of programming through a collaborative, project-based approach. He put together the curriculum this past summer after being asked to teach the class.
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Source: School News Network