STEM Ed Announcement: Project STREAM Robotics Workshop

["Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is a UMass Amherst program.
 Contact information is below.
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 There are still openings in this robotics workshop and we don't want
 you to miss out! Please use this link for more information!
 http://tinyurl.com/stream-artbotics-2012
 
 The University of Massachusetts Lowell and iRobot invite you to
 participate in the STREAM interactive workshop for K-12+ educators.
 This two-day workshop will focus on integrating robotics into STEM
 education. STREAM 2012 will be held at iRobot in Bedford, MA on June
 27 and 28, 2012 from 8:00am to 5:00pm. 
 
 
 
 What is STREAM? 
 
 
 STREAM is a workshop to help K-12 educators utilize robotics as they
 teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects.
 This two day workshop will provide educators the opportunity to
 explore how they might use robotics in their own STEM instruction
 through interactive sessions as well as through presentations by
 other educators currently using robotics as a way to teach STEM. 
 
 The Artbotics program will be covered during this workshop, new and
 returning educators are welcome! Participants will experience the
 structure and process of Artbotics, which offers interactive art and
 robotics as a means of attracting students to STEM. In the first
 workshop day participants will experience the structure and process
 of the Artbotics program, which is typically run in semester or
 week-long sessions. 
 
 The first day of the workshop will introduce kinetic art concepts, a
 variety of sensor and motor types, and computer programming with
 Cricket Logo. Participants will create interactive art which will be
 presented in a short exhibition at the end of the day. You are
 welcome to come to this day of the workshop even if you have taken
 another Artbotics workshop in the past. 
 
 The second day of the workshop will be focused on best practices,
 featuring talks by teachers who have already adapted the Artbotics
 materials to their curriculum. Participating teachers will be asked
 to share their methods of implementation and outcomes of using the
 materials. We will also have breakout groups focusing on Artbotics at
 different age levels (e.g., middle school, high school, and college)
 and different types of programs (e.g., one week camps, after school
 programs, and integration into the curriculum). 
 
 Participants are encouraged to register for both days, but can
 register for just one of the days.
 
 All classroom teachers interested in integrating robotics with STEM
 education are encouraged to attend! Please feel free to forward this
 invitation to area educators.
 
 
 More details on the workshop, including information on PDP's is found
 at the registration site. To register for this event, or to see all
 the information, go to: http://tinyurl.com/stream-artbotics-2012
 Registration closes June 15, 2012 and the workshop will be filled on
 a first-come, first-served basis. Important: If you attended a prior
 STREAM or Artbotics workshop, you can still register for STREAM 2012.
 After you fill out the online form, you will be given a link to a
 confirmation and payment form. Please print and mail the form with
 the $50 registration fee. Your registration is not complete until
 this is received. Checks may not be cashed right away. We will
 confirm finalized registrations by email on a periodic basis. If you
 need to cancel your reservation, please let us know right away. Fees
 are refundable, if we are notified before June 15, 2012. 
 
 
 If you have any questions on this workshop, please direct them to:
 robots@cs.uml.edu 
 
 For additional information on STREAM: http://stream.cs.uml.edu/
 For additional information on Artbotics:  www.artbotics.org
 
 Organizing Committee:
 Adam Norton, University of Massachusetts Lowell
 Holly Yanco, University of Massachusetts Lowell
 Lisa Freed, iRobot Corporation
 Dave Matheson, Split Rock Partners, Inc.
 
 This event is co-sponsored by BostonSIM, iRobot, and the Commonwealth
 Alliance for Information Technology Education
 (http://www.caite.info/), an NSF-sponsored project.

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