by Brian | Mar 2, 2017 | AUV's, Change, Coding, Cooperative Learning, Drones, Education, Inclusion, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I’ve written about Mike Ismari’s class before (here and here). He received a grant last summer to buy several models of drones and flight simulators to use with students. ABOVE: Mike’s drones finally arrived and are stored on shelves his students are...
by Brian | Feb 18, 2017 | AUV's, Change, Digital Video, Drones, Education, Inclusion, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
You can tell from the bulk of my most recent posts that a big part of my job right now is about facilitating our STEM institute. I actually have another post about telescopes waiting in the wings for after I get a couple of questions answered. This video was produced...
by Brian | Feb 18, 2017 | AUV's, Change, Coding, Cooperative Learning, Education, Inclusion, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Although classroom visits are not actually required by the Nevada STEM Underwater and Aerial Vehicle Computer Science Institute (NSUAVCSI) “College and Career Ready” grant I wrote last summer, I believe visits and mentoring are a vital pieces of quality...
by Brian | Jan 7, 2017 | AUV's, Brian Crosby, Coding, Cooperative Learning, Drones, Education, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Above: Panorama of Pyramid Lake including the Tufa formations “Stone Mother” and the Pyramid that gives the lake it’s name. Note the people on the beach between the formations for a scale of size. Between a busy work and holiday schedule, and a bout...
by Brian | Sep 18, 2016 | AUV's, Change, Drones, Education, Field Trips, Inclusion, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Day four of building our OpenROV underwater robots was very eventful. The original thinking was that it would take 4 full days of our 5 scheduled classes to finish building our robots, and not until the 5th day would we be able to try them out. However the teams of 2...
by Brian | Jul 3, 2016 | 3D Printing, Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
I shared on Twitter not long ago, “The good news is I got a grant! The bad news is I got a grant!” There is too much truth in that dichotomy, but in spite of all the extra work and rules and policies and bids and other “red tape” to be dealt...
