While working on the wearable devices project with students, there have been a number of “light bulb” moments where students connect a new piece of knowledge or they discover something about their project they did not yet realize. The project that I have students complete for the Kenan Fellows is a wearable device project where they have to research, design,… Read more »
The fellowship has changed me in a few ways professionally. Throughout the experience, I observed non-education professionals and how what they do in the lab relates to my curriculum. I was able to use this experience to provide examples to students of how curriculum and skills they are learning in the classroom can be applied to industry in the real-world… Read more »
While working as a Kenan fellow, I had the experience of gaining insight on industrial ties to current curriculum, developing a project that relates to those experiences, and participate in unique professional advancement opportunities. These professional advancement opportunities focused on collaboration skills, project development/critique, the politics of education, in addition to learning more about ourselves as individuals. Activities included teamwork… Read more »
Over September and through the beginning of October, the class (Technological Design – Middle Creek High School) completed the Wearable Device project designed through the Kenan Fellows Program. It was a highly interactive project that gave students the practice in programming using C/C++ Programming Language, designing circuits, applying sensors and output devices to gather feedback, as well as implementing the… Read more »
The school year has started off very positively. Students are highly interested in learning about how sensors works and are applied throughout society. During the upcoming year, I plan on having guest speakers from NC State come in and talk with the class in addition to guest speakers from various local industries. I have also picked up teaching materials (Arduino… Read more »
This summer, I have been immersed in a highly interactive project through The Kenan Fellows Program, NC State, and the ASSIST Center. From this training I have gained a unique opportunity to develop a real-world applicable curriculum that pulls in a variety of topics including sensors, electrical circuits, data collection, and a number of 21st Century Skills. What I am… Read more »
The experience thus far within the program has been a very positive and unique learning opportunity for me and my fellow peers. We have had the chance to not only collaborate on developing lesson plans but also practice teaching skills, discuss methods of reaching a diverse population of students, as well as interact with industry leaders on how to keep… Read more »
As rewarding and successful as the internship experience is, there are still associated challenges. When starting the program, we had numerous experiences with highly interesting and engaging tours, activities, lectures, and demonstrations. From these experiences, there was an abundance of information to absorb and process. At the same time of processing and reflecting on this information, we have had to… Read more »
The internship experience this summer not only benefits myself, but also the organization the internship is occurring within. The ASSIST Center is developing the One Health Challenge. This challenge is for students in middle and high school to design and build a warble device focused on the One Health Initiative. The lesson plans we develop during this time will be… Read more »
As we work in our internship, we have set goals we keep our eyes set on. We, of course, want to develop effective project plans that our fellow educators can utilize, but we also want to do more in-depth work to form an understanding of what we are teaching. Goals: 1: Apply understanding of sensing technologies & system design toward the… Read more »