They say "better late than never," so with great apologies we wanted to post our pilot program recap:
They say to expect the unexpected. We could cite the girl scouts here and say “be prepared,” but sometimes you think you’re ready for anything, and that Frisbee keeps getting bigger and then it hits you. Ow. (So we’re a little dramatic.) We expected students who had no background in computer science. We expected low to medium interest, students looking for something to do. They were interested. They were curious. They had that relentless perseverance and determination to see and hear and absorb and understand. Some had worked with EV3 before; others had knowledge of python. One student spoke three languages and is currently testing out of 6th grade. They flew through lessons one and two. We will have to completely re-work our lesson plans for the next seven sessions. We will incorporate new sensors, and more challenging programs. It was a fairly small group. We definitely are not at capacity, and we probably will not reach it during the winter months. The librarian told us that in the winter students do not stay as long because the sun sets so early. But ohmygoodness we are so excited! Next week we will start implementing our volunteer survey, debriefing after each session, and tracking trends, but for now we are absolutely thrilled.
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