WELCOMEA project of the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, Arts & Bots is a middle school robotics program which combines a robotics kit, craft materials, a storyboard-based programming environment, and teacher training to integrate robotics into non-technical courses.
By integrating robotics into required classes like history and English, we hope to engage a broader group of students than an elective class or an extracurricular. Arts & Bots uses robotics as a novel medium for students to explore when engaging with the class subject. Simultaneously, robotics is contextualized through course content and made relevant for students not interested in "technology for technology's sake". |
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This material is based upon work supported by the NSF Broadening Participation in Computing program under Grant No. (0940412), and the NSF Math and Science Partnership program under Grant No. (1321227). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or other funding organizations.
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