Writing a Grant
I took most of the summer off to participate in family activities. It is important to set aside time for family and personal interests. Of course, my personal interests include what I teach so sometimes drawing the line between my personal hobbies and work is difficult. In my previous blog, published in May 2019, I mentioned the Jr. Botball Competition in Northern Idaho. Last week I received an email from the Idaho STEM Action Center about some additional training they are giving educators who already took the basic training. I decided that this would be a good opportunity for me to get a better understanding of the different ways to program the KIPR robot. This robot uses a form of the programming language C. The students need to type word commands and pay attention to punctuation. The thinking is the same as any drag-and-drop programming, but students experience the joys of learning a new language. I filled out the application in about 3 hours. I took particular care to ...