Title :
Robot music camp 2013: An experiment to promote STEM and computer science
Author :
Chung, ChanJin ; Cartwright, Christopher ; Chanmee Chung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math & Comput. Sci., Lawrence Technol. Univ., Southfield, MI, USA
Abstract :
In order to get students interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) areas and to increase preparedness in STEM subjects for successful college education, we developed a STEM curriculum connecting music based on Lego® NXT robots and Java MIDI programming. Through this, we are able to teach the STEM subjects in-depth and create interactive musical robots by emphasizing the computer science behind it. According to surveys from the first summer camp in summer 2013 with eleven high school students, the camp achieved the aforementioned goals and we believe it is a STEAM learning environment that could be effective in student recruitment and retention in STEM.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational robots; music; Java MIDI programming; Lego NXT robots; STEAM learning environment; STEM curriculum; STEM subjects; college education; computer science; interactive musical robots; robot music camp 2013; science technology engineering and math; student recruitment; student retention; Instruments; Java; Programming profession; Tactile sensors; STEAM; computer science education; educational robotics; robotics education;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Princeton, NJ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3228-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISECon.2014.6891012
