Title :
Design, story-telling, and robots in Irish primary education
Author :
Martin, Fred G. ; Butler, Deirdre ; Gleason, Wanda M.
Author_Institution :
Media Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes “Empowering Minds”, a collaboration between the MIT Media Laboratory, St. Patrick´s College in Dublin and Irish primary school teachers. In this project, we are introducing LEGO Mindstorms technology into Irish primary schools, along with a framework for teacher professional development that centrally recognizes teachers´ passions and interests in bringing about pedagogical change
Keywords :
continuing education; control engineering education; control system synthesis; robots; teacher training; teaching; Empowering Minds project; Ireland; Irish primary education; LEGO Mindstorms; MIT Media Laboratory; St. Patrick´s College; collaboration; design; pedagogical change; primary school teachers; robot construction kit; story-telling; teacher interests; teacher professional development; Collaboration; Conducting materials; Conferences; Educational institutions; Educational robots; Educational technology; Engineering education; Laboratories; Peace technology; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nashville, TN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6583-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2000.885082
