Robotics Programming

Workshop Description:

· Develop basic computer programming skills that will enable them to apply program design principles to their own specific disciplines.

· Write computer programs to solve small problems with specific requirements.

· Read and understand computer code and identify the end outcome of a program.

·Design and implement a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that accepts user inputs and displays outcomes of computations back to them.

· Develop web applications that can be used to illustrate scientific and field-specific concepts in a visual manner (e.g. https://visualgo.net/en/bst).

· Explore ways in which computer-aided design can help improve student learning in the classroom.

· Develop basic cybersecurity skills to promote cyber hygiene and safe Internet use.

About Dr. David Mutchler

Dr. David Mutchler received his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1986, working in Artificial Intelligence. He has over 40 years’ experience teaching computer science and software engineering to undergraduate and graduate students, the last 29 years at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has led K-12 students in robotics activities for the past 25 years, including First Lego League, Jr. Botball and Botball. His Botball teams have included all-girls and mixed-gender teams. He has taken those teams 19 times to the International Botball Tournament at the Global Conference on Educational Robotics, where they have won the Spirit of Botball award three times. He taught Robotics Programming to K-12 teachers in five workshops in the fall of 2023.

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