The K12 Engineering Education Podcast

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Robotics Competitions after 2021, with Dan Mantz Aug 06, 2021

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The Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation has been running robotics programs for youth for years, including the widespread global competitions sponsored by VEX Robotics. Dan Mantz is the CEO of the REC Foundation, leading this nonprofit through the pandemic, after previously working in industrial engineering and robotics for over twenty years. He talks about the REC Foundation’s mission, how they changed their competitions during COVID, and their newer programs in manufacturing education and workforce development. Related to this episode: • REC Foundation: https://www.roboticseducation.org/ • FANUC America: https://www.fanucamerica.com/ • Rack Solutions: https://www.racksolutions.com/ • VEX Robotics: https://www.vexrobotics.com/ • Northrup Grumman Foundation: https://www.northropgrumman.com/corporate-responsibility/corporate-citizenship/northrop-grummans-philanthropic-initiatives/ • RECFoundation YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/RECFoundation • Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute: https://arminstitute.org/ • p500 robot to paint cars https://www.robots.com/robots/fanuc-p-500 • Engineer’s Guide to Improv & Art Games on Audible.com: https://www.audible.com/pd/B09BDMF9DD/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-270162&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_270162_rh_us Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

Teach Harder Math and Problem-Solving, with Richard Rusczyk Jul 13, 2021

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Math is fundamental to engineering education and other disciplines. That’s part of why Richard Rusczyk wants to teach kids harder math than they often see in school. As the CEO of Art of Problem Solving, he wants to challenge more young people mathematically, hopefully giving them an earlier chance to achieve math mastery. He talks about national math competition culture compared to sports culture, starting his online education company, and strategies to improve access to deeper math education in K-12. Related to this episode: • Art of Problem Solving (AoPS): http://artofproblemsolving.com/ • Mathcounts: https://www.mathcounts.org/ • National Society for Professional Engineers: https://www.nspe.org/ • US National Mathematical Talent Search: https://www.usamts.org/ • Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAMS): https://www.beammath.org/ • AoPS Academy: https://aopsacademy.org/ • Project Euler: https://projecteuler.net/ • Chordinates!: https://www.pioslabs.com/chordinates/ • @pioslabs on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pioslabs Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

Teach 3D Printing, with David Seto and Michael Welch Jun 17, 2021

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Kids can learn CAD for 3D printing, but teaching it doesn’t have to be a hassle. David Seto and Michael Welch wrote a set of books to make teaching and learning the subject easier. They based it on their own experiences with 3D printing, learning it as beginners, coming from finance and mobile games industries, and then teaching CAD for 3D printing in after-school programs in Hong Kong and the USA. They talk about their book, The 3D Printing Cookbook, and share practical tips for making 3D printing work for young kids. Related to this episode: • The 3D Printing Cookbook, Tinkercad edition: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736498282?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 • The 3D Printing Cookbook, Fusion 360 Edition: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736498266?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 • Preview the book(s): https://the-3d-printing-cookbook.netlify.app • Tinkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com/ • Fusion 360: https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview • AutoDesk Education: https://www.autodesk.com/education/home • How to Choose the Right 3D Printing Service: https://manufactur3dmag.com/how-to-choose-the-right-3d-printing-service/ • CubeSats: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cubesats/overview Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

Trans Engineers You Should Know, with Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short Jun 02, 2021

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Mechanical engineer Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short studies robot brains, having previously worked in industry and academia for commercial toy companies, NASA, Texas A&M, and more. She also advocates for diversity and inclusion in education and STEM for trans people, including her time founding the Sexual Identity Forum at Baylor University. Dr. Short talks about one of her latest projects finding trans women engineers who have made pivotal contributions to the world. Related to this episode: • Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short on Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Ada_Rhodes • Sphero Robotics: https://sphero.com/ • SPRK+ robot: https://sphero.com/products/sphero-sprk-plus • BB8: https://sphero.com/pages/legacy-products • Baylor Student Activists Appeal to NCAA: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/08/07/gay-rights-activists-ask-ncaa-intervene-baylors-lgbtq-policies • Gamma Alpha Upsilon at Baylor University: https://twitter.com/baylor_gay • Susan Calvin from Isaac Asimov’s Robot stories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Calvin • Totally Trans podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/totally-trans-searching-for-the-trans-canon/id1543571717 • Lynn Conway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway • VLSI, very large-scale integration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Scale_Integration • Sophie Wilson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson • ARM computer processor architecture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture • Danielle Bunton Berry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Bunten_Berry • M.U.L.E. video game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.L.E. • Dr. Bryony Dupont: https://mime.oregonstate.edu/people/dupont • Angelica Ross: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_Ross • TransTech Social Enterprises: https://www.transtechsocial.org/ • Ashawna Hailey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashawna_Hailey Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

Aiming for Equity in K-12 Computer Science, with Rosemary Kamei May 25, 2021

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The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is a nonprofit running several programs in K-12 STEM education, including its Computer Science Institute for middle and high school teachers. Rosemary Kamei is the Chief Development and Innovation Officer of SVEF, and she talks about why SVEF piloted its CS Institute a few years ago and how it has been going through the pandemic. She talks about how it aims to promote equity in CS education, across the digital divide and accounting for socioeconomics, race, and gender in the Silicon Valley community. Related to this episode: • SVEF: https://www.svefoundation.org/ • SVEF CS Institute: https://www.svefoundation.org/computer-science • California State Board of Education Content Standards for Computer Science Education: https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/computerscicontentstds.asp • Elevate Math at SVEF: https://www.svefoundation.org/elevate-math • CS for CA: https://csforca.org/ • SVEF Digital Equity: https://www.svefoundation.org/digitalequity Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

CAD in a Web Browser, with Amanda Hough Apr 27, 2021

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The pandemic has spurred teachers like Amanda Hough to teach CAD remotely, but how do you do that if students don’t have the hardware to run resource-heavy CAD software? Amanda uses cloud-based CAD platform OnShape, and her students run it in a web browser, no installs needed. She talks about her experience switching over to OnShape this year, its place in education even when the pandemic is over, and how she got into STEM education in the first place as a career-changed from marine biology. Related to this episode: • Amanda Hough’s email: ahough@mpspk12.org • Amanda Hough Twitter @amandahough6: https://twitter.com/amandahough6 • Mashpee Educator Named State STEM Teacher of the Year: https://www.capenews.net/mashpee/news/mashpee-educator-named-state-stem-teacher-of-the-year/article_919d8ed2-7fcd-5bb8-b717-ae7bcab92dc1.html • VEX Robotics competitions: https://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition • Marine Biological Laboratory: https://www.mbl.edu/ • MTELs: https://www.mtel.nesinc.com/ • Sketchup: https://www.sketchup.com/ • PTC Creo Parametric: https://www.ptc.com/en/products/creo/parametric • OnShape: https://www.onshape.com/en/ • Autodesk Fusion360: https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview • BOSEbuild Speaker Cube: https://www.bose.com/en_us/support/products/bose_speakers_support/bose_portable_speakers_support/bosebuild_speaker_cube.html • Autodesk TinkerCAD: https://www.tinkercad.com/ • Dassault Systemes Solidworks: https://www.solidworks.com/ • ClearTouch: https://www.getcleartouch.com/for-education/ • Screencastify: https://www.screencastify.com/ Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

Better K-12 Engineering Post-COVID, with Dr. Corey Hall Apr 07, 2021

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STEM curriculum specialist Dr. Corey Hall shares tips and resources for teaching engineering effectively at the K-12 level in 2021, both during and beyond COVID. Corey recommends teaching strategies and products based on her 24 years of experience in education, as a school librarian, middle school teacher, professor, and online teacher. She discusses 3D printing, lending libraries, virtual cloud-based robotics software, out-of-school STEM programs such as in 4-H, and more. Related to this episode: • Dr. Corey Hall on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rchallway • Dr. Corey Hall on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/library_doc/ • STEM Education Works: https://stemeducationworks.com/ • Zork: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork • Sphero: https://sphero.com/ • Three Billy Goats Gruff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff • AASL – American Association for School Librarians: http://www.ala.org/aasl/ • Microbit: https://microbit.org/ • What is a Bitmoji Classroom and How Can I Build One? https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/what-is-a-bitmoji-classroom-and-how-can-i-build-one • Google Jamboard: https://jamboard.google.com/ • Little Bits Fuse: https://fuse.littlebits.com/ • Snap Circuits: https://www.elenco.com/snap-circuits/ • Autodesk Tinkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com/ • Elecfreaks: https://www.elecfreaks.com/ • Teaching HTML/CSS Unplugged and Offline, with Sam Taylor: https://k12engineering.net/episodes/101 • Buildsmart Clubhouse: https://stemeducationworks.com/product/build-smart-clubhouse-curriculum/ • Flipgrid: https://info.flipgrid.com/ Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

How to Change the Education System, with Suzanne Demallie Mar 19, 2021

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The education system can change top-down, or bottom-up. Author Suzanne DeMallie wrote “Can You Hear Me Now?” – a book about how parents and teachers might change our schools from the bottom-up. She draws on her own experiences in Baltimore County Public Schools as an elementary math teacher from 2011 to 2019, a parent of children in BCPS, and an advocate for sound enhancement technology in classrooms across the country. She also talks about how COVID has affected her opinions on testing, 1-to-1 device policies for elementary schools, and more. Related to this episode: • Suzanne DeMallie: https://suzannedemallie.com/ • Can You Hear Me Now?: https://suzannedemallie.com/book • Improving Classroom Acoustics (ICA): A Three-Year FM Sound Field Classroom Amplification Study: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED463640 • Common Core: http://www.corestandards.org/ • PARCC: https://osse.dc.gov/parcc • UT-Austin won't require SAT or ACT scores for 2022 applications due to COVID-19: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/25/ut-austin-texas-sat-act-application/ • STAAR: https://tea.texas.gov/student-assessment/testing/staar/staar-released-test-questions Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

Legendary LEDs, with Dr. Russ Dupuis Mar 05, 2021

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LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have changed the world – and continue to do so. This energy-efficient electronics technology came from decades of design and discovery in engineering. Dr. Russell Dupuis is one of the engineers behind LEDs, and he recently was one of five winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for his work in this technology. Dr. Dupuis explains his contribution to creating thin-film electronics necessary for LEDs, starting from his university days in Illinois, and he also discusses its implications for the future. He currently is a professor of electrical engineering at Georgia Tech. This is a joint episode with The K12 Engineering Education Podcast and Engineering Word Of The Day. Related to this episode: • Dr. Russell Dupuis: https://www.ece.gatech.edu/faculty-staff-directory/russell-dean-dupuis • Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: https://qeprize.org/ • Dr. Nick Holanyak, Jr: https://ece.illinois.edu/about/directory/faculty/nholonya • Dr. M. George Craford: https://www.nae.edu/128635/Dr-M-George-Craford • Dr. Isamu Ishikawa: https://www.nae.edu/128633/Dr-Isamu-Akasaki • Dr. Shuji Nakamura: https://materials.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/shuji-nakamura • Texas Instruments: https://www.ti.com/ • Rockwell International: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_International • Dr. Harold Manasevit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_M._Manasevit • MOCVD (metal-organic chemical vapor deposition): https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/metal-organic-chemical-vapor-deposition • SpaceX launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink service on the heels of opening up access: https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/16/spacex-launches-60-more-satellites-for-its-starlink-service-on-the-heels-of-opening-up-access/ • The Martian: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/ • p-n junctions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%E2%80%93n_junction • epitaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaxy • UIUC Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering: https://ece.illinois.edu/ • Development and future of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes: UV-LED will replace the UV lamp: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0268-1242/29/8/084004/meta • PhoneSoap: https://www.phonesoap.com/ Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

Teaching HTML/CSS, Unplugged and Offline, with Sam Taylor Feb 03, 2021

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How do you learn web development without a computer, or without any electronic device? Sam Taylor wrote a book to help learners do just that. As a former middle school teacher and current tech worker, Sam wrote the newly released educational book titled The Coding Workbook, which intends to teach the basics of HTML and CSS, but with no computer required. Hear the discussion about this new book, accessibility to STEM education, what teaching middle school science is like, and more. Related to this episode: • The Coding Workbook: https://nostarch.com/CodingWorkbook • NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards): https://www.nextgenscience.org/ • Harvard CS50, Intro to Computer Science: https://online-learning.harvard.edu/course/cs50-introduction-computer-science • JavaScript for Kids: https://nostarch.com/javascriptforkids • Girls Who Code: https://girlswhocode.com/ • Sam Taylor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/samtaylor_css Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games, The Calculator Gator, or Chordinates! Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

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