When we think of Leonardo da Vinci, the “Mona Lisa” and the “Last Supper” come to mind — not a brilliant engineer hundreds of years before his time. What many do not realize is that da Vinci was a skilled engineer who inspired the Wright brothers and conceptualized the helicopter. Da Vinci came from very [...]
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If you’re among the many parents offended by the recent Lego sets marketed specifically to girls, including a nail salon and café, you’ll love this idea. Limor Fried, an accomplished women, engineer, successful entrepreneur, Wired cover girl, MIT graduate, and now Lego creator, is proposing an electronics engineering design lab Lego kit for girls that models Limor’s [...]
Posted in Back to School, Electronics, LEGO, Make, technology Tags: Adafruit, Electronics, Engineering, Girl Lego, LEGO, Limor Fried, Wired Comments OffIt’s no secret that the once-superior education system in the United States has fallen behind countries like China and Singapore in recent years, particularly in the areas of science and math. How can the US keep pace globally when our rivals in innovation and engineering are turning out university STEM graduates at increasing rates, leaving [...]
Posted in College, Homeschool Tags: Engineering, Math, Obama, Project-based learning, Science, STEM, technology Comments OffStanford University is going beyond open courseware by offering open registration to anyone interested in taking, one, two, or all three of its free engineering courses this fall. Those who register can take quizzes, do homework, and ask questions of each other. Learn more
Posted in Computer Programming, Crowdsource, Learning Methods Tags: Computer Science, Engineering, google, Online Learning, Open Courseware, Open Learning, Stanford University Comments OffAs I often say, make learning fun! What better way to encourage learning than by doing? I challenged our homeschooler to build something for his little iPod Nano and speaker ensemble, and he whipped up this simple, but highly functional display/stand. It works beautifully, too. So, how do I characterize this lesson? Our ‘student’ used [...]
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