1. Goal: You will know history, theory and implementation strategies for these 3 main roles that robotics and related technologies play in educational settings. w Content to Enhance Technological Literacy w Context to Foster “21 st Century Skills” w Curriculum to Integrate into the Classroom

2. Goal: Design and implement robot construction activities that emphasize team-work, higher-order thinking skills, problem solving and creativity. Context to Foster “21 st Century Skills” Why and how to go beyond built robots and prepackaged designs to original robots? Robotics materials make great “educational clay”.

3. Objective: Know rationales and sources of standards for teaching about 21st Century Skills in schools. These are your standards for this program! Technology Literacy Standards for Students (See URLs in Schedule) enGauge 21st Century Skills w http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/skill21.htm w http://www.iste.org/LL/31/1/06l/supplement/31106lsup.pdf ISTE NETS Student Standards w http://cnets.iste.org/students/

4. Objective: Know rationales and sources of standards for teaching about 21st Century Skills in schools. w Group Activity: Lego Challenge Build-A-Bug!