What a short strange trip its been. I work at a small private military school with a really fun summer camp/school program. I asked the principal the other day if I could teach an Arduino class this summer, fully expecting to have to explain what it was and how I would do it, and he looked at the syllabus and said that it was cool.
I am teaching an Arduino class for High School Credit!
Then we went to Flourish ’09 in Chicago and met Massimo, one of the founders of the Arduino project. (pics and video to come). He was excited about this class, saying that we needed more english language lesson plans for the Arduino. So not only am I teaching a really cool class, I am going to be helping with making lesson plans for teachers to use the world over.
So what about this class, what is it all about? It is an Innovation and Invention credit in 6 weeks, or half a credit in 3 weeks. I am going to guide the students in building what they want to create, which should be really fun.
Here is the class website and syllabus.
Now we just need a few students. My school prides itself in small classes (10/1 teacher ratio’s) which would be awesome for this type of class.