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Project S.T.E.A.D.Y
(Science, Technology, and Engineering Academy for Disabled Youth)
Project S.T.E.A.D.Y is a workshop series that offers students with disabilities science and technology activities that help inspire them to pursue careers in S.T.E.M
This year we hosted Project S.T.E.A.D.Y in conjunction with the Center for the Visually Impaired and National Federation of the Blind Georgia Chapter and offered students and young adults from ages 11-22 a LEGO Robotics and Computing workshops that featured robot building classes and computing classes using ALICE. Special thanks to the Graduate and Undergraduate Students from Ga. Tech and University of Virginia who were on hand to assist with the facilitation of the workshops.
ARoPability
This project will identify means for increasing the computing pipeline by tapping into nontraditional populations. The investigation will target middle and high school students in order to engage during the critical years and will leverage support from the Center for the Visually Impaired, the National Federation of the Blind of Georgia, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, WizKids Science and Technology Center, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The major outcomes of this project will be:
Alternative programming tools and model that leverage technologies in computing and transforms them into accessible modules for students with visual or physical impairments nation wide .
Robotic Institutes at the Center for the Visually Impaired and with the National Federation of the Blind for evaluation of the modules to assess ability to engage students with visual impairments.
Robotic Institutes in conjunction with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for evaluation of the modules to assess ability to engage students with physical impairments.
Teacher training kits and documentation to provide teachers with modules that can be used for incorporating students with disabilities in the classroom environment.
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