Problems for 2011-12
NAME
PROBLEM
Alex
Acess to Mr. DeBruyne class information 24/7
Chance
More right brain retention with Mr. Deakins’ presentations
Mariya
Laviollette’s homepage: needs more updating of assignments and study guides
Marina
Laviollette’s website: needs to be more organized for list of assigned homework
Felix
Visiting web sites from a mobile device is cumbersome and rendering takes too long
Nate
Mr. Bove’s Homepage needs to be [...]
Students prepared for a few days to have a knock down drag or push out sumo wresting match with Lego NXT robots. The suspense was wonderful.
Watch the Highlight Film
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ENGINEERING PROCESS
Each team works through the processes below. Individual team members be responsible for specific engineering elements each project cycle.
RESEARCH
Identify problem
Research current solutions
Understand requirements
Brainstorm solutions
Develop concept prototypes
PLAN
Outline strategy
Identify specifications
Develop schedule
PROTOTYPE
Build working prototype
Conduct design reviews
TEST
Iteratively improve
Revise, etc.
PROJECT RESPONSIBLITIES
and PRODUCT RUBRIC
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Identify problem, research current solutions, understand requirements, brainstorm [...]
TEAMS
TOPIC
NY TIMES ARTICLES
Group 8 (Elite)
Chapter 1 (Text The Mob)
A Misguided Use of Money
Chance
David
Corey
Group 1 (Alpha Wolf Squadron 3)
Chapter 2 and 13 (Quizlet)
We Live in a Mobile World
Julian
Alec
Abel
Group 5 (AA)
Chapter 3 (Quizlet)
Embrace Adaptive Testing
Austin
Ally
Mariya
Group 3 (BARRALL ROLLS)
Chapter 4 (Quizlet)
A Misguided Use of Money
David
Felix
Cheyne
Group 10 (Educational Ninja)
Chapter 5
Mr. Le Duc
Chapter 8
Chapter 14
Group9 (Team Nyan)
Chapter 6 (Text The [...]
Third Teams
Seating Assignments
TEAM
Exercises
May 26
1
7
Campbell
Manager
Salima
Hardware
Nnamdi
Software
2
6
Rohin
Manager
Greg
Hardware
Nate
Software
3
4
Jenny
Manager
Kari
Hardware
Josh
Software
4
3
Vivek
Manager
Allison
Hardware
Steve
Software
5
9
Court
Manager
Gaius
Hardware
Connor
Software
6
1
Jia
Manager
Lukas
Hardware
Mariko
Software
7
2
Hannah
Manager
Kevin
Hardware
Austin
Software
8
5
TaiSheng
Manager
Lucas
Hardware
Quinn
Software
9
8
Amy
Manager
Joey
Hardware
Liz
Software
Second Teams
TEAM
Line Follow
Jan. 21
1
Nnamdi
Manager
Dylan
Hardware
Vivek
Software
2
Rohin
Manager
Steve
Hardware
Court
Software
3
Salima
Manager
Connor
Hardware
Jia
Software
4
Nathan
Manager
Allison
Hardware
Austin
Software
5
Liz
Manager
Gaius
Hardware
Hannah
Software
6
Greg
Manager
Jenny
Software
Kevin
Hardware
7
Kari
Manager
Quinn
Hardware
Lucas
Software
8
Josh
Manager
Mariko
Hardware
Joey
Software
9
Campbell
Manager
Amy
Hardware
Taisheng
Software
First Teams
TEAM
Dragster
Turning & Tagging
Nov. 4
Nov. 20
1
Joey
Manager
Software
Giaus
Hardware
Hardware
Josh
Manager
Hardware
Dylan
Software
Manager
2
Kevin
Manager
Software
Vivek
Hardware
Manager
Taisheng
Software
Hardware
3
Jenny
Software
Manager
Mariko
Hardware
Software
Allison
Manager
Hardware
4
Kari
Software
Liz
Manager
Luke
Hardware
5
Hannah
Manager
Hardware
Campbell
Hardware
Software
Amy
Software
Manager
6
Austin
Manager
Pokemon Master
Connor
Software
Hardware
Nathan
Hardware
Manager
Jia
Manager
Software
7
Rohin
Hardware
Software
Salima
Manager
Hardware
Court
Software
Manager
8
Nnamdi
Software
Hardware
Quinn
Manager
Software
Steve
Hardware
Manager
There is a set of high achieving/high motivation students who are interested in high tech careers.
A Robotics I class would introduce them to Problem Solving, Engineering Principles, Project Management, Data Logging and Teamwork in a Robotics environment.
This would lead to Robotics II specializations:
System Design, Software, Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Engineering
In this scenario, Robotics is used [...]
Create an interactive whiteboard with an LED pen and a WiiMote. It must work via the projector or on the desktop of the computer. Due during finals.
Support Materials
Johnny Lee’s Web Site
Johnny Lee’s Original Description
Alternative LED Light Pen
1.1 Reliability
Reliability refers to the operation of hardware, the design of software, the accuracy of data or the correspondence of data with the real world. Data may be unreliable if it is entered incorrectly or if it becomes outdated. For example, a medical record that becomes dissociated from the patient it refers to becomes unreliable. [...]
Continue reading about Section 1 - Social and Ethical Issues
Spencer’s
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Jfg82T4WI7KesJe4d9KZDA_3d_3d
Michael’s
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Q5KVnZ_2fT5PGER1OwCeCJow_3d_3d
