NEW YORK—Student robotic teams from Bronx-area schools will demonstrate their robots during “Bots in the Bronx,” a robotics festival on Saturday Jan. 15, from 9 to 1, in the McGinley Center on the Rose Hill campus, 441 E. Fordham Road. Up to seven student teams are expected to attend.
The centerpiece of the day will be a practice competition, in which the student teams will program their robots to perform a series of tasks. There will also be workshops on how to build robots and improve their performance, demonstrations of advanced robots, and tips on how to capture the most educational value from robotics.
“This event is designed to expose students and teachers to the educational possibilities of robotics,” said Kathleen P. King, Ed.D., the director of Fordham’s Regional Educational Technology Center (RETC) at Fordham and of Adult Education and Human Resource Development in the Graduate School of Education. “We hope they’ll be encouraged to either start a robotics program at their school or to take their existing program to a higher level.”
DATE: SATURDAY, JAN. 15
TIME: 9 A.M. – 1 P.M.
PLACE: MCGINLEY CENTER
FORDHAM UNIVERISTY, ROSE HILL CAMPUS
441 E. FORDHAM RD., BRONX, NY
“Bots in the Bronx” is being sponsored by the RETC, in collaboration with the NYC Department of Education Region 2, in the Bronx , and FIRST LEGO League, an organization that encourages robotics learning and hosts student competitions around the world. More information is available at http://www.retc.fordham.edu/OUTREACH/bronxbotsB.html.
The RETC is dedicated to serving and researching the professional development needs of educators striving to improve student and teacher performance. The center’s award-winning programs serve educators across grade levels and contexts, providing in-class and distance learning opportunities. These efforts span K-12, adult education and higher education settings.
