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Professional Development for educators
is a priority of the CEEO. We offer week-long workshops during the
summer as well as day long workshops during the year. Workshops are
structured to allow participants to engage in similar activities to
their students. Most of the time is spent on hand-on activities and
understanding how to present engineering to students - there is very
little traditional lecture.
Be sure to check out the list of Current Programs to see what programs are enrolling right now.
- Summer LEGO Engineering Institute
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week-long Summer LEGO Engineering Institute is a way for educators to
gain knowledge of engineering concepts, LEGO hardware & software,
and associated pedagogy/educational theory. Exploration of the LEGO
bricks and related theory will primarily be done through participation
in hands-on, open-ended design projects. The institute is open to any
K-12 teacher, informal education provider, volunteer, or member of
industry interested in learning about LEGO Engineering. We offer one
session of the Summer LEGO Engineering Institute using the NXT and LEGO
Mindstorms NXT software (NXT-G).
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- Curriculum Workshops
- The
CEEO is involved in several grant-funded curriculum development
projects. Each curriculum developed at the CEEO goes through a series
of tests and refinements in real classrooms. The CEEO occasionally
offers workshops for teachers focused on a specific curriculum once it
has been classroom-tested.
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- Single Session Workshops
- Throughout
the academic year, the CEEO offers single session Saturday and evening
professional development workshops. These sessions cover a variety of
topics to introduce educators to the LEGO toolkit, other tools
developed by the CEEO, or refresh skills developed at the summer
institute. Examples of workshops include Introduction to the NXT,
ROBOLAB Refresher, and NXT-G Refresher.
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- On-Site Professional Development
- The CEEO is also available for on-site professional development. For more information please contact Elissa Milto @ elissa.milto@tufts.edu.
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