{"id":1630,"date":"2021-03-07T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T15:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2021-03-07T15:46:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T15:46:04","slug":"how-i-used-covid-itself-to-motivate-my-tech-students-and-why-they-liked-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1630","title":{"rendered":"How I Used COVID Itself to Motivate My Tech Students and Why They Liked It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Challenge <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I was faced, at the start of the year, with creating curriculum for a new middle school Computer Science courses centered on Computer Science Discoveries (CSD) from http:\/\/code.org\/.\u00a0\u00a0I also had to create new robotics engineering projects for high school engineering students, many of whom I had last year and who had already completed my tried and true robotics projects.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted students to be empowered to create solutions to pressing real-world problems.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0That is our end goal ultimately, so why not start now?\u00a0\u00a0So, I created two new projects that focused on COVID.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another challenge was that projects needed to be able to be done all remotely or with a mix or remote and in-class students.\u00a0\u00a0Note that I was lucky to be able send LEGO Education EV3 robot kits home if I needed to.  The CSD curriculum is web-based and available from home or school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Design Your Own COVID App Project <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Middle school students first learned the basics of computers and computer programing.   They studied the key concepts of problem scoping, input, output, processing, and storage from CSD.\u00a0\u00a0The standard CSD curriculum has a design your own app project at the end of the first unit that I modified to focus on solving a COVID related problem.\u00a0\u00a0I was impressed by how each student designed an app that strongly reflected their own concerns and interests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apps designs were documented in a series of Google slides, which included drawings of the main screens.\u00a0\u00a0The slides were presented by each student to students remotely and in class concurrently in a Google meet.\u00a0\u00a0Students were eager to present their creative work even though most were not so eager to speak on in Google Meets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some example slides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Examplnput.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Examplnput.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Examplnput.jpg 886w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Examplnput-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Examplnput-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Figure&nbsp;1&nbsp;&#8211; Inputs to Custom Mask App<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Example-Outout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Example-Outout.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Example-Outout.jpg 885w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Example-Outout-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Example-Outout-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Figure&nbsp;2&nbsp;&#8211; Outputs of Activity Chooser App<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a complete presentation from Rachel. Her app educates people about COVID and how to stay safe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rachel\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/479930917?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She remarked that the project forced her to consider the perspectives of a wide variety of people, including people who were not aware of or in denial of the risks of COVID.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It\u2019s really fun. You get to be creative and think of things differently.\u00a0\u00a0Like look at different perspectives, like looking into the perspective of people not completely understanding how they should be handling Corona Virus.<\/em>  Rachel, Grade 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Distance Robot Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>High school students were challenged to design and prototype a wearable or stand-alone robot that helped with social distancing. They went through a research, planning, building, test, redesign, and share out engineering process using the LEGO Education EV3 robot kit.\u00a0\u00a0They presented Google slides to the other students, whether in-class or remote.\u00a0\u00a0The two slides below are from a student whose family choose remote schooling all year, for example.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Solution.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Solution-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Solution-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Solution-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Solution-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Solution-1536x834.png 1536w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Solution.png 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Figure&nbsp;3&nbsp;&#8211; Slide of final robot solution, which includes a video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Reflection.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Reflection-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1618\" width=\"670\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Reflection-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Reflection-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Reflection-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Reflection-1536x834.png 1536w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JA-Reflection.png 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Figure&nbsp;4&nbsp;&#8211; students reflected on their own engineering design process.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessie, Grade 11 Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesse, like many students during remote learning, commented on the challenges of organizing their time and materials at home.\u00a0\u00a0This is an important skill that the pandemic and remote school forced to the forefront. I wondered if the problem was that students  depended too much on the frequent teacher student feedback loop that goes on during in-class learning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a complete presentation from senior Max, who challenged himself to use three motors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>That rotating turret component I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s even necessary but I decided to challenge myself and it worked out great.\u00a0<\/em>Max, Grade 12 Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"High School COVID Robot Max\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/486756268?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Students Liked <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eleven middle and high school students (n=11) gave permission to be interviewed.\u00a0\u00a0I asked them a few questions to try better understand their experience doing the COVID projects.\u00a0\u00a0Many common themes emerged, some expected and some not so expected.  \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I thought, hands-on (n=5 instances) projects were perceived as fun by students (n=13).\u00a0\u00a0Students also liked that the projects were  challenging (n=5) and open-ended, the latter often expressed as not having any limits (n=5).\u00a0\u00a0These latter two I did not expect.  I thought it was all about the my projects being fun and creative and not so much as being hard and challenging.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I think it was really fun. It wasn\u2019t the easiest thing to do but it was fun to think and be open to a bunch of things and possibilities because there weren\u2019t any limitations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I liked it. It was pretty interesting. You had to think.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creativity was often mentioned (n=6)  as a reason for the projects being fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Unlike most of the school projects I found it pretty interesting and fun. For once, we actually got to use our creativity &#8211; without too many constraints &#8211; to be able to do a school project. Yeah, I enjoyed it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was not expecting this but the student responses revealed how they were feeling about COVID.  The experience may have helped students process their feelings about being in a pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0Some viewed the project as being relevant (n=2) and solving a real need (n=9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I think was pretty fun specially because it\u2019s a very unique project especially since we are in  such a unique time right now and I like how the project was catered to what\u2019s happening in the real world right now.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It just really made me think of a social distancing and how important it is to social distance. Other than that, this robot isn\u2019t a solution or isn\u2019t a cure for the actual virus but it can just ease the situation at hand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least one student also made the explicit connection with the importance of engineering in solving COVID and other pressing issues.  This made me feel good about being a former engineer trying to get students excited about engineering.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Yeah, I think it did I think it has taught me that engineering is pertinent in every aspect of life \u2013 especially COVID \u2013 because you need engineers to\u2026 Say you\u2019re doing research: you\u2019re trying to find a vaccine, you\u2019re trying to figure out what will prevent it from spreading, and you need to use engineering to find solutions to those problems.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some students combined the many themes together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It was very interesting because I didn\u2019t have like a certain design that I had to create and it\u2019s like I could virtually make anything.  That\u2019s where my creative side comes in and I can take whatever is inside the kit that was given to us and create a robot and is very cool because I am a hands-on person. So, I like working on what is directly what\u2019s in front of me instead of like working on a computer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take Away <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, the COVID projects met my curriculum goals in a fun, challenging, and relevant way for students.\u00a0\u00a0While I expected that students would perceive the work as fun and creative, I was pleasantly surprised that students found the open-ended aspect of the projects challenging in a good way.\u00a0\u00a0The projects as revealed students\u2019 feelings about COVID and seemed to help them process those feelings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Challenge I was faced, at the start of the year, with creating curriculum for a new middle school Computer Science courses centered on Computer Science Discoveries (CSD) from http:\/\/code.org\/.\u00a0\u00a0I also had to create new robotics engineering projects for high &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1630\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,11,3,5,6,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kids-2","category-research","category-robotics","category-teaching","category-technology","category-work"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How I Used COVID Itself to Motivate My Tech Students and Why They Liked It - Kids Engineer!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1630\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How I Used COVID Itself to Motivate My Tech Students and Why They Liked It - Kids Engineer!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Challenge I was faced, at the start of the year, with creating curriculum for a new middle school Computer Science courses centered on Computer Science Discoveries (CSD) from http:\/\/code.org\/.\u00a0\u00a0I also had to create new robotics engineering projects for high &hellip; 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