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When I spoke to Jon a few weeks back, he told me that if I provide an exciting product, teachers will come up with a lot of very creative ideas. This week that was proved as I pitched the concept to a group of around 30-40 enthusiastic school teachers.<\/p>\n

#TTRP2<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week, SEERIH launched the second occurrence of Tinker, Taylor, Robot, Pi. This project partners teachers and University engineers to respond to the question:<\/p>\n

How do we embrace engineering education and an ethos of tinkering using computer science, design and technology and the science curriculum?<\/p>\n

The project nails the idea of developing, trailing and refining learning approaches\/experiences that can work to \u2018plug\u2019 the gaps in school classroom practice so that computer science is actively and genuinely used to enhance science and technology, and indeed make real \u2018what it means to be an engineer\u2019.<\/p>\n

As part of the two-day immersion event, I gave a presentation as an \u2018Engineering Hero\u2019. Other (perhaps more obvious) heroes included Dr Bill Crowther, Sophie Miell, and Prof Danielle George who all presented\u00a0real life examples of engineers across disciplines.<\/p>\n

I spoke about the path taken that lead me to want to become an engineer, and how that links back to the \u2018Engineering Habits of Mind\u2019, a concept which provides a backbone to the TTRP project. I was then able to give a \u2018Dragons Den\u2019 styled pitch, perhaps minus the huge piles of cash.<\/p>\n

UNANIMOUSLY POSITIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

I asked the teachers (in true classroom fashion, by show of hands) to rate their experiences with classroom data loggers, out of 5. No one voted higher than 2, and some illustrated their past experiences of excess hassle and problems.<\/p>\n

I then proposed my solution. An overview of the product, and a couple of sample use cases. Once again, by show of hands, a reaction was captured: every single teacher was \u2018interested in using such product in the classroom\u2019.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long before ideas were coming forward, including how the device could be used in one schools annual rocket challenge, or another school\u2019s remote control car race in the upcoming science festival. Teachers from subjects as far afield as PE and DT also expressed great interest in how the product could be applied to their subjects.<\/p>\n

As a result of the event, I received some great feedback with ideas for product development and loads of fantastic use cases. Furthermore, I\u2019ve now got a long list of schools willing to trial the device, a stage I\u2019m hoping to reach in the next few months!<\/p>\n

Thanks again to Lynne and Jon for the collaboration, and I very much look forward to seeing outcomes of the Tinker Taylor Robot Pi project. More information can be found on the SEERIH website: http:\/\/www.fascinate.manchester.ac.uk\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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