Robotics made simple | Tuition fellowships available
Take the new course Introduction to Robotics for Teachers from July 8-12 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln! While this is a complicated subject to tackle, we know that middle school and secondary students are being attracted to this subject by the droves. With this NMSSI course, you will learn how to make robots move by the end of the first day!
This course is for middle school and secondary school teachers wishing to gain knowledge and experience in the foundations of the science of Robotics and how to program and field test the robots with the hardware and software provided. Each day involves a mixed strategy led off by lecturing and demos of robot programming and challenge assignments in Robot programming to be exercised as a component of class work. Our instructor will be there to help the exercise work. We also know that some will be wondering about bigger questions, for example how can we afford to buy the robots? These and other practical questions will be addressed in this great class.
CSCE 890: Introduction to Robotics for Teachers (Section 692, Class # 11904) is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from July 8-12 for teachers of grades 6-12. Fellowships are available to help cover the cost of tuition! All current Nebraska mathematics teachers also automatically qualify for a 20 percent reduction in the cost of tuition, which is submitted at the same time as your fellowship.
1) Apply for a tuition fellowship from the NMSSI here: https://cse.unl.edu/scimath/apps/apply.php. Look for the application called “NMSSI Summer 2013 Fellowship”
2) To register for this class or other NMSSI courses, if you have not taken a graduate course at UNL in the past year, you need to enroll at UNL as a non-degree-seeking graduate student via Teach Nebraska through a very quick, simple application: http:///www.unl.edu/gradstudies/teachneb. Click on “Apply for Teach Nebraska” on the right-hand side. This form will register you for the course as long as you fill out the Course Registration section completely. If you have taken a course in the past year, enroll in MyRed as usual.
For more information about the course, call Donald F. Costello at Computer Science and Engineering at 402-472-5005 or email at dcostello@cse.unl.edu. This course is worth 3 graduate credit hours from the UNL Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Please contact Lindsay Augustyn at laugustyn2@unl.edu for help with registering or applying for a fellowship.
The Benefits of the NMSSI:
• Nebraska teachers automatically qualify for a 20 percent discount on in-state tuition at UNL
• Teachers can also apply for an additional $300 tuition fellowship from the NMSSI: https://cse.unl.edu/scimath/apps/apply.php
• All NMSSI courses also include a free lunch on each day of class
• The $50 UNL Graduate Studies admission fee is waived for current Nebraska teachers
• Each course is worth 3 graduate credit hours at UNL
• Enroll in one simple application through Teach Nebraska: http:///www.unl.edu/gradstudies/teachneb
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