A roadmap for technology literacy and a vehicle for getting there: Educational robotics and the TeRK project

Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 391-397

  Nourbakhsh, Illah ^a   Hamner, Emily ^a   Lauwers, Tom ^a   Bernstein, Debra ^b   Disalvo, Carl ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REVERSE OSMOSIS; ROBOTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES; EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS; HIGH SCHOOLS; MIDDLE SCHOOLS; ROADMAP; ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FIELDS; TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONS; UNITED STATES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 48349105583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2006.314465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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