A technology-assisted scavenger hunt for introducing K-12 students to sensor networks

ITiCSE'11 - Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 73-77

  Wahba, Sally K ^a   Feaster, Yvon ^a   Hallstrom, Jason O ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

computer science outreach; experimental evaluation; high school curriculum; sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE; EVALUATION RESULTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM; OUTREACH PROGRAMS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 79960309652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1999747.1999770     Document Type: Conference Paper

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