Engineering – EDUC 342: Child Development & New Technologies https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:46:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 I didn’t know what engineering was… https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/i-didnt-know-what-engineering-was/ https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/i-didnt-know-what-engineering-was/#respond Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:46:10 +0000 http://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/?p=1587 When I was in high school I had a vague idea of what an engineer did. They built things. Usually with their hands I thought. Bridges and buildings and stuff. I didn’t think I wanted to be an engineer. I wanted to be a math major. My best friend wanted to be a chemistry major. Looking back now I wonder how two people with a passion for Math and Science did not explore the possibility of pursuing the E or T in STEM. Now at a place like Stanford I can’t imagine not understanding how much the world requires engineers and computer scientists. And yet, I didn’t think that way not too long ago. It is amazing to me the lack of exposure I had to engineering and that it took me an entire year to enroll in a Computer Science class at Stanford (only to realize how much I loved it). I think that my Stanford experience would have been very different if I had exposure to computer science and engineering in high school. I think the state of our world requires early access to computer science. I think students, regardless of socio-economic background, should walk into college with at least a minor understanding of what programming is. I know I wish I did.

]]> https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/i-didnt-know-what-engineering-was/feed/ 0 Assignment 1: Curiosity Machine https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/assignment-1-curiosity-machine/ https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/assignment-1-curiosity-machine/#respond Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:54:49 +0000 http://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/?p=1286 Curiosity Machine

A site that exposes students to the design process and design challenges, while providing access to advice from real engineers.

URL: https://www.curiositymachine.org/

Focus: “We support parents, STEM mentors and educators to inspire children to build their curiosity, creativity and persistence, one design challenge at a time.”

Target Age: K-12 (Seems to be a primary focus on K-8)

PDF : Assignment1_Hardson-Hurley

 

 

 

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