Tech EdVentures Brings STEM Skills to School

So what did you do on your first day of class?

At Akiba Academy of Dallas, Sixth grade students took a break from their first day of school to wire circuit boards, power up low-voltage LED's and connect a PC-based integrated development environment to a microprocessor.  They'll be programming it in C++ starting next week, lead by staff from Tech EdVentures.

Did you say "first day of school?"

Our first day experience with the kids from Akiba confirms what national thought leaders are saying about STEM education.  Younger kids have tremendous aptitude and interest in technology.  The hands-on approach that we takes appeals to adolescents' natural curiosity. And once kids get their hands on a problem, they tune in to the finer points of math and science and are motivated to work hard.

Today's group of sixth grade boys and girls discussed the difference between anode and cathode leads as well as the physics that make LED's work in the first place.  Next week we'll bring resistors into the circuit, and students will start to adapt C++ sketches for the microprocessor that is illuminating their creations.

It's clearly going to be an exciting year for both Akiba and for Tech EdVentures.

Allen