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you ready to take on the ultimate digital challenge? Can you show the true grit required to "out build, out play and outlast" your opponent? DigiTRONICS is computer based robotics to the "max" You compete against fellow students and you can go on to represent your school in State, National and International tournaments. You can NEED to form a partnership with another player. DigiTRONICS is a series of challenges that progressively take you higher and higher in the design process for building robots. Seek information, test and reset your theories, piece together data from many sources...... the ultimate all conquering digital robot is your dream and obsessive goal. You'll need to make decisions quickly that have clear consequences...it is a test of nerves and savvyness! Do you have what it takes? Before you start
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Rationale
Robotics is a tool for learning through experience and discovery. Students get to "own" their learning and the teacher becomes the facilitator of their learning. The robotics class itself is set up to allow students to feel comfortable with the new and sometimes very complicated concepts that robotics brings with it. To build an autonomous robot, students must learn the basic concepts of mechanics, engineering, and computer programming using "Interactive C." They must also learn the skills of effective communication, teamwork and problem solving. They get to learn by making mistakes: in fact mistakes are essential to their learning. Jeneva Westendorf Teacher, Foothill High School Email: westendorfj@esuhsd.org |
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