{"594181":{"#nid":"594181","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Robotics class expands to more Gwinnett County students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGWINNETT COUNTY, Ga.\u003C\/strong\u003E - Students in the state\u0026#39;s largest district will have new tools and new programs when they go Back 2 School Monday morning, and it includes robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAll elementary, middle and high school students in Gwinnett County will get their hands on robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is part of the district\u0026rsquo;s STEM \u0026ndash; Science, technology, engineering and math \u0026ndash; approach for all grades.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevegwsb\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChannel 2\u0026rsquo;s Steve Gehlbach\u003C\/a\u003E visited Puckett Mill Elementary School to see how the program works and how students build the robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Every child at our school has an opportunity to program robots, to build robots, to learn about coding,\u0026rdquo; said instructional coach and robotics mentor Mandy Collins.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I think it\u0026rsquo;s a fun learning experience, fun to have hands-on learning, how to build stuff, make stuff,\u0026rdquo; said student Nick Perdue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents at Meadowcreek High School also get to do just that at their new \u0026ldquo;makerspace\u0026rdquo; that opened at end of last school year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new labs let students use real-life materials to solve real problems, beyond just sitting in a classroom and taking notes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;So coming into school the first day the students will have the opportunity to actually do what they learn, to solve real life problems,\u0026rdquo; said Meadowcreek principal Tommy Welch. \u0026ldquo;This space provides that opportunity and encourages innovation in our students.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal with the robotics and all the STEM education is to get students more engaged, using teamwork, and make learning more relevant to the problems students face outside of the schools in their own communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28054","created_gmt":"2017-08-08 15:57:55","changed_gmt":"2017-08-08 16:03:45","author":"Steven Taylor","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"International Opportunity","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/gwinnett-county\/robotics-class-expands-to-more-gwinnett-county-students\/584068257","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594182":{"id":"594182","type":"image","title":"Gwinnett County\u0027s STEM program","body":null,"created":"1502208102","gmt_created":"2017-08-08 16:01:42","changed":"1502208102","gmt_changed":"2017-08-08 16:01:42","alt":"Gwinnett County\u0027s STEM program Photo by - Steve Gehlbach WSB News","file":{"fid":"226467","name":"wsbtv.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wsbtv.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wsbtv.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1093884,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/wsbtv.png?itok=wPzrUevE"}}},"media_ids":["594182"],"groups":[{"id":"361651","name":"Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC)"},{"id":"445881","name":"Georgia FIRST LEGO League"},{"id":"257071","name":"GoStem English"},{"id":"257081","name":"GoStem Spanish"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"411","name":"CEISMC"},{"id":"174412","name":"Meadowcreek High School"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"175111","name":"Makerspace"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}