It's interesting to just sit back and watch the interaction. Such teamwork is important to foster in teaching engineering, Hart notes. It's very important to allow space for collaboration. In industry, most engineering is done in teams. You don't work on your own.
Engineering is a problem-solving discipline, and problems are solved in teams.
It's important to learn to work that way. While the HP classrooms will help UT students, many kindergarten through 12 th grade programs sponsored by UT will also benefit. This area has the highest demand for women graduates, yet the percentage of women enrolled is the lowest of all our departments. High school students often lack exposure to computer technology, Woods explains. Her staff has used the HP classroom to introduce these students to computers in a non-intimidating, fun way.