The workshop will focus on the integration of machines and robotic devices into the curriculum to enhance the teaching of problem-solving skills. Emphasis will be placed on designing activities for classroom use. Teachers know that students learn best when multiple senses are stimulated and when knowledge is reinforced in a variety of ways. This popular workshop allows participants to learn how to utilize hands-on learning in the classroom to reinforce mathematics, scientific and technological content.
Emphasis is placed on problem-solving in individual and group environments throughout the workshop.
Faculty Profile Len S. Litowitz is a full professor and coordinator of the technology education program at Millersville University located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He has taught courses about curriculum design and technical subjects for approximately 20 years and has extensive background in helping teachers to meet local, state and national standards. For the past 12 summers he has taught educational workshops throughout the country for teachers and children using LEGO's educational products line as a medium. His workshops include a mixture of technical content and open-ended problem solving exercises that are both challenging and exciting. The nature of his workshops is extensively hands-on with content knowledge and curricular theory occasionally interspersed throughout the week.