STAFF QUICK LINKS Search ABOUT US STUDENTS OF ALL AGES INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES CONTACT US CTE STUDENT CREATES RFID CHECK IN SYSTEM AT ORANGE-ULSTER BOCES NOV 15 2020 12:00 AM CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION Because of COVID-19, Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education students and teachers have used a sign-in sheet when they enter and leave the classroom. Mechatronics and Robotics student Grace Fevola thought there must be a better way than using a pen and paper to keep track of attendance. Grace took it upon herself to create a check in system using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) key fobs, an Arduino board and a RFID reader module. Once she figured out the coding, students could use their fobs and a computer would print out a sheet with the students’ names, the times they entered and left the classroom and whether they had completed the online COVID screening for the day. “Grace never gave up and she slugged it out until she got the code right,” said Mechatronics and Robotics teacher Patrick Killian. “She sat there for hours and hours, even on her days off. She took the stuff home and plugged through it.” Grace, a Valley Central High School student, is currently taking the Essentials of C programming course remotely. But she said she didn’t know anything about C when she started the key fob project and ended up looking for solutions to her problems on Google. Getting everything to work together was a trial-and-error process that was time consuming. “All of my students are trained on the RFID systems, and there is canned code for that,” Mr. Killian said. “However, Grace had to figure out how to ID each bit code from the RFID tag and tie it to the student names. She worked for hours to get the system working.” ALL NEWS Orange-Ulster BOCES Holds Conference Highlighting “Equity and Care for All" Orange-Ulster BOCES Board and Staff Members Honored by Mid-Hudson School Study Council Goshen Chamber of Commerce Highlights Orange-Ulster BOCES at Networking Breakfast OUBOCES Community Letter - August 13, 2021 Updated Mask Guidance for K-12 Schools - A Message from William Hecht - July 28, 2021 OU BOCES Honors 36 Practical Nurses in Graduation Ceremony CTE Proudly Celebrates Over 700 Students at Recognition Ceremonies Orange-Ulster BOCES Honors Regional Arts and Humanities Achievements High School Scholar Athletes Honored at OCIAA Senior Scholar Athlete Ceremony OU BOCES CTE teams finish first in state SkillsUSA competition ALL NEWS & SOCIAL MEDIA PRIVACY POLICY SITE MAP ACCESSIBILITY ORANGE-ULSTER BOCES 53 GIBSON ROAD GOSHEN, NY 10924 P: 845.291.0100 F: 845.291.0129 CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE: 1.800.342.3720 NYS CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFE LINE: 1.800.273.TALK (8255) SUICIDEPREVENTIONLIFELINE.ORG Instagram (opens in new window/tab) Facebook (opens in new window/tab) Twitter (opens in new window/tab) YouTube (opens in new window/tab) Powered by Finalsite English