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Drones in Education

Posted by Erik Woning on August 14, 2013 at 6:59am

Hi! I work at a Dutch foundation that supports schools with the effective use of technology to improve education. As a Project Manager for the Innovation department I've had the opportunity to experiment with an ArduCoptor Hexa.

I see a lot of possibilities to use the drone in an educational (K-12) setting: for example, math, geography and science. However, it’s quite hard to find examples of schools where teachers actually have used it.

So, if you happen to know anyone who has a good example of DIY drone use in education: please let me know!

Thanks!

 

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  • R. D. Starwalt January 23, 2014 at 4:35am

    I have studied and discussed this issue with teachers (my wife is a teacher though Language Arts) and it seems the best fit for this technology is a supplement/replacement to the robotics units in their curricula.

    Another STEM (US version) teacher was interested in integrating quadrotor study during the aviation portion of another course - Gateway to Technology.

    When I first saw FPV, I was convinced it would be an amazing motivator for students. I still think so. If this had been around 40 years ago...wow.

    -=Doug

  • Leo Gaggl January 22, 2014 at 11:18pm

    Hi Erik,

    We are just starting an effort here in Australia called DronedForSchool which is an open collective of a few people from EdTech and Educators here in Australia (currently) that will design courses for teaching STEAM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts & Maths) related skills.

    You are more than welcome to join us: https://plus.google.com/communities/117228629115025838704

    Cheers,

    Leo

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