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K-12 Programs<\/h3>\n

<\/a>BU Use of Mobile Studio 1-10-2011<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Using<\/a>We use Mobile Studio and the Red board for engaging students as part of K-12 outreach, STEM activities, and the freshman year. This use spans multiple courses, instructors, and serves a variety of goals. The boards were used specifically as described below:<\/p>\n

\u201cSmart Lighting: An Engineering Course\u201d \u2013 part of the Boston University Summer Challenge program that attracts students internationally from the 10th<\/sup>\u201412th<\/sup> grades.\u00a0 This course will be offered for the third consecutive year in the summer of 2012 and is comprised of three two-week sessions. Students gain exposure to LED devices, circuits, and optics and exploit Mobile Studio as the primary tool for experimentation. The course attracts approximately 60 students per year. Perhaps as important, the course is taught with the intention of providing teaching experience to undergraduate and graduate students from the Smart Lighting ERC and how has six eligible instructors prepared to teach the course in future iterations.\u00a0 No assumptions are made about the math, science, or engineering preparation of the students in this course.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Summer Challenge<\/strong> (2009, 2010, 2011):<\/h3>\n

\"High<\/a>Two-week Mobile Studio class and lab, culminating in an optical link over LEDs.\u00a0 Summer Challenge offeres three two-week sessions for high school students through our Summer Challenge high school program.\u00a0 Each is limited to twenty students.\u00a0 These are taught by BU ERC faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and undergraduates. Summer Challenge attendees are national and international students that tend to be high-achievers who are seeking early college exposure.\u00a0 There are three sessions scheduled again for summer 2012. We have designed the course, not only for outreach, but as a vehicle to \u2018teach the teachers\u2019 \u2013 exposing pedagogy to future educators through involvement of research assistants and postdoctoral investigators. \u00a0\u00a0Participants to date include:<\/p>\n

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