Rose-Hulman to help K-12 teachers with tech in the classroom
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received a nearly $230,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Education to help Indiana elementary and secondary school teachers implement computer science educational programs in the classroom. The program intends to prepare students for high-technology careers, such as robotics, computer programming and cybersecurity issues.
Rose-Hulman says computer science and software engineering professors will lead professional development workshops this summer and fall to help Indiana educators who teach kindergarten through 12th grades.
Workshops will help teachers learn how to program robots, teach robotic programming, and learn computer programming language.
They’ll then take those skills back to their classrooms.
“These initiatives are important to help Indiana schools provide their students with the computer applications that will be necessary for them to take advantages of opportunities that will be ahead for the rest of their lives,” said Rose-Hulman President Robert Coons. “Skills in all forms of technology are critical to meet Indiana’s future workforce development needs, and the earlier our students learn these skills, the better.”
Teachers will learn how to integrate computer science principles into their own subject, discipline, and grade level, and demonstrating the power and diversity of computer science.