Programming Education as a Part of Ruby City MATSUE Project: Focusing on the Collaboration with Public, Private and Academic Sectors

Ruby City MATSUE Project’s aims are regional development attracting IT companies and IT human resource development. Programming education for school children has started with the strong intention of the Mayor of Matsue City. Programming education of junior high school in Matsue succeeded under the collaboration with public, private and academic sectors. Koji Takao, an engineer and chairperson of the nonprofit organization ‘Ruby Programming Shounendan’, helped school teachers conducting programming classes with study of teaching materials, teaching method, coding in Smalruby, etc. Smalruby is a free and block-based visual programming language, implemented in Ruby, created by Takao in 2014. With other engineers and students, he also conducts educational activities for children and their parents, in order that they recognize what programming is. He, as a member of CorerDojo Japan, also gives workshops in the area of Shimane prefecture. Shimane University and National Institute of Technology Matsue College include ‘Ruby’ and ‘Ruby on Rails’ in their curriculum. Shimane prefecture holds Smalruby Programming Koshien, a programming competition for students under the age of 18, every year. Some who once learned programming at junior high school have become IT engineers and got jobs in Matsue. Programming education has started at every elementary school in Japan in 2020. Teachers study how to teach programming for children, and engineers can support and advise them in Matsue. Concerning to programming education, Matsue holds a broader supporting system. The project is an educational program that is open to society

Red Alert

Red Alert is an app using voice recogni3on so people can call for help. The app is similar to “Hey Siri” present in iPhones and the Cortana feature in Androids. When a person uses his or her first preset keyword, the phone’s voice recogniton software accesses the app, which starts an audio recording, and when the second keyword is used, the app alerts the police. The primary consumer for Red Alert is high school to middle-aged women, with a secondary focus on those who live in urban areas. The technology exists, so the only needed recourse is programming. The risks associated with Red Alert include a possible failure to recognize a person’s voice and the high competition from other security apps

Odyssey: The Burton D. Morgan Foundation 2014 Annual Report

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. An you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."- Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!In this verse, Dr. Seuss captures the true essence of the entrepreneurial journey, the overarching theme of our 2014 annual report. Our concept this year reflects Burt Morgan's boundless sense of adventure, a drive that took him to all corners of the globe spreading the spirit of entrepreneurship. We enjoyed our own mind-expanding journey in 2014 exploring new frontiers in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education. The wild ride of the past twelve months has taken us across the nation and at least virtually around the globe as we connected with entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ecosystems in places distant from Northeast Ohio. Our regional ecosystem performed with gusto as students found record succuss in national venture competitions, our collegiate programs garnered wide recognition, the NEO ecosystem restructured for greater effectiveness, and JumpStart-mentored ventures experienced healthy exits. We enthusiastically welcomed Angela Kwallek Evans and Emily Bean to the Foundation as new program officers and express tremendous gratitude to former staff members Leslie Nelson and Alison Burner for their major contributions to the vitality of our grant portfolios. We look forward with great anticipation to 2015 and all the places we will go!From the Road,Deborah D. HooverPresident & CE

Educational robotics: using the Lego Mindstorms NXT platform for increasing high school STEM education

The field of educational robotics (ER) seeks to use the building and programming of robots to engage and educate the next generation of college freshman entering science and engineering majors. To increase the rate of application to science and engineering degree programs as well as the rate of retention, students must be engaged in high school. They must acquire the knowledge and interest to pursue these career choices. This research explores the use of robotics to interest high school students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and to improve their knowledge of these subjects. The case study developed instructional strategies to guide the learning process, increase students\u27 understanding of concepts and their practical application, and consequently increase their interest in STEM college majors and career paths. The instructional strategies explored in this research required students to study a given set of concepts, restate the newly acquired knowledge, apply it in a practical hands-on activity, and review the significant points made by the instructor. This research used the Lego Mindstorms NXT robotic platform to permit practical application of the training process to the Botball robotics competition. Students involved in this case study demonstrated improvement in application of science and mathematics principles to robotics and won the regional Botball competition after completing the training --Abstract, page iii

Elhauge on Tying: Vindicated by History

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