TY - GEN
T1 - No fear
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
AU - Cannon, Kelly
AU - LaPoint, Monica Anderson
AU - Bird, Nate
AU - Panciera, Katie
AU - Veeraraghavan, Harini
AU - Papanikolopoulos, Nikolaos
AU - Gini, Maria
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Women and minorities are underrepresented in the IT field at the high school, university, and industry levels. Efforts to address this imbalance are often too late to solve underlying problems such as perceived ineptitude and actual inexperience. By designing and hosting a program for these underrepresented students in the middle grades, the Center for Distributed Robotics at the University of Minnesota hopes to establish a successful annual robotics day camp which will inspire both women and minorities to pursue careers in technology. Detailed accounts of the goals and methodology are provided. Initial survey results reveal a very positive response from the campers as well as strengths and weaknesses which will be useful in designing or refining similar camps.
AB - Women and minorities are underrepresented in the IT field at the high school, university, and industry levels. Efforts to address this imbalance are often too late to solve underlying problems such as perceived ineptitude and actual inexperience. By designing and hosting a program for these underrepresented students in the middle grades, the Center for Distributed Robotics at the University of Minnesota hopes to establish a successful annual robotics day camp which will inspire both women and minorities to pursue careers in technology. Detailed accounts of the goals and methodology are provided. Initial survey results reveal a very positive response from the campers as well as strengths and weaknesses which will be useful in designing or refining similar camps.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641738
DO - 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641738
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33845632962
SN - 0780395069
SN - 9780780395060
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 363
EP - 368
BT - Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
Y2 - 15 May 2006 through 19 May 2006
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