Taft Robotics Workshop - Final Post

I enjoyed continuing teaching these students in my last 3 visits. We began teaching these students the programming side of robotics, which motivated the students even more. I’ve been glad that I have been able to leave a lasting interest for many of the students. Specifically, there was one girl who was very intelligent and had a quick understanding of the topics. Each meeting she would come with her math homework done or finish it in 5-10 minutes and then would move on to the robotics. By the end of the 6 visits she had successfully built her own robot and had gotten the furthest in her programming. Her passion for the subject reminded me of my own interest and I was always excited to teach her new things and spend time with her. Every week she would ask me if I was coming back next week and questioned me about what we would be learning the next week. All in all, I am grateful that I was able to teach all the students the basics of robotics and give them the baseline understanding of what the field is about. I hope to continue coming back and teaching more workshops this coming year. I know that these students would definitely be interested in continuing and I want to facilitate that. I’m happy that I was able to volunteer in an area that I’m passionate about and I would like to thank Mr. McCullough and Ms. Brugos for letting Lauren and I introduce robotics to the students at the math workshops.