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ETP Resources Main Page Feature Article Amateur Radio A Powerful Voice in Education [118,325 bytes, PDF file] Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology TI Info by Year Links Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Instructional Kits and Projects Basic Electronics for the New Ham: PowerPoint Presentation Instructor's Script Word Document School Application Progress Grant Application Downloadable Curriculum School Teacher Support Programs Program Brochure [617,399 bytes, PDF file] Frequently Asked Questions How To Approach Schools ARRL ETP Schools ARRL Products: DXCC, DXing resources and Call Sign listings (More) The ARRL DXCC List -- February 2008 Edition. DX Century Club (DXCC) rules and current entities listing. RSGB IOTA Directory -- Now Shipping! -- Everything you need to know to enjoy collecting islands for the popular worldwide IOTA (Islands on the Air) award. The Complete DX'er -- Covers nearly every significant aspect of DXing. 3rd edition. The DXCC Yearbook 2007 -- Now Shipping! -- The DXing year-in-review: DXing activities, the Clinton B. DeSoto Cup and DXCC Challenge standings. HamCall CD-ROM -- Latest US & International call sign listings. CD-ROM.

Monday:

• Introductions
• Program overview
• Making Wireless Technology (WT) Relevant
• Define – “What do we teach?”, connection to Benchmarks and Science Literacy
• Electronics basics
• Overview of the Project Curriculum, just one-way of many
• Laptop computer preparations and checkout
• Teaching the Science of WT
• OptaScope set up and use
• Ohms Law Board
• Modulation and Demodulation Board
• Soldering 101
• Homework, solder the TV Remote Decoder Board

Tuesday:

• Teaching the Science of WT
• 5-Building blocks of WT
• TV Remote Decoder board and wave propagation
• L/C/R Board introduction combining basic electronics and higher level math
• DSP Fundamentals
• WT and the vocational education student (Great paying jobs for the non-college bound student, or while they are in college)
• Bringing space into your classroom (Using NOAA Satellites in Your Classroom)
• Ham radio operations that support your teaching
• Making radio contacts (HF/VHF Radio Station Operating)
• Radio direction finding (Fox Hunting)
• Using QSLs in your classroom
• W1AW Operating
• Working with a local ham radio club

Wednesday:

• Introduction to “What is a microcontroller”
• Getting started; lights on/lights off; digital inputs
• Applications
• Controlling motion
• Measuring rotation
• Digital display
• Frequency and sound

Thursday:

• Robot component setup
• Assemble the robot
• Build the low battery indicator
• Robot navigation
• Navigating by touch
• Navigating with infra-red
• Detecting distance
• Mars exploration activity, putting it all together
• Program critique and good-byes