Growing Culture in 21st Century Learning

Ke’yah Advanced Rural Manufacturing Alliance & NAU’s Center for Science Teaching and Learning!

Date: September 22-23, 2023

Time: 8 a.m – 4 p.m. MST/AZ

Location: Flagstaff, AZ: Northern Arizona University – Du Bois Center, South Campus

Room: Aspen A, B, C, and Juniper Room

Address: 306 E Pine Knoll Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86011

Sponsored by: Tufts University: Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, Ke’yah Advanced Rural Manufacturing Alliance (KARMA), NAU, & LEGO Foundation

What: An exploration for teachers, parents, community members and invited guests of culturally embedded engineering problem solving and coding and their future on Navajo/Hopi.

Agenda:

September 23, 2023

9:00 am

Registration

9:30 am

Welcome & KARMA Presentation – Ben Jones, Keanu Jones, Denise Masayesva

KARMA presentation with video by Keanu Jones

9:45 am

KARMA Presentation – Ben Jones & Keanu Jones

9:45 – 10:25 am

*Introduction to team robotics options

Coding Fundamentals with Navajo Culture & Zero Robotics 2023 – Albert Haskie

10:25 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am -12:20 pm

Playful Engineering Spike Prime Hubs and Robots. Breakout Rooms:

Juniper Rm: Completely new to LEGO Robotics – Anne, Denise, Wilphina, & Steph
Main Rm: I have played with a LEGO robot before – Tom & Mykl

12:20 pm – 12:30 pm

Break

12:30 – 1:00 pm

Lunch and Networking

1:00 – 1:45 pm

Denise Masayesva – Novel Engineering (*PlaceMats, Novel Engineering – Storytelling Problem Solving)

1:45 – 2:30 pm

Mykl Greene – 3D Design & Block Coding from KARMA/ Saint

Michaels Indian School to 3+ nations in 6 years.

2:30 – 2:35 pm

Break

2:35 – 3:30 pm

Breakout Sessions:

Zero Robotics- Mykl Greene, Mackenzie Navenma, Wilphina, Brielle
ROADS – kids can join ROADS to design mission patches- Anne & Steph
FIRST Robotics (3pm- CocoNuts)- Christine, Alicia, Elena, Reanna, Tom

3:30 pm

Conclude