Demystifying Technology

Proposal for a 6, 12 or 18 week course in a guided exploration of the Smartphone, and using the same concepts, building their own microcontroller-based project (12 and 18 week formats).

Objectives:
• To foster a strong sense of curiosity that learns through failure
• To restore or enhance confidence in the ability to learn
• To experience a culture that fosters "dumb" questions without judgement
• To identify a true area of interest in each student, even if that is non-technical.
• To aid in focusing the student’s next academic goal or goals. For instance, a work-shadow “date”, gap year objective and plan, or undergraduate university major. 

Curriculum by Class Length

What elements can be included in 6, 12 and 18 week formats?
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Teardown

Literally look behind the screen of a modern mobile phone

Students dig into one interesting aspect and prepare a presentation

Build

After tearing down a phone, connections are made to similar devices

Students build a project based on a common microcontroller ecosystem

Custom Build

More time allows deeper investigation and custom build projects based on interest

Students build a microcontroller-based project with custom HW and SW