This was the last week of work for many of our remaining high school and undergraduate interns, and our partner/collaborator Lisa Gunther invited them to help build out the new maker space in the Library/Media Center of Justice HS, one of the most interesting and famously diverse schools in the country (featured in National Geographic magazine), and the school many of our interns attend. It was a great way to end their Summer.
Exploring Technical Careers and College, Programming, Engineering Design, Creative Robotics, and all Hands-On STEM Education Strategies
Virginia Tech's DC Metro Area Technical (STEM) Education and Workforce Development Programs is one of the longest-serving collaborator in the Qualcomm's highly regarded Thinkabit Lab program network. The mission of our Thinkabit Lab is to serve Washington, D.C. area students, teachers, administrators, parents, and collaborators in preparing the future technical workforce through career exploration and the hands-on electronic and programming foundations of IOT and Smart Cities, AI and robotics automation, sensors, actuators, data collection and analysis, and entrepreneurship and innovation.
In doing so, we are preparing our future STEM workforce and our increasingly diverse, technology-driven community in lifelong learning for jobs that may not yet exist. The VT-DC STEM Labs team will work with like-minded teams, organizations and individuals interested in promoting curiosity, innovation, creativity, and students’ self-actualization and self-determination.