/news-archive/tag/vex-u/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:04:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/01/04/vex/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:04:29 +0000 /news/?p=73032 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host VEX Robotics competition]]> More than 90 teams of students from across Arkansas will be at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Jan. 19 for the third annual VEX Robotics Tournament. The competition will take place 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. on the basketball courts in the Donaghey Student Center. The event is free and open to the public. The best time for the public to view the competition is 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. This year, 20 elementary school teams, 47 middle school teams, and 25 high school teams will compete. The teams have already been assigned a task and are building their robots. At the competition, the teams maneuver their robots to perform certain tasks and score points. High scorers advance to the state competition. The VEX IQ program, for elementary school students, is a snap-together robotics system designed to provide educational opportunities to future engineers of all skill levels. It is the predecessor for robotics competitions at the middle school/high school (VEX EDR) and university (VEX U) levels. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 team – 鈥淛ust a Prototype鈥� – is the state鈥檚 only university-level VEX U team. This year, the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock team will be assisting with inspection and skills during the competition. Volunteers are needed to help with registration, inspection, and field setup as well as serve as judges and referees. Those interested in volunteering may.听Sandra Leiterman, math specialist in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Educational Center and the coach for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 VEX U team, said the event is part of the university鈥檚 effort to get educators and students interested in robotics. For more information, contact Leiterman at 920-227-8576 or saleiterman@ualr.edu.  ]]> /news-archive/2017/05/23/ua-little-rock-robotics-camp/ Tue, 23 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000 /news/?p=67231 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host robotics camp for elementary students, teachers]]> Sandra Leiterman, math specialist in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Educational Center, will lead a VEX IQ Robotics summer camp for students entering third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. The camp will be held from 8 a.m. to noon July 31 to Aug. 4 in the Engineering Technology and Science (ETAS) building on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus. The cost is $125. A limited number of scholarships are available for students with a financial need. Students will learn hardware design, programming, teamwork, problem solving, and leadership skills. 鈥淲e thought it would be a great way to introduce robotics to elementary students who don鈥檛 have robotics teams at their schools, and it promotes an interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education,鈥� Leiterman said. 鈥淲e hope these students will go back to their teachers and ask them to start robotics teams in their schools.鈥� In addition to students eager to learn about robotics, educators may attend the summer camp for free to learn how they can create a robotics team at their own schools. 鈥淥ne of the biggest hang ups of teachers starting robotics programs is that they think they are in over their head or under qualified,鈥� Leiterman said. 鈥淭his camp can show teachers how easy it is. There are also grants available. I can show teachers how to get a grant, so they can basically come and see how to get a robotics team started for very little cost.鈥� VEX IQ is a snap-together robotics system designed from the ground up to provide educational opportunities to future engineers of all skill levels. The VEX IQ program, which is for elementary school students, is the predecessor for robotics competitions at the middle school/high school (VEX EDR) and university (VEX U) levels. Leiterman is the coach of the only VEX U robotics team in Arkansas. While most robotics teams are staffed by engineering students, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 squad, dubbed 鈥�Just a Prototype,鈥� 聽is made up of future math and science teachers who will one day start school robotics teams. She also coaches two robotics teams at Mills High. One of the teams is an all-girls team, the Uncut Diamonds, which has made four national championship appearances. Members of all three of Leiterman鈥檚 robotics teams will work at the camp. The funds raised will be used to purchase parts to build robots and to attend competitions. Applications can be found online at. For more information, contact Leiterman at saleiterman@ualr.edu or 920.227.8576. In the upper right photo, the Just a Prototype robotics team members include: Back row (L-R) Jamie Burrows, Rachel Smith, Shala Nail, and Donetha Groover. Front row (L-R) David Shurley, FLN the robot, and Faculty Advisor Sandra Leiterman.]]>