RISS Alums Connect with Rural Educators
Robotics is an exciting and fast-growing career, yet pathways to robotics may not always be clear for students. In this workshop for rural educators entitled Mathematics Building Blocks for Robotics - roboticists from Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of...
AI in Real Life: Lunch Discussion and Reflection
Workshop participants experienced a hands-on introduction to using the ChatGPT tool through several exercises. The familiarity of participants with the platform ranged from seasoned (very few) to first-time users (a majority). Over a provided lunch, Angela Keiser...
Leveraging AI for Learning: Explorations
The world around us is changing quickly, and AI and other technologies are becoming an ever larger part of our lived experiences and classrooms. Technology can be intimidating, confusing, or even scary when it is new. With ChatGPT suddenly dominating headlines,...
Franklin Community Listening Session
Rachel Burcin, CMU’s Global Programs Manager at the Robotics Institute, and Angela Keiser, a member of the planning team, co-facilitated the last in a series of community dialogues in Venango County. The series was held at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce Building...
Inclusive STEM: Campus Conversation Exploring Identity
The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project (https://www.inclusivestemteaching.org/) campus conversation series culminated with a conversation on identity facilitated with Angela Keiser, an educator and coach. Angela discussed the opportunity to adopt a “coaching mindset”...
RISS Alums Drive Forward with the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Congratulations to the MIT-PITT-RW team for participating successfully in the 2023 challenge at CES! The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) team explains the STEM competition is a series of challenges aimed to engage university students to advance technology that can...