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Re: Universities using Vex, Lego, Others
USC has this program known as Carolina Master Scholars, a set of programs for academically-gifted students going into grades 6-12. The College of Engineering and Information Technology (man, that does NOT roll off the tongue) runs a one-week program using the Vex system, aimed at rising 9-12th-graders. It appears to be more mechanical-based than programming-based, although I know that USC has a few programming kits in there as well.
And there's a FIRST connection, natch; Dr. Roger Dougal has been working with the Palmetto Regional for as far back as I can remember, and I know that Donn Griffith (former FVC Director, 281er, 343er, and current USC COEIT Outreach honcho) has been working hard on the program as well. Hope somebody gets some good photos of this one; it should be interesting.
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