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Robot Diaries: Broadening Participation in the Computer Science Pipeline through Social Technical Exploration
E. Hamner, T. Lauwers, D. Bernstein, I. Nourbakhsh, and C.F. DiSalvo
AAAI Spring Symposium on Using AI to Motivate Greater Participation in Computer Science, March, 2008.

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In this paper we describe the results of a series of new robotics workshops for secondary school girls. Specifically we show that, over the course of a three-month pilot workshop, a group of eight girls showed engagement with the workshop content and gained technical knowledge. The Robot Diaries program is unique in that it creates a social narrative approach to robotics education. The robotic technology becomes a tool for expression and communication rather than the sole focus of the workshop.

Associated centers: VASC, MRTC, SRI, and FRC
Associated labs/groups: CREATE: Community Robotics, Education and Technology Empowerment and Human-Robot Interaction Group
Associated project: Telepresence Robot Kit

E. Hamner, T. Lauwers, D. Bernstein, I. Nourbakhsh, and C.F. DiSalvo, "Robot Diaries: Broadening Participation in the Computer Science Pipeline through Social Technical Exploration," AAAI Spring Symposium on Using AI to Motivate Greater Participation in Computer Science, March, 2008.

@inproceedings{Hamner_2008_6033,
   author = "Emily Hamner and Tom Lauwers and Debra Bernstein and Illah Nourbakhsh and Carl Francis DiSalvo",
   title = "Robot Diaries: Broadening Participation in the Computer Science Pipeline through Social Technical Exploration",
   booktitle = "AAAI Spring Symposium on Using AI to Motivate Greater Participation in Computer Science",
   month = "March",
   year = "2008"
}