Robotics Organization (FIRST) Impacts School Curriculum, etc.

FIRST Founder, Dean Kamen, reading Classroom Robotics

Here's a couple of high interest items from the highly informative New York City/ New Jersy FIRST Newsletter:

1) FIRST Impact on School Curriculum
”As an organization, FIRST doesn't get directly involved in trying to change what is taught in schools. But…” http://nycnjfirst.njit.edu/newsletter_mtolive.html

2) “More than Robots: An Evaluation of the FIRST Robotics Competition-Participant and Institutional Impacts”
Go to http://nycnjfirst.njit.edu/newsletter_july.html and scroll down to the 6th item.