2010 ... click here to see pictures, videos and twitter feeds from the 7th graders who assembled computers on 3 Thursdays in Feb 2010 with SKYPE help from Ryan Fox from
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The Build Project at Chapin
2005, 2006, 2007 (when I was there) and now 2008 (even though I am no longer there)
Steve Bergen ...
Click here for an overview from the Chapin Web page front page or click here for a PDF of the same
Click here for the assignments from 2004-2005 leading up to the BUILD project
or click here for a PDF of the same
Click here to see the work of the 10 teams from January 26 and 27, 2005
Click here to see reactions from others or click here for a PDF of the same
Click here to see a picture of the room we did it in or click here to see it
Summercore Alum "Bob Irving" -- irvingb AT e-lcds.org -- on February 26, 2008 answers questions:
when did you do this? 2006-07 school year
how many days? about a dozen
how many kids? what grade? 6th grade computers, teams of 4 students per computer
where did you do the build?
we did the build in the MS computer lab
how many computers were built?
we built 7 computers. 2 were sold at our annual charity auction, and the other 5 went into offices in the school who were scheduled for upgrades.
were you glad you did it?
I am very glad I did it. Students loved the project, and many gained confidence that they could "do computers".
how stressful?
Not really that stressful. Perhaps the greatest stress was when students forgot to use their anti-static wriststraps, since I made such a huge deal about static electricity and computers. The other "scary" moment was seating the processor, since that required very careful eye-hand coordination.
did it get positive reactions from others?
Absolutely! Parents, teachers, visitors, administration were very impressed that 6th graders could do this.
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