"I want to contribute to the future"
Hello!
My name is Nick Schuster. I am a nerd and I am proud of it. I taught Language Arts for 7 years until I became the Digital Literacy Coach for Rocky Top Middle School in 2013. Basically, I help teacher integrate technology in the classroom in a meaningful and intentional way. Last year, I helped build the Makerspace@RTMS in the RTMS Library. It was a HUGE success and the kids loved it! Kids were able to play and explore with a vast amount of hands-on things from circuit boards to basic wooden blocks. Some of the creations that the students made were truly inspiring! This year, I am taking the makerspace into the classroom and hoping to see some truly genius stuff.
If you have any questions please go to the Contact Schuster page or email me at [email protected]. You can also give me a call at 720-972-2222.
My name is Nick Schuster. I am a nerd and I am proud of it. I taught Language Arts for 7 years until I became the Digital Literacy Coach for Rocky Top Middle School in 2013. Basically, I help teacher integrate technology in the classroom in a meaningful and intentional way. Last year, I helped build the Makerspace@RTMS in the RTMS Library. It was a HUGE success and the kids loved it! Kids were able to play and explore with a vast amount of hands-on things from circuit boards to basic wooden blocks. Some of the creations that the students made were truly inspiring! This year, I am taking the makerspace into the classroom and hoping to see some truly genius stuff.
If you have any questions please go to the Contact Schuster page or email me at [email protected]. You can also give me a call at 720-972-2222.
Check out Schuster's Special Project!
What's all this about?
What could we learn from traveling into space? NASA and ESA have been exploring the edge of space and our solar system for years now. Their findings have been invaluable to the human race. But what if we all had access to space? What if we could each send our own experiments, cameras, and spacecraft to explore the depths of our stellar neighborhood. Image what we could learn!
The first step in this exploration revolution is to tap into existing technology. Why not send some stuff up there to see what happens? Schuster's goal is to send a balloon into near space with some experiments, a camera, and a GPS tracker on board. Students who do well in the makerspace class will be allowed to send one ping pong ball satellite into near space too! It's going to be SOOO cool!
What could we learn?
We could learn quite a bit, actually. Imagine if you could send a solar panel prototype into Earth's orbit to test it's viability within the vacuum of space. You don't have to spend millions of dollars to launch a rocket just to test one aspect of a solar panel. Just attach it to a balloon and send it right up. Within hours you have your answer and could modify your designs to fit the new findings. That's just one example! What else could you think of??
What could we learn from traveling into space? NASA and ESA have been exploring the edge of space and our solar system for years now. Their findings have been invaluable to the human race. But what if we all had access to space? What if we could each send our own experiments, cameras, and spacecraft to explore the depths of our stellar neighborhood. Image what we could learn!
The first step in this exploration revolution is to tap into existing technology. Why not send some stuff up there to see what happens? Schuster's goal is to send a balloon into near space with some experiments, a camera, and a GPS tracker on board. Students who do well in the makerspace class will be allowed to send one ping pong ball satellite into near space too! It's going to be SOOO cool!
What could we learn?
We could learn quite a bit, actually. Imagine if you could send a solar panel prototype into Earth's orbit to test it's viability within the vacuum of space. You don't have to spend millions of dollars to launch a rocket just to test one aspect of a solar panel. Just attach it to a balloon and send it right up. Within hours you have your answer and could modify your designs to fit the new findings. That's just one example! What else could you think of??