iCODE Calendar

Summer 2009 - UMass Lowell iCODE Summer Program

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Session A: July 6 - 10.
- Food Factory and Carnival Contraptions—Gene Verschoor and Ryan Tucker (Olsen 302)
- Hands-On Video Games—Ellen Savage, Mark Sherman, and Matt Laraba (Olsen 308)
Session B: July 13 - 17.
- Beyond Sumo—Rory Kondrad, Ryan Tucker, and Mason Glidden (Olsen 308)
- Hands-On Video Games—Ted Corea, Mark Sherman, and Matt Laraba (Olsen 302)
Session C: July 20 - 24.
- Beyond Sumo—Ted Corea and Mark Sherman (Olsen 308)
- Electronic Fashion—Ellen Savage, Rory Kondrad, and Ryan Tucker (Olsen 302)
Mentors: Andrew Wilkinson (all weeks), Mike Bowman (all weeks), Matt Laraba (weeks of July 6 and 13), Mason Glidden (July 13 - 17)

Lowell middle school students from Daley, Stoklosa, and Sullivan, as well as Lawrence students from Esperanza Academy and the Youth Development Organization, continue to create innovative projects using sensors, LEDs, servos, and crickets. You can see their self-documented work at the Open Project Database.
Over 300 students participated in the Botball Competition and the Botfest Robotics Exhibition on March 28 at UMass Lowell, including 8 iCODE sites from Lawrence, Lowell and Boston.
On May 23 Lawrence, Lowell and Boston sites will again partipate in the SUMO Robotics Competition at the Museum of Science. Metal shovels, fat tires, clever code — what turns a regular robot into a Sumo wrestling champion? Our iCODE students will put their creations to the test at this battle of autonomous robots. For more information, go to the Museum of Science.
Summer Camp 2009. Please complete the summer camp signup material and send it back to your child's teacher during the week of May 4-8. Once you have selected camp weeks for your child, we'll send you a camp confirmation notice and registration materials.

Middle school girls from the Esperanza Academy of Lawrence join iCODE sites this year! Daley, Stoklosa and Sullivan Middle Schools of Lowell continue with iCODE after school programs. Over a dozen middle school youth from the Youth Development Organization of Lawrence attend an after-school program at UMass Lowell.
December 9, iCODE students attend UMass Lowell's Sustainability Showcase. Daley, Stoklosa and Sullivan Middle school iCODE groups visited UMass Lowell to meet with undergraduates exhibiting course project work around the themes of sustainable development and social justice. iCODE students interviewed the college presentors on university life, courses of study, courses they wished they had taken in high school and career goals.

Lowell middle school students from Daley, Stoklosa, and Sullivan, as well as Lawrence students from the Boys and Girls Club, continue to create innovative projects using sensors, LEDs, servos, and crickets. You can see their self-documented work at the Open Project Database.
On April 5, Botfest Exhibition at UMass Lowell. Lawrence and Lowell iCODE sites will join other student exhibitors to display their creative works at the annual Botfest technology and engineering exhibition, held at UMass Lowell in the Costello gymnasium. The Botfest exhibit is held concurrently with the Botball Competition. Both events are free and open to the public.
On May 24, iCODE students from Lawrence, Lowell and Boston will participate in a Robot Sumo Tournament at the Museum of Science in Boston. This battle of autonomous robots, built and programmed entirely by the student participants, will surely put the iCODE students' skills to the test.
Summer 2008. iCODE students: Please be sure to have your parents block off your two-week immersion Design Camp at UMass Lowell or UMass Boston. The Lowell and Lawrence-site camp dates are the following sessions at UMass Lowell: Session A: July 7-July 13, Session B: July 14-July 28, Session C: July 21-August 1. The summer camp is an integral part of your year-long iCODE experience and is largely free of charge!

UMass Lowell iCODE students are documenting their work on the Open Project Database.
December 6, UMass Lowell “Sustainability Showcase.” The three Lowell iCODE sites visited UML to meet with undergraduates exhibiting course project work around the themes of sustainable development and social justice. See photos from the event!