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2010-2011 |
(Gr. 12) I can't rave enough about Elizabeth and Storming Robots. My son
has been going there for the past six years and has learned so much on
so many levels. Elizabeth motivates her students to work at a very high
level but more important, in my opinion, are the ethical standards she
upholds. Students are expected to take responsibility for their own
work. They learn how to problem solve and become THINKERS and inventors.
They learn to work hard and love doing it.
-- --K. Katko, 2011
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(Gr.8) My two children really enjoy Algorithmic in C class. I am
so happy to see them discussing their homework and come up with
various algorithms in order to resolve the problems. Truly see
them developing their computational thinking skill, not just
programming. -- --L.
Lobas, 2011
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((Gr.8) I really want to let you know how impressed I was with our teams' robots compared to the others'.
The intensity of your program was directly reflected in the complexity
of our robots. You should feel very proud with your clubs'
accomplishments. Your robots rocked!
--K. Van Blarcum,
2008
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"... Alex loved the robocamp so much. He is coming back to join the
roboclub.:
-- Parent from RoboCamp, 2006 |
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"... The birthday party was such a pleasant experience for all... My son
was so excited about it on the way home ... My daughter and her little friend were completely
comfortable... The big kids enjoyed their robot adventure..." "We were so pleased with the day and plan to highly recommend it to
our friends..."
-- K. Moore, 2006 |
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"Thank you for your effort. Your enthusiasm is infectious.."
-- E. Zwelling, 2006 |
"...I just wanted to thank you for the really fascinating Mindstorms
workshop at the Liberty Science Center this past weekend...
The kids are still talking about it!"
-- parent attending
LSC, 2005 |
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"Thank you for holding the program and for your weekly updates. I
also appreciate your concern for my son, Ryan. I am glad he participated
by programming Jingle Bells!" "
-- parent from
offsite school, 2005 |
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"...Thank you for offering the class and
taking the time to work with the kids. ... Jesse enjoyed the class
and thought you were very nice..."
-- parent from
offsite school, 2005 |
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2006-2009
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(Gr 5 & 8) "..my daughter came home declaring today’s robotic
class the icing on top of a cake! She’s extremely happy with the
class. ... Over the years she somehow convinced herself that she
hated math. However I observed a big change of her attitude toward
math since last week’s robotic camp... Thank you for providing kids
this kind of opportunity! ..."
--- -- W. Lu, 2009 |
(Gr 4+) "Just want to tell you how much he liked the robocamp.
The instructor was great, and the non robotic lessons in physics, engineering were really
fantastic... Theo worked his brain..."
--- -- L. Rabka, 2006--
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(Gr 10+) "… With your programming class, Kevin improved his programming skill greatly.
He now is doing a math internship at NJIT using the programming
skills he learned from you. The professor, whom Kevin will work for
at NJIT, complimented Kevin on his programming skills - even though
he’s only a high school freshman, he possesses programming skills
which are superior to his other college interns…”
-- P. Fritz, 2008 |
((Gr 6) “… I really did not know just how much he
would learn. It is such a great way for kids to learn so many
different subjects, from physics to computer science and even
English. I was just expecting something fun for Avery and was so
pleasantly surprised with the quality of the curriculum you
designed…”
-- K. Katko, 2006 |
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((Gr 6)
“……
Your program exceeded my expectations… my son learns and knows all sorts of
physics, computer science and mathematics terminologies beyond what typical
junior high school students study…“
"... My only criticism of the class is that it wasn’t ‘marketed’ well. I
think you are definitely offering more than an ‘Inventor’ class…it is more
like a science/math/computer science course..."
-- A. Sweetman, 2006 |
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" ...I was also impressed that he was
expected to write a research paper and a specific project
proposal..."
-- Homeschool parent, 2006
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"I was so surprised that my son will go through things that I myself
did not even have a chance to learn when I was his age...I thought
it was just programming, but I see all the math like standard unit
conversion, topics like basic schematic of a sensor... this is more
than I have expected..."
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Homeschool parent, 2005 |
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