2007 Feedback

What are teachers saying about the Summer Institute 2007?

• "I learned a great deal during this course."
• "I really enjoyed this course. It gave me more information about engineering and I can certainly make real world connections to the math and science curriculum."
• "Outstanding class! Lots of information!"
• "I have some valuable information that I can share with my students. The 3 credits also helps."
• "I learned much about the four branches of civil engineering."
• "The course was extremely beneficial in the content and new base of knowledge and awareness of what is out there related to engineering."
• "I feel more confident with Engineering topics."
• "Gave me a new way of thinking, about incorporating engineering into classroom.  I am sure I will use activities to teach earth science."
• "I learned countless new vocabulary words that I use in my classroom. I understand the art of constructing structures much better. Therefore, I can explain it much better."
• "I summer course let me look into other means of teaching to 'catch' the student into thinking other ways we can look at engineers 'jobs'."
• "(I am) a more knowledgeable teacher standing in front of them (students)."

What are students saying about engineering lessons that teachers implemented a  result of Summer Institute 2007?

• "I enjoyed it and I would like to do these type projects again because it was fun and I learned a lot."
• "It was fun and I think other kids would enjoy it."
• "I hope we do something else like this."
• "I love the way we got to do this activity."
• "I would love to do a different activity like this."
• "The activity was especially good because we got to go outside."
• "This was fun and taught me how to compare and find conflicts in data. We should do things like this more often."
• "This was our most fun topic."
• "I think that engineers are interesting because they do a lot.  I think that if you are good at it, you should work as one."