We were lucky enough to be able to collaborate with Advocating for Women in Technology which is part of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Read more about this group here. They provided old MacBooks, tech tools, and the best part...UT students who could teach our 5th graders how these computers work. Our Little Longhorns opened up the laptops to discover all the parts inside that make them work. They learned where the speakers, fans, batteries, RAM, ambient light sensors, heat sink, wires, and many other things live inside a computer. You can ask them about their experiences. They also met great role models who guided their discovery and showed them that they, too, could pursue a degree in Information Science. As they took apart their computers, they organized their screws so that they could put the computers back together as well. Some commented that the collection of screws looked like a city from our city planning unit with the architects. Incorporating their social studies unit, the students named the shortest screws "Hoovervilles". It's really fun to watch them make these cross-curriculum parallels.
Thank you so much to AWIT for taking the time to come and work with our Little Longhorns!
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