techJOYnT Collaborates with The GREAT Academy to help bring STEM Education to New Mexico
The GREAT Academy is focusing on STEM education, but what sets them apart from other schools is their unique GEAR program (Game design, Electronics, App development, and Robotics) provided by techJoYnT Academy.
The GREAT Academy is a public charter high school, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico serving students in grades 9-12 whose mission is to ensure that its students Gain Real-world Experience through Active Transition.
The GREAT Academy has reached out to techJOYnT for consultation on equipping their STEM Education lab. techJOYnT has been working with several companies, including Aldebaran Robotics (NAO), National Instruments (myDAQ), and RobotsLAB (BOX) to create a well rounded STEM lab to be used in education. As part of the GREAT Academy’s new STEM lab, they will be getting three RobotsLAB BOXes, several myDAQ kits and a Aldebaran NAO robot.
The STEM lab is built around techJoYnT’s GEAR program (Game Design, Electronics, App Development, and Robotics). From February 19th – 21st, Twenty-nine students, teachers, faculty and staff (including the Executive Director and Director of Academic Affairs) from the GREAT Academy will be traveling to Oklahoma to visit techJOYnT and to receive training on using their new equipment.
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