CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—On Tues., April 21, the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) and Lesley University host a panel discussion on robotics education as part of the annual Cambridge Science Festival.
The moderator will be Sue Cusack, an assistant professor at Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education and co-leader of the Kennedy-Longfellow/Lesley University Partnership.
The panel includes Dr. Vahagn Poghosyan, a co-founder of Instigate Robotics CJSC and one of the Republic of Armenia’s leading scientists involved in robotics education, who is traveling to Cambridge specifically for this event; Ethan Danahy, a research assistant at Tufts and a computer science professor and Engineering Research Program director at the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), where he manages educational technology development projects while researching innovative and interactive techniques for teachers; and Dan Monahan, a science instructional coach in half of the elementary and middle schools in Cambridge, knowledgeable on robotics in public schools.
The lecture begins at 7 p.m. at Lesley University’s University Hall Amphitheater, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served following the program. For questions or more details, contact Alisa Stepanian by e-mailing asteoanian@aol.com.
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