Take Flight with Drones in Education

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Link: uatim.org/summer

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Dr. Robert Mayben

ATiM @ UA-UWA

Email: RMayben@ua.edu

Twitter: @RMayben9

Site: uatim.org

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Background

Started conducting Educational Drone Trainings in 2015 or 16

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The first drone that I ever flew was a 4K DJI Phantom 3 (think Cadillac) in front of almost an entire school including the principal and superintendent. I didn’t crash it. The second drone I flew was a relatively inexpensive SYMA (think Vespa), and I immediately crashed it. Now ask me why and why is it important?

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• Fly Legally
• Registering Drones & Trust Test
• Education Rules
• Part 107 or CBO
• Academy of Model Aeronautics:
• Model Aviation Student Club
• Youth Membership and Flight School
• If you fly inside (classroom, gym), then you are not subject to FAA regulations...more here.

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Before you fly…

FAA

Links

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• Fly Safely - Trees/Power Lines/People/Wind
• Altitude Hold (May not always be called this, but it is a must for beginners [if not racing]…)
• Batteries
• Start Small
• Purchase a long Golf Ball Retriever or Duck Retriever Pole
• Source: First time flying a drone? Don’t make these mistakes.
• Source: New drone? Things to know before your first flight.

Before you fly…

FAA

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• The main players in the game are DJI and Parrot. Both are educator-friendly, but Parrot’s mini-drones are hard to find �and more expensive than they used to be.
• Robolink’s CoDrone EDU is now a factor as well as larger �programs such as US Drone Soccer and Rocket Drones.
• There are others such as UDI, SYMA, etc.
• Most newer models have Altitude Hold. This is a must for beginners.
• Consider your objective for purchasing - Photo/Video, FPV, Coding, Learning Activities, Racing, Drone Soccer, etc.
• Also consider costs of extra batteries and other parts.
• Disposable?
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Which Drone Should I buy?

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What skills and traits do these engineers need in order to deliver these presentations?

bit.ly/inteldroneshow

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Let’s now look at how you can bring drones to your curriculum

Take FLIGHT!

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1. Use drones to teach Coding/CS
2. Use drones to teach Drones
3. Use drones for CTE (mass media, drone pilot credentials, etc)
4. Use drones to teach other subjects
5. Use drones to teach STEM
6. Use drones for competitions
7. Can you think of others?

Drones in the Curriculum

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1. Drone Legends
2. SheMaps
3. DroneBlocks
4. WozEd
5. STEMPilot K-12
6. AMA Flight School
7. Robolink
8. Ready Set Drone
9. Drone Soccer
10. Rocket Drones
11. Do you know of others?

Drone Curriculum Providers

Some

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• From Summer 2020 Virtual Summit�
• What ideas do you have or have you used/experienced?�
• Funding Ideas & Grants�
• Civil Air Patrol

Ideas for Drones in the Classroom

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We will fly and program a few different types of drones for this part of the session.

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Flying time!

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Flying Task

1. Walk through this list for flight instructions: https://bit.ly/flighttask �
2. Take a few minutes to practice with the drone.�
3. After you are comfortable flying the drone, time yourself navigating the obstacle course. �
4. An extension of this would be to graph the flight times of each team member.

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Coding Task

• Walk through this list for programming instructions: https://bit.ly/dronecodetask �
• Take a few minutes to practice with the code.�
• Once you are comfortable programming the drone, program it to navigate the obstacle course.

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Coding, Collaboration, Problem-Solving,

What other skills do you see?

Want to see

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A few photos from recent sessions!

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Here are some more examples of coding with drones.

I will show some crashes as well. (Just for fun!)

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Shelton State Umphrey Center

Matches start at 9 AM

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THANK YOU for taking flighT!

Drone Resource Wakelet

Link: uatim.org/takeflight

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Email: RMayben@ua.edu

Twitter: @RMayben9

Site: uatim.org

Dr. Robert Mayben

ATiM @ UA-UWA

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