by Steve Willingham | Aug 17, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Manufacturing, Resources, Robotics, STEM
The Maker Movement is a theoretical and physical embodiment of constructivism that will reform how we educate students. (Roffey, 2015) Education grounded in “making” has the capacity to transform the way we think about pedagogy and learning (Kurti, Kurti, &...
by Steve Willingham | Jul 24, 2018 | Education, Manufacturing, Resources, STEM
There are lots of online training platforms and resources, and we’ve featured some of our favorites here before, like SolidProfessor, which focuses on specific certification needs, and Skills Commons, an Open Educational Resources (OER) platform. 180Skills...
by Steve Willingham | Jul 9, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Manufacturing, Resources, STEM
We’ve worked with Tony Glockler, CEO and Co-founder of SolidProfessor, for about a year now and continue to work closely with him on the development of some training platforms we’ll be using at AMRoC, the Advanced Manufacturing & Robotics Center. Last...
by Steve Willingham | Jul 3, 2018 | Education, Foundation for Community Driven Innovation, Manufacturing, Resources, Robotics, STEM
In our continuing look at area manufacturers and manufacturing partners in the Tampa Bay area, this week we’re happy to share the story of SOFWERX. While not a manufacturing facility in the traditional sense, SOFWERX manufacturers a wealth of projects in...
by Steve Willingham | Jul 3, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Manufacturing, Robotics, STEM
Check out this nice PLuGHiTz Live interview with FCDI Executive Director, Terri Willingham, done at the FIRST Robotics Competition Orlando Regional back in March, to hear her vision for AMRoC and a Community Driven future.
by Steve Willingham | Jul 3, 2018 | AMRoC, Education, Manufacturing, Robotics, STEM
The Conexus Indiana 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics National Report is out and Florida earned a resounding “D” in Manufacturing Industry Health overall. You can see the full Florida Report here: https://conexus.cberdata.org/state/FL “Human...
