CIJE Drone Olympics at Yavneh
After spending an amazing three days at Frost Valley, our 7th graders returned to school on
Monday and learned how to fly - drones that is.
Yavneh Academy joins many yeshivot across the country who benefit from the programming and training provided by the Center for Innovations in Jewish Education (CIJE). Our middle school students and teachers have been part of CIJE’s E2K program, CIJE Bytes, Robotics, ongoing professional development for our teachers, and so much more.
Philip Brazil, CIJE’s Vice President of Development joined by Orly Nadler, Director of Innovation, Heshy Weider, STEM Mentor and Adam Jerozolim, Director of Curriculum Development brought 8 drones and an obstacle course. Our students assisted by Jason David, Brenda Zak, David Beckman and our CIJE mentors programmed the drones using DroneBlocks as their coding language. Our students were given many opportunities to craft and correct their programs. And the drones flew through more obstacles with each attempt.
It was great to see the learning put in place; our students had learned block coding in 6th grade as one of their trimester courses. Mrs. Zak and Mr. Beckman shared reflections in their afternoon science classes. At this time, we are still not sure who enjoyed the program more - our students or our teachers and CIJE mentors.
We thank CIJE for its dynamic approach to education and its commitment to helping yeshivas blossom. Special thank you to Mrs. Amy Amiel, CIJE’s Senior Vice President for joining us for part of the program.
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