InTEL Statics Project
The InTEL project is a National Science Foundation funded project with the aim to aid in the teaching of Statics to minority and female engineering students by providing more concrete real-world examples for problems as well as providing instant feedback.
I was hired on to this project as a programmer in the summer of 2008 and continue to be an active member. Initially my responsibilities were to add problems to the system and to fix known bugs. My role has evolved somewhat in that, while I have continued to bug-fix, I am also adding additional functionality such as persistence and enhancing user feedback.
I also took the project on as a project studio for the fall of 2008 and in this I was tasked with the design and prototyping of a new branch of problems involving further user interaction as well as animation. The two that were eventually decided upon are linked on the right: the merry-go-round and the seesaw. These manipulable problems are intended to further ground the students' knowledge of statics in real-world experiences while also affording direct manipulation of the static system.
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InTEL Learning Tool
 
 
Manipulables (uses Java)
Merry-go-round
See-saw
Site
InTEL page
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