During the last school year, my students and I enjoyed exploring the use of drones in my classroom. I teach students at a student-run Help Desk at Burlington High School [1]in Burlington, MA. While flying drones isn’t ordinarily something one would expect as part of our Help Desk program, we often try new and different types of technology to see if there are any possible educational uses. We were fortunate enough to receive a 求av网站 grant this year to acquire additional drones which we’ll be using with other classes at the high school.
Our Drone Story
Our exploration with drones started when we tried using a small toy drone given to me as a gift by a student. While the drone was interesting to play with, we found it very difficult to fly as we would constantly have to adjust the trim settings to get it to hover in place. The same student who gave me the toy drone had talked about getting himself the
Safety First
Safety is also of the utmost importance when using drones and the FAA UAS [5]
your drone, as well as learn the rules and regulations of drone flight.
求av网站 Classroom Grant
After a few months of working with drones, we decided to apply for a 求av网站 Classroom Grant [7]. Read
LeRoy Wong is the instructional technology support specialist at Burlington High School in Burlington, MA. He can be reached at [email protected] if you have any questions.