Comments for NarwhalEdu https://narwhaledu.com Hands-on Online Introduction to Engineering Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:38:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 Comment on What is NarwhalEdu? by orangenarwhals https://narwhaledu.com/about/#comment-4 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:38:20 +0000 http://narwhaledu.wordpress.com/?page_id=1#comment-4 Thanks Karl! Nice to meet you and we will keep in touch.
Thanks,
–Nancy

]]> Comment on Update: awesome plushie mascot, 4 logo design tips, product design revision, user testing results by orangenarwhals https://narwhaledu.com/update-logo-design-tips/#comment-8 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:22:36 +0000 http://narwhaledu.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-8 thanks avery! good luck with your own product design process on diybio stuff

]]> Comment on Update: awesome plushie mascot, 4 logo design tips, product design revision, user testing results by tequals0 https://narwhaledu.com/update-logo-design-tips/#comment-7 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:57:41 +0000 http://narwhaledu.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-7 I am pretty sure you can makerbot that part. if you want, I can try it on mine :D .

Go team narwhal! It is cool to see your design process.

]]> Comment on What is NarwhalEdu? by karl shumaker https://narwhaledu.com/about/#comment-3 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:17:15 +0000 http://narwhaledu.wordpress.com/?page_id=1#comment-3 Hi Cappie, Laura shumaker’s dad here. Way to go, the concept looks good. I might be a good feed back loop. I’m interested in increasing my tech knowledge so when the drawing robot comes out I’ll try it. I’m high on the mechanical scale but low on the computer/electronic interface spectrum so if I can do the project and learn from it that will be a good test of the functionality of your module.
I’ll sign up to follow. Looking forward to it.
Karl

]]> Comment on Resources for Homeschooling STEM, Part 1: An Overview by orangenarwhals https://narwhaledu.com/resources-for-homeschooling-stem-part-1-an-overview/#comment-6 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 05:32:42 +0000 http://narwhaledu.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-6 Hello! We are focused on general engineering rather than electrical engineering specifically. My learning style is such taht I would pick a project and then learn what you need to do that project instead of trying to learn everything at once and then thinking of a project. For instance, you can say, “I want to make an Red Green Blue LED mood cube,” go to instructables (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-an-LED-Ambient-Mood-Light-A-Beginner-/) or adafruit (http://learn.adafruit.com/all-about-leds and http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-lesson-3-rgb-leds/overview). Depending on the age I might recommend littlebits.cc as well.

]]> Comment on Resources for Homeschooling STEM, Part 1: An Overview by Kara https://narwhaledu.com/resources-for-homeschooling-stem-part-1-an-overview/#comment-5 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:52:51 +0000 http://narwhaledu.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-5 Hands on is the best way to teach engineering! I looked through your list and found these sites invaluable but for a beginner the electric engineering kits on these sites seem overwhelming and I don’t know where to start. There is terminology I have never heard and need to find curriculum to teach it. We have used basic circuit kits with basic experiments. Breadboards, arduino, resistance boards, how to use “FTDI to load new code onto your Simon” (what? !!) I don’t know where to start. There has got to be a way for a young smart kid to learn this stuff on his own. Where do I find that material. I hope that is exactly what you guys are doing. Love your information so far. Thank you!

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