欧美视频

By Janice Phelan, March 14, 2019

A total of six Lee鈥檚 Summit R-7 School District students, working with the University of Central Missouri Gigabit Lab, will assist with Internet of Things presentations at the 2019 Microsoft DigiGirlz Day. The April 11 international event is designed to provide teenage girls with a better understanding of technology career opportunities.

鈥淭his is UCM鈥檚 first year participating in the DigiGirlz event,鈥� said Joe Mullins, UCM Workforce and Professional Development. 鈥淲e are excited about bringing our Lee鈥檚 Summit R-7 partners in to help with the program.鈥�

DigiGirlz takes place at locations throughout the United States and countries all over the world. To register for the event, visit this link. Registration closes April 1 or when all spots are full.

The Lee鈥檚 Summit students will help present approximately five morning sessions focusing on the Internet of Things at the metro-area DigiGirlz event, scheduled at Johnson County Community College. During the afternoon, the local students will have the opportunity to attend informational sessions.

Lee鈥檚 Summit students presenting at the event include Zoey Sears, Lauren Bryant, Makayla Clark, Martie Schreckengaust, all Lee鈥檚 Summit High School, and Megan Demo and Lauren Smith, Lee鈥檚 Summit West High School. All six are in Lee鈥檚 Summit R-7 teacher Deanna Soukup鈥檚 Project Lead the Way computer science course.

The local students鈥� projects include solutions and applications such as:

• An app that senses an individual鈥檚 heart rate to alert a service dog of panic attacks.
• A bathroom mirror designed to include important daily information (calendar, weather, news).
• A hamster cage featuring sensors that dictate the hamster鈥檚 Twitter account posts and the activities of an LED animated hamster.

At the sessions, the student presenters will demonstrate their creations and encourage the younger students to try them. Soukup, who also sponsors the Lee鈥檚 Summit Girls Who Code Club and the Lee鈥檚 Summit Coder Dojo, will attend DigiGirlz with her students.

The 欧美视频 has partnered with the Lee鈥檚 Summit R-7 School District to further engage students in science, technology, engineering and math through SensED Internet of Things. The UCM Gigabit Lab is for entrepreneurs/innovators/researchers in development of next generation products and services that are taking advantage of faster and more reliable networks.