Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Beaverworks vs EDW- student behavior

I have attached an AI-generated document about attitudes towards engineering. This was prompted by observing the difference in student behavior between the Beaverworks program and the concurrent EDW this summer. 

Beaverworks students were very professional, focused and quiet, guided by two adult teachers, whereas the EDW students acted more like typical teenagers, dancing, playing music, and having fun generally, guided by near-peer mentors.

When I visited the wearables program with Ed Moriarty and Sedat, Ed's question for the students was were they were having fun. I'm not sure they knew why he was asking that, as they were mostly focused on their design.

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