FIRST thing: Robotics in every school – Robotics offers youth in Shelby, Montana a chance to expand their learning horizons into engineering, programming

Days after more than 10,000 students gathered in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome to compete in a robotics championship, Brian Toohey has one thing on his mind: how to make a robotics education accessible to every public high school.

Toohey, senior vice president for international affairs at Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, is rallying support among members of Congress and Department of Education employees for legislation to help his cause. And with the publicity boost from the competition, sponsored by robotics education non-profit FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) http://www.usfirst.org/ , Toohey hopes it’s enough to inspire Congress to fund a program that would allow inner-city schools access to the FIRST program.

By Jeanette Der Bedrosian, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/mathscience/2009-04-29-robotics-schools_N.htm

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Robotics offers youth in Shelby, Montana a chance to expand their learning horizons into engineering, programming

Eight youths in Shelby are getting a hands-on engineering experience by participating in the new Robotics 4-H program.

By Melanie Hoggan

Full Story: http://www.goldentrianglenews.com/articles/2009/04/29/shelby_promoter/news/news2.txt