2016年9月26日 作者：费尔南多-瓜林 A Bit (or Byte) of History At the time that I started mentoring students with Snap Circuits at IBM in 2006, we were looking for creative activities that could convey to students what an electrical engineer does on a day-to-day basis. We started using the kits with local schools during Engineer Week visits, then expanded to the week-long camps we hosted for girls during the summer. Since 2008, I expanded my involvement in mentoring to the IEEE’s Electron Devices Society (EDS) and, with the organization’s support, have been working with a number of engineers to inspire young minds through a worldwide mentoring program called EDS-ETC (Engineers Demonstrating Science: an Engineer Teacher Connection). Formally introduced in 2010, the program was designed with the help of volunteers from the Rochester, Boise and the Mid-Hudson Valley Chapters in New York. These dedicated volunteers ran initial evaluations working with their local science teachers ranging from the fourth through twelfth grade levels. In the first phase of the project, Snap Circuits kits were made available to chapters in the United States. Shortly thereafter, the program was expanded to EDS chapters throughout the globe with participation from all IEEE regions, where local EDS chapter student members have been actively engaged. Now, the only requirement for chapters to receive kits free of charge is that they submit a plan indicating how they intend to use them. In 2015, more than 9,000 young students participated in over 130 events around the world 与众不同的工程 该计划的主要目标是使分会成员能够访问当地学校并举办活动，旨在让青年学生参与到电气工程领域。通过利用易于使用的Snap Circuit Kits，学生们以 "动手 "的方式学习电子电路，体验令人兴奋和富有创造力的电子领域。我们希望鼓励他们考虑将电气和电子工程作为一种职业。这种多功能的工具，加上EDS志愿者的热情和专业知识，已经被用来展示许多应用，并激励年轻学生进入令人兴奋的电子器件领域。为了改变世界，我们需要从我们自己的社区和当地学校开始工作。我们需要与当地政府和工业界合作，激励下一代的工程师和科学家，他们将致力于解决我们在世界上面临的最紧迫的挑战--清洁水、风能/波能/水能、光伏/太阳能电池、管理废物、地热、能源作物、能源采集、医疗保健和更多。下一代的工程师将有大量的工作。先进的制造商开发并交付给客户的技术将塑造未来。我们都需要做出贡献，以便通过与年轻的头脑分享我们的知识来保持工程师的管道，这将确保我们星球的光明未来。今天就参与进来吧向你的雇主咨询，了解现有的教育推广计划。组织一个创客集市，或与当地教师和同事合作，启动一个指导计划。Snap Circuits套件是让所有年龄段的学生参与其中的好方法。其他选择包括Raspberry Pi™、Arduino™和更多点击这里了解有关IEEE EDS-ETC计划的更多信息，并观看相关视频。
