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Montour Middle Schoolers to Learn AI with Calypso

Montour Middle Schoolers to Learn AI with Calypso

The Trib Live (Pittsburgh, PA) ran a July 25, 2018 story about Montour Middle School's announcement of a new Artificial Intelligence elective for 7th and 8th graders. As part of this course, students will get hands-on experience with artificial intelligence algorithms using Calypso for Cozmo.

The photo above, taken from the Trib Live article, shows Justin Aglio, Director of Academic Success and District Innovation for the Montour School District, talking with two children at the World Artificial Intelligence Competition for Youth (WAICY) workshop in Pittsburgh, where they learned Calypso programming.

Read the full article by Jaime Martines here:

https://triblive.com/news/education/classroom/13901114-74/the-future-is-here-montour-middle-schoolers-to-start-ai-curriculum-this

Additional coverage of Montour's program appears in this July 24 Post-Gazette article by Matt McKinney :

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/07/24/Montour-School-District-artificial-intelligence-curriculum-public-school-stem-classes-pa/stories/201807240158

And in this July 18, 2018 Education Week blog post by Justin Aglio:

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_innovation/2018/07/coming_this_fall_to_montour_school_district_americas_first_public_school_ai_program.html