Description:

This course provides students the opportunity to work as a team to create a tool that can impact a real-world issue. The class will be largely student-driven in which the teacher(s) will serve as mentors to guide students through the design process as a team.

The course strives to help students build valuable real-life skills such as creative problem-solving, dealing with constructive criticism, interpersonal team skills, critical thinking, and clear communication.

Special Instructions:

*As part of the EVP program, this course will have a live class requirement every other week at a set time; please see the website for meeting time details. This live class will include teaching, discussion with classmates from around the world, demonstrations, questions and answers, and other aspects of a live classroom. Students will have weekly due dates and stay on a traditional coursework schedule.

This one semester course will meet every other week for an entire school year.

This course periodically requires live collaboration beyond the 50 minutes every other week in EVP.

Semester 1: August 28 – January 21

Fall Break: November 20 – 24

Christmas Break: December 18 – January 1

Semester 2: January 22 – June 2

Spring Break: March 25 – March 29

Times: Fridays 9:00 AM US Central Time

If there are books and materials for this course, they can be purchased from our Online Bookstore.