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Tarantula MindScapesAcademy 405 views WSU Robot Zoo
The Mophia Project MindScapesAcademy 296 views What we learned about LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots in a summer class at MindScapes
When Duck Worms Attack MindScapesAcademy 295 views Test footage created in a summer class at MindScapes. The purpose of the video is to learn the stop-motion process. Practicing with puppet and set creation, image capture...
Five Little Monkeys MindScapesAcademy 254,558 views Five Little Monkeys retold in clay animation. Created in a summer class at MindScapes.
LEGO Alive MindScapesAcademy 268 views Stop-motion animation movie created at Family Night at MindScapes.
Line Dancing Old Cowtown MindScapesAcademy 110 views Stop-Motion Action video made at Family Night at MindScapes!
NXT Robot MindScapesAcademy 386 views This robot is programmed to avoid obstacles that it bumps into with the touch sensor.
NXT Mining Robot MindScapesAcademy 1,240 views This robot uses the sonic sensor to detect when it gets close to the walls in the mining caves so that it doesn't cause a rock fall. It also measures the distance down min...
NXT Line Following Robot MindScapesAcademy 775 views Using a light sensor to detect a line and follow it.
LEGO MindStorms NXT Catapult Robot MindScapesAcademy 3,424 views Catapult robot created with LEGO MindStorms NXT.

About MindScapes Academy

MindScapes Academy is a high-tech computer technology center. We teach classes in robotics, clay animation, web design, graphics, movie making, and more.
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Tonya is the Executive Vice-President of MindScapes and works in the College of Education at Wichita State University, teaching graduate teacher education courses in technology integration.. She has served as the Director of Technology and Virtual Services at ESSDACK, a service center in Kansas. She has experience teaching courses such as robotics, clay animation, multimedia, web design, early childhood technology integration, and global and distance education. Tonya is a technology leader in the National Writing Project, assisting teachers to integrate technology into the writing process and encourage writing across the curriculum.

Over the years, Tonya has taught many summer technology camps for kids, hosted student robotics challenges (including WSU's Mindstorms Challenge), and staged many video theater showings for student movies and animations. Her teaching methodology provides hands-on, minds-on, meaningful experience with reflective practice.

Tonya has been awarded for her work in distance learning with a "Global Learning Excellence in Technology Innovation Award"and an "ISTE SIGTEL Online Learning Award." Tonya speaks internationally and writes for Prentice Hall, ISTE, Syngress Publishing, and McGraw Hill. Read more about Tonya's work at http://tonyawitherspoon.com.

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