{"id":47848,"date":"2016-07-15T14:35:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T00:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=47848"},"modified":"2019-02-11T13:59:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T23:59:18","slug":"high-school-students-increase-digital-literacy-by-building-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/07\/15\/high-school-students-increase-digital-literacy-by-building-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"High school students increase digital literacy by building computers"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Philip von Doetinchem (middle back) and N\u0101n\u0101kuli High students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks to University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa physics Assistant Professor Philip von Doetinchem<\/strong><\/a>, N\u0101n\u0101kuli high school students spent a memorable, informative week building and working with computers as part of the newly launched HIgh school students in proGramminG and Sciences (HIGGS).<\/p>\n

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During the pilot run, Doetinchem mentored the students at the N\u0101n\u0101kuli campus, where they learned how to use highly versatile and affordable Raspberry Pi computers. Starting from the bare computer CPU<\/abbr> board, students built up a system with multiple sensors and devices and wrote the corresponding computer code to control them.<\/p>\n

In an entirely hands-on approach, the group worked with cameras, read out temperature and humidity sensors and measured natural radioactivity levels with Geiger counters controlled by the computer. On the last day, students came to the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa campus to take part in a tour of the Institute for Astronomy<\/a> led by Director G\u00fcnther Hasinger<\/strong><\/a> and also visited a physics class.<\/p>\n

“The idea behind the program is that high school students are using smartphones as major resource for nearly all aspects of their lives,” said Doetinchem. “However, a deeper understanding of computers is shrinking while the usage of these devices is becoming easier. The program aims to increase the digital literacy level of high school students that resides in the interface of natural sciences and computer programming.” <\/p>\n

The participating N\u0101n\u0101kuli students reported that, at the end of the weeklong project, they had become extremely interested in technology and wanted to continue their study of science, Doetinchem said. The pilot project was supported by Doetinchem’s National Science Foundation CAREER<\/abbr> award and co-sponsored by the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Office for Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity<\/a> (SEED). He thanked SEED<\/abbr>’s Maile Goo<\/strong>, Nicholas Childs<\/strong>, Paul Richards<\/strong>, Janis Dela Cruz<\/strong> and N\u0101n\u0101kuli High Assistant Principal Corrina Luna for their support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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