CIS Independent Study / Internship Project Requirements
Prof Sklar
Spring 2006

MID-TERM PROJECT REPORT

By Friday MARCH 31, please email me:

1. A copy of your log/journal detailing your visits to the classroom for robotics;
2. Ideas for the lesson plan(s) you intend to implement;

and

3. Ideas for the applied portion of the project--what contribution are you planning to make to our robotics.edu effort? will you help with building plans? web site design/development?

FINAL PROJECT REPORT

The following is due BY THURSDAY MAY 25:

1. A copy of your log/journal detailing your visits to the classroom for robotics for the whole semester (this includes what you already sent for the mid-term project report);
2. The lesson plan(s) you implemented. This should include:
   • Building plans---if you use one of our pre-defined robot bodies, then specify which one (e.g., Go-Cart A); if you use a different body or a modification of one of ours, then please include building plans;
   • A short description of the lesson, written for the teacher; For example: http://agents.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/robotics.edu/lessons/lesson2.html
   • A copy of the step-by-step instructions which you gave the class, written for the students; For example: http://agents.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/robotics.edu/lessons/handout2.html
3. A write-up of the applied portion of the project. This should include:
   • Title
   • Abstract
     This should be one paragraph and should explain what the project is about. Did your project contribute to our robotics.edu effort? Did your project help someone else, like another professor or department? Was your project a research project?
   • Introduction
     This should re-state the abstract in more detail, including a brief description about what you did for the project, an explanation of the purpose of the project and what you learned from the experience. This can include experiences you gained from doing the robotics tutoring in the classrooms.
   • Project Description
     Describe the project in complete detail.
     If it is a programming or web-design project, then include the source files (as an appendix to the project write-up) and be sure to include enough detail so that if another student were going to pick up where you left off next term, then they would have enough information to go on.
     If your project involved new technologies (i.e., using software tools that were new to you), then describe the tool(s). Explain how you learned how to use the tool, what information was helpful, what information was not helpful and what information you would pass on to someone else using the tool in future. Be sure to include any bibliographic references!
   • Summary and Future Work
     Summarize what you did and what you learned. This can be very brief, since you have already made these statements in the abstract and introduction. Then go on and highlight problems you had, issues which you had to face and hurdles which you had to (or were unable to) overcome.
     Outline some ideas for future work. If you were going to continue the project next term, what would you do? If someone else were going to pick up the project from you next term, what would you recommend that they do?
   • Bibliography
     Include full bibliographic references from any outside sources.

All materials should be submitted to me by Thursday May 25. Please submit:

• Electronic version of all three parts (journal, lesson plan, project write-up). PDF or HTML formats are preferred, but Word is okay too. If you send multiple files, PLEASE ZIP THEM TOGETHER AND SEND ONE ZIP FILE!!
• TWO HARD-COPIES left in the CIS dept office (2109 N), one goes in my mailbox and the other goes in Prof Augenstein's mailbox.