Intro to Drones Pop!: 20 Hour Condensed Course
Join us for an engaging and immersive 20 hour drone course designed to introduce students to the exciting world of drones. Throughout this program, participants will explore various drone applications and engage in career exploration activities, including projects that encourage them to think creatively about the drone services they could provide.
Join us for an engaging and immersive 20 hour drone course designed to introduce students to the exciting world of drones.
Throughout this program, participants will:
Explore various drone applications
Discover exciting possibilities in the drone industry
Engage in career exploration activities
Complete projects that encourage them to think creatively about the drone services they could provide
Have the opportunity to fly indoor micro drones
Navigate through an exhilarating obstacle course while honing their piloting skills
TOPICS COVERED
- Career Activity: Drone Use Case Exploration
- Micro Drone Flights: Box Pattern
- Micro Drone Flights: Circles
- Creating a Drone Services Offering
- Career Activity: Unique Drone Use Cases
- Micro Drone Flights: Precision Landing
- Micro Drone Flights: Figure Eights
- Marketing Drone Services
- Career Activity: Drones in Your Community
- Micro Drone Flights: Student Competition #1
- Micro Drone Flights: Flying Through Obstacles
- Career Activity: Drone Charades
- Micro Drone Flights: Descending Approach
- Drone Business Operations Overview
- Career Activity: Drone Design Thinking Challenge
- Micro Drone Flights: Sliding Parallax
- Micro Drone Flights: Orbit
- Liabilities, Insurance, and Legal Considerations
- Student Presentation: My Drone Services Business
- Micro Drone Flights: Student Competition #2
This 20 Hour "Pop" is a small sample from a large collection of the DARTdrones drone training options for high schools and CTE groups.
Ongoing Support For Teachers
We are dedicated to your success!
Videos of DARTdrones Instructors teaching the same material
Live question and answer sessions with DARTdrones Instructors
Virtual check ins with other teachers teaching the same material
Access for teachers and administrators to track student progress and test scores in our LMS system
Why DARTdrones?
We don’t code with drones. We don’t play with drones. We are 100% about drone real world operations.
DARTdrones Instructors are here to support the teachers, students, and all partnerships for growth.
What makes us different is our Semester 2 Course.
Designed For Teachers, By Teachers
Kelly Longaker
Kelly is a dedicated professional and seasoned public educator boasting a rich background with over 20 years of experience specializing in curriculum and content development, lesson design and differentiation. Kelly partnered with DARTdrones in the development of a customizable drone training program for young learners looking to establish and grow in their career and technical development training. Her main focus lies in developing engaging learning materials and strategies to enhance student learning outcomes. Her ultimate goal is to continue making a positive impact in the field of education and supporting the growth and development of students and educators alike.
Chris Speicher, Ph.D.
Chris is one of the co-founders of DARTdrones and also the Executive Director of the School of Business and Global Innovation at Marywood University in Scranton, PA. Chris has been involved with over 30 start-up entries in his professional career, but his passion remains teaching and educating young people from around the world on how to succeed in business in an ethical manner. Chris is the 2020 recipient of the International Academic Excellence Award from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and the 2020 recipient of the Faculty Mentor Award, X-Culture International Business Plan Competition.
Jerry White
Jerry has a background spanning various roles including flight instruction, corporate, charter, and airline piloting. Jerry has amassed over 7,000 flight hours. Notably, his expertise extends to drone piloting and executive leadership within the aviation industry. Beyond his piloting credentials, Jerry’s entrepreneurial journey as a small business owner and his role as a business consultant provide him with a comprehensive understanding of aviation operations and safety management. His experience as a flight instructor, particularly in teaching high school students to obtain their private pilot license, underscores his dedication to sharing his knowledge and skills with others.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The course is designed to be used as a short, fun, interactive introduction to drones for middle school students. It can also be used for after school or summer programs for middle or high school students.
No. This course focuses on flying small, inexpensive drones indoors and it utilizes common items you already have in your school. There is no need for advanced drones, and there are no licensing requirements since all flying is done indoors. We also priced the curriculum very reasonably to keep the barrier to entry as low as possible.
Teachers will get access to a Teacher Edition of the course and all students will get Student Edition access to our Learning Management System (LMS). Inside the LMS are short online classes, instructions for group exercises, instructions for student activities, instructions for the micro activity flight sessions, and instructions and scoring for student micro flight competitions. Teachers will have the option to print materials or students can work through the content in the LMS. We give access to the “Pop!” for 6 months. You may or may not finish all the content in that time, but you can have student continue to work through after the 4 weeks if there is still time left.
