Today marks the half way mark of my experience here. I am pleased with my progress so far as far as understanding the work involved, but trying to make connections to the classroom have not been overly obvious. I will take more time in the next couple weeks concentrating on that aspect.
Today, Ryan and I met with Jenny Becker, the Community Relations person who originally introduced us to the program. Her job is to bring the community and Rockwell Collins personnel together. She showed us a couple fabulous programs. One is a program for high elementary to middle school aged students (called FIRST LEGO League) and the other is for high school level students (FIRST Tech Challenge, aka FTC). The FTC is actually a class at Jefferson this coming year. I'll make a note to look in on the program. I need to look over my curricula a little closer and see if there is a good fit for a Rockwell Collins employee to visit my my class(es).
On the analysis front, I have put together a presentation to show John, the head of the Environmental Effects department. I think I may have a tool for him to use to predict the number of hours to plan for in his area for the fiscal year 2011. He technically has already made the decision (he was forced to early last week), but I will be curious if my conclusion matches his estimation.
Rockwell Collins is closed for Monday and Tuesday and are considered paid holidays. My next blog entry will be on Wednesday, July 7. See you then!
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