Collier established the engineering program two years ago when she joined the school. Before that, the school just had a makerspace. Now, there’s a one-hour daily robotics class and the robotics club meets for two hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.
SLIDESHOW: Tina Collier, the robotics club teacher and advisor, checks in on seventh grader Zorea Bradshaw and Elizabeth Farias, an eighth grader at East Palo Alto Charter School, during the robotics club meeting at Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Collier, who became involved in robotics in 2004, also runs Modesto Robotics and Technology, which is aimed at robotics education for kids in the community she lives in.
She enjoys seeing the robotics students have “ah-ha moments.”
“They seem to challenge each other frequently to step up,” she said. “They drive what (projects) they want to…
