Drones In The Classroom
Drone Technology is…
Engaging | Accessible | Inclusive | Innovative | Career Technology
Superintendents, principals and teachers from across North America are learning how to effectively and meaningfully introduce drone technology as a means to engage learning. This is the only program in the world of its kind. This program aligns common-core standards with cross-curricular lesson plans.
This is not a drone course. This isn’t a school initiated credit or a unit to be taught, or an elective.
This program:
Integrates cross-curricular STEAM-based outcomes throughout Grade 6 to Grade 12
Enables teachers with airmanship knowledge about being a drone pilot, so they can become a drone pilot, because in order to effectively model drone technology, a teacher should know and follow the regulatory requirements and best practices.
Enables teachers with knowledge about career connections the drone industry, so they can inspire students with opportunities and directly applicable transferrable skills.
Enables teachers with strategic implementation strategies, so they can use drones in their classrooms, whether it is a science lab, art room, or mathematics, geography, physics, biology, world issues, or many other disciplines.
First introduced in 2017 by Matthew Johnson (former President of M3 Aerial - now Volatus Aerospace), the Drones In The Classroom program has become a cornerstone of drone education in dozens of school districts across North America.
Introducing Educators to The Drone Industry
Drones In The Classroom is our flagship program, which was designed first and foremost to ensure that drones are recognized as a disruptive technology, meaning they are having, and will continue to have a profound impact on our society and the way that humans operate on a worldwide scale. It is undeniable the effect that drones are having on our lives, though we may not see them in everyday life, they are used in almost every industry that operates outdoors, and many indoor operations as well.
Knowing about the current state of the drone industry, and the incredible career opportunities for students in the future is step one. From there, it is critical for educators to know and model the correct, safe, and how to use drones legally in the classroom in order to effectively use this technology as a teaching tool.
A tech-savvy teacher may want to bring their drone to school and use it to carry an egg across the football field as a demonstration of the effects of gravity, lift, momentum, and many other wonderful concepts across STEM-education curricular outcomes.
But if a teacher does not know how to navigate the legal framework, understanding the process of planning and executing a drone operation, they may unintentionally model incorrect (and potentially illegal) activities for their students.
In addition to learning the knowledge requirements to legally operate a drone in the United States, Canada, South America and/or Europe, teachers and administrators will learn about the economic importance that drones are bringing to our innovative society. They will learn about real-world applications and the science and reasoning behind many of these amazing applications.
Teachers will learn how to answer that age old question, “when am I going to need to know this?” by providing concrete examples of jobs and tasks that have been revolutionized by drone technology.
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Professional Development for
Teachers & Administration
DITC consists of three elements:
Advanced RPAS Ground School
Learn about the current state of the drone industry, the who, what, where, when and why drones are becoming one of the most disruptive technologies of the 21st century.
Learn the Transport Canada RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft system) knowledge requirements in order to become a certified RPAS pilot. No teacher should be demonstrating drone technology without first understanding the limitations and operating within those limitations!
RPAS Flight Training and Flight Review Preparation
Learn how to plan a safe and legal drone operation.
Learn how to pilot a drone safely and with confidence.
Learn how to use the various photography and videography settings on multiple drone platforms.
Advanced Educator RPAS Operations (AERO) Training
Learn how to successfully integrate drone technology into a classroom environment in a safe, legal and meaningful manner.
Learn how to engage students in learning towards specific curricular outcomes through various possible applications of drones in the classroom!
Learn how drones can easily be used in Science, Mathematics, Geography, Biology, Physics, Art, Drama, Digital Communications, and many other disciplines.
Skills Training and Classroom Integration Strategies
Describing how a drone needs to be flown to a classroom of students is one thing, but demonstrating it in front of them is entirely more complicated. Teachers will learn how to effectively pilot drones through lesson-specific examples.