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The Internet of Things (IoT) is the largest and fastest growing segment of the Internet with 46 billion connected devices in 2021. Inexpensive single board microprocessors and microcontrollers like the Raspberry Pi and Arduino have opened-up a wide range of opportunities for chemical educators to bring into the curriculum emerging interdisciplinary skills and knowledge that will be of great value to tomorrow’s chemist, who will work in future labs that will be full of smart devices. Our goal with this symposium is to bring together pioneers, innovators and early adopters in IoT technologies to share in their experiences and learn from each other. We are looking for contributions across the spectrum of applications. These could be laboratory activities like the building of a spectrometer or automated titration devices, or pedagogic activities teaching problem solving skills as students trouble shoot code and sensor circuits. Presentations on high school robotics clubs, IoT enabled citizen science projects and innovative applications like vertical farming are encouraged. How these devices can be used to bring programming and big data analytics like machine learning into the chemistry curriculum are also desired, as well as novel applications like offline access to online content through Internet-in-a-Box devices. This symposium is sponsored by the CHED Committee on Computers in Chemical Education (CCCE) and will include an open panel discussion on how the CCCE can support K12 through university faculty who wish to use these technologies in their classrooms, especially faculty with no programming experience.

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Organizer 1

Robert Belford

Organizer 1 Email
rebelford@ualr.edu
Organizer 2

Ehren C. Bucholtz

Organizer 2 Email
Ehren.Bucholtz@uhsp.edu