Sharon is the Instructional Technology Coordinator for Woodland School and Founder of TechyKids.com with a passion for design thinking. She has led many robotics programs for kids, from Wizbots to being a mentor at Hack the Future. She sees robotics as a way to inspire kids to experiment, invent, learn, and collaborate. She partnered with Willow Garage to develop and lead the PR2 interactive exhibit at The Tech Museum. She plans to continue growing TechyKids.com to encourage robotics education and provide resources, products and educational material to educators, kids and parents. Sharon has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, and tinkers in art, photography, traveling, entrepreneurship, and creating just about anything.

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