{"id":21240,"date":"2019-09-30T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T07:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twomaverix.com\/?p=21240"},"modified":"2019-09-29T21:07:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T04:07:32","slug":"helping-the-future-take-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twomaverix.com\/?p=21240","title":{"rendered":"Helping the Future Take Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21244\" src=\"http:\/\/twomaverix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Misha-Houser-2-e1569784542558.jpg\" alt=\"Autonomy Foundation Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer Misha Houser smiles in closeup against restaurant background\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How can drones provide a core element in education?\u00a0 How can they help students learn practical skills?<\/p>\n<p>There are all kinds of ways, says Autonomy Foundation Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer Misha Houser. <div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1660\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21240-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/content.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/Over_Coffee_Podcast_235_Misha_Houser.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/content.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/Over_Coffee_Podcast_235_Misha_Houser.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/content.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/Over_Coffee_Podcast_235_Misha_Houser.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/content.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/Over_Coffee_Podcast_235_Misha_Houser.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/twomaverix.com\/?powerpress_pinw=21240-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/content.blubrry.com\/overcoffee\/Over_Coffee_Podcast_235_Misha_Houser.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Over_Coffee_Podcast_235_Misha_Houser.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\" https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/overcoffee.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<p>Misha has an extensive background in both the arts and the sciences.\u00a0\u00a0 Her murals are on display in a public park.\u00a0 Her professional experience includes serving as Chief Operations Officer for nonprofit Tesla Foundation Group.\u00a0 She also served as Assistant Program Manager for Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation.\u00a0 And her areas of expertise include both public relations and journalism.<\/p>\n<p>And with the Autonomy Foundation, she and her team are offering students a unique educational program.\u00a0 At its core: drones, drone flight, and the different aspects of what drones can accomplish.\u00a0 Among the subjects students learn: entrepreneurship, coding, and engineering.<\/p>\n<p>In short, they&#8217;re learning STEAM&#8211;science, technology, engineering, art and math.\u00a0 And they&#8217;re preparing for a future workplace in which they&#8217;ll be very comfortable with robotics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20013\" src=\"http:\/\/twomaverix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/drones21-e1555215380931.jpg\" alt=\"drones fly in a netted enclsoure through a square hoop at Imaginology\" width=\"600\" height=\"582\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Autonomy Foundation first partnered with Magnolia High School, in Anaheim, in 2018, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/magnolia.auhsd.us\/Magnolia\/Department\/14059-Cybersecurity-Institute\/75003-Tesla-Foundation.html\">high school&#8217;s webpage<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Sixteen students trained in the Drone Pilot Training Course that autumn.\u00a0 The plan: to enroll and train an additional sixteen students every semester.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Misha says, the Autonomy Foundation is just beginning its outreach to schools.\u00a0\u00a0 Their website will be up and running with online training in early 2020, and anyone in the educational field who&#8217;d like to reach out to her about the possibility of getting their school involved, is welcome to do so!<\/p>\n<h5>On this edition of Over Coffee\u00ae, you will hear:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>How the educational drone program first came about;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Some of the innovative ideas students had, during the first cohort;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>How the Autonomy Foundation evolved from these early classes;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Where the Autonomy Foundation will be expanding, in the future;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>How the drone program can inspire arts-oriented students;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>What Autonomy Foundation did during <a href=\"http:\/\/twomaverix.com\/?p=19987\">Imaginology, in Costa Mesa in April<\/a>;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>A basic lesson in flying a drone!;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>What students must do to pass their final (hint: this is fun!);<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Where you can meet Misha and talk with her more at length (she&#8217;s appearing at an airshow in early October!)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Her lessons on starting a nonprofit;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>How to support Autonomy Foundation as the program grows;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>A timeline for their additional curriculum;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>Misha&#8217;s favorite aspect of the drone program.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How 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