Modified VCR for Special Needs StudentsTyngsborough HS, 2005

UMass Lowell's ATDF is an engineering service-learning project that challenges teams of high school students to find and solve real-world design problems involving assistive technology. Each team must find an elderly, disabled or special-needs person in their community, and identify a problem that they have which can be solved using technology - this person becomes their client.

Students research, brainstorm, explore, and evaluate possible design solutions, and ultimately build a working prototype of their solution to present at our Design Fair held each May. In 2007, we had 30 design teams and over 120 students from 10 Massachusetts high schools participate in ATDF, and 60% of students' projects were delivered to clients.