User:Rls49

About Me

My name is Rob Smith, and I am from Columbia, South Carolina. I am a prospective ME, and I intend to minor in theater studies. I am in Speak of the Devil, on the club Golf and Ski teams, and I was a baby builder this august in pBUILD.

Interests

I enjoy fishing, skiing, golfing, singing, writing music, building machines, designing impossible machines, sleeping, and using serial commas.

Grand Challenges for Engineering

When looking at the [[Grand Challenges for Engineering] I noticed toward the bottom of the list was "Advance Personalized Learning." I was immediately reminded of a video that was shown at the simultaneous unveiling of OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6 this summer at the WWDC. The video was essentially Apple propaganda (which I readily gobbled up) about how the iPad and iPod were helping to personalize learning especially in developing countries and among the autistic.This Autism Community sees Promise in iPad Apps,Lyanne Melendez, ABC Network, 30 September 2011, accessed 9 September 2012 (Grand Challenge)