Tech Together & Ike ‘Ea

Ka Pilina (Blending Tradition with Innovation)

The Tech Together Program is a hands-on traveling electronics class that teaches sixth graders and their families basic electronics in a classroom setting on a regular education campus. By going into the classroom for two weeks, the Tech Together Program benefits the students as well as the participating schools by offering an intro to electronics curriculum that will be taught by qualified instructors and tech support personnel. Workshops for the teachers and the families will be required to assist the students with take home electronic toy adaptation kits that will be administered to each sixth grade student. Five of these kits will be given to each student at no cost to the student and the school.

Kaleo Iwasaki Program Manager

Kaleo Iwasaki is a graduate of Kapa‘a High School on the Island of Kauai. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in Business Management in 1992. A former high school teacher for 13 years, Kaleo's teaching backround has been in Math & Science. He also has a background in Special Education and C-Base Alternative Education. Kaleo's other duties include recruitment for the Native Hawaiian Science and Engineering Mentoring Program (NHSEMP) for the University of Hawaii's College of Engineering and Partners in Development Foundation.

Thursday, June 19, 2008
Science Camp Uses Lego's as Teaching Tools
Story at Honolulu Advertiser
Story at Star-Bulletin

Thursday, June, 12, 2008
Tech Together Comes to Nanakuli Elementary
Students conducted experiments emphasizing problem solving techniques to prove science concepts.

Friday, June 6, 2008
Tech Together Comes to Waianae Elementary
Parents and families of the came together at the school library for the showcase of student projects and science activities.