Automation Workz 2017 - North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is complete. We served 650 participants. 
 
 

Our end goal was to expose parents and their teens to 3 of the 4 career paths and activities to practice those career skills, in play, at home.

Here are the 4 career paths in ranking order. 

Entrepreneur
These individuals risk-it-all to create companies that employ people to develop, market and sale their commercial idea.
Professional Degreed
These individuals manage enterprises and government institutions.
Skilled Trades
These individuals physically create the commercial ideas.
Unskilled Labor
These individuals implement or build a standardardized version of the idea.


This event was built on many years of research as a contractor of Detroit Public Schools having observed the operation of schools and families firsthand. Here are previous events.


 

Join the Tech Parent Revolution with Us.

Come Play with us.

Become a Partner.
Make a Tax Deductible Cash Donation
Click Here
 
We accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, Lite Coin, Dash and 57 other cryptocurrencies for donation. Don’t wait to SECURE a tax deduction! Cryptocurrency withdrawals, like other assets, may be subject to US capital gains taxes.
 
 
MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE CRYPTOCURRENCY DONATION TODAY!! 
 
 
CLICK HERE!  
You will be redirected to CoinPayments.com to process your donation.
  
           
           
           
           
           
          Registrant data was collected and compiled into the report.
           
           
           
           
           
           
          Download the report by entering your information. After you click Submit, you will be redirected to download page.
           
           
          Name*
          Email Address*
          Job Title*
          Company*




          American Math Proficiency, as illustrated by a standardized exam, does not match other countries

          Country Math Proficiency
          US 32%
          Germany 45%
          Canada 49%
          Singapore 63%
          Many adults have a working knowledge of mathematical problem solving but have difficulty passing a standardized math exam. People are afraid of MATH exams. Psychologists have named this debilitating emotional reaction to mathematics - MATH ANXIETY. It affects many people.
           
           
           
           

          Currently, Employers are facing a TALENT SHORTAGE in the technical subjects of engineering, skilled trades and business. Whether it is computer programming, mechatronics, computer aided design, data analytics, welding math proficiency is the necessary skill.

           
           
          "Parents are an untapped resource for promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) motivation and a modest intervention aimed at parents can produce significant changes in their children's academic choices. When parents encouraged students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, 40% of those children matriculated in those subjects in college compared to the 8% who did not receive such encouragement. 
           
          This data was reported in Longitudinal Study of American Youth where 4000 Generation Xers were followed since 1987.
           
           
          Math Anxiety has been transferred from Teachers and Parents  to their children over multiple generations. For decades and even today, schools have self-contained elementary classes where a female teacher was not ‘good at math.’ By the time the student arrived in middle school, they are not ‘good at math’.
           
           Pokemon Go
           

          Parents are the CURE for the TALENT SHORTAGE

           
           

          Plato in 427 BC stated,

          “A man must practice that thing from early childhood, in play ... ”

           
           Pokemon Go

          Children's Learning Process

          Research shows children (including teenagers) learn by being curious about the activities engaged in by parents, teachers, and friends. In particular, they are interested in those activities that parents, teachers and friends enjoy freely (Deci and Ryan 1992).


          The publication, Crowdsourcing, states that learners grasp ...
          10 percent of what they read
          20 percent of what they hear
          30 percent of what they hear with a visual accompaniment
          50 percent of what they experience with a live demo
          90 percent of what they experience for themselves via a simulation.
          http://www.aptaracorp.com/blog/gamification-makes-better-corporate-training
           
           
           

          We gamify technical subjects as Games are .. the most ancient and time honored vehicle for learning. They are the original educational technology." (Crawford, 1984) These events educate and expose both adults and students simultaneously to new career options and application of MATH skills. Young adults love  scavenger hunts. 

          Furthermore, there has been stereotyping of women and people of color not being good at math that interferes with the instruction they receive in math. In fact, researchers show these populations have received inferior instruction for decades creating a never ending cycle of math failure from math avoidance to poor test preparation to poor math performance to more math anxiety.
          Pokemon Go of Manufacturing  
           
           

          How to Overcome Math Anxiety?

          Researchers prescribe 4 simple steps to OVERCOMING MATH ANXIETY
           
           
           
          • Role models especially Women and people of color
          • Group talk about a math problem
          • Visualize a math problem in more concrete terms
          • Discuss the problem in ordinary words

           

          Automation Workz  follows these steps in overcoming math anxiety with fun and competition by creating hands-on projects and simulations of typical math word problems on standardized exams. Families remember the math problems and solutions long after they leave.

           Pokemon Go

           
           

          Join the Tech Parent Revolution with Us.

          Come Play with us.

          Become a Partner.
          Make a Tax Deductible Cash Donation
          Click Here
           
          We accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, Lite Coin, Dash and 57 other cryptocurrencies for donation. Don’t wait to SECURE a tax deduction! Cryptocurrency withdrawals, like other assets, may be subject to US capital gains taxes.
           
           
          MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE CRYPTOCURRENCY DONATION TODAY!! 
           
           
          CLICK HERE!  
          You will be redirected to CoinPayments.com to process your donation.
           
           

                  RESEARCH

                  1 Ashcraft, Mark, Math Anxiety: Personal, Educational, and Cognitive Consequences, Current Directions in Psychological ScienceOctober 2002 vol. 11 no. 5181-185

                  2,3 Ogilvy PR, Change the Equation Survey,2010

                  4 Raytheon Company, Math Alive: Math Relevance to U.S. Middle School Students, 2012

                  5 Beilock, S, Levine, S Malone, E. Ramirez, G and Gunderson E; Female Teachers' Math Anxiety Affects Girls' Math Achievement, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010.

                  6 Beilock, S, Levine, S Malone, E. Ramirez, G and Gunderson E; Intergenerational Effects of Parents’ Math Anxiety on Children’s Math Achievement and Anxiety, Psychological Science, 2015.

                  7 Harackiewicz JM1, Rozek CS, Hulleman CS, Hyde JS, Helping parents to motivate adolescents in mathematics and science: an experimental test of a utility-value intervention, Psychol Sci. 2012 Aug

                  8 Osborne, J., Testing Stereotype Threat: Does Anxiety Explain Race and Sex Differences in Achievement?, Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2002

                  9 Ruffins, P., A Real Fear, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education,2007

                  Pokemon Go

                  2017 SPONSORS

                  Automation Workz is been funded by some forward thinking industry leaders.






                  PREVIOUS SPONSORS/DONORS

                  Automation Workz has been funded by some forward thinking sponsors.






                    •  
                    Pokemon Go

                    Join the Tech Parent Revolution with Us.

                    Come Play with us.

                    Become a Partner.
                    Make a Tax Deductible Cash Donation
                    Click Here
                     
                     
                    We accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, Lite Coin, Dash and 57 other cryptocurrencies for donation. Don’t wait to SECURE a tax deduction! Cryptocurrency withdrawals, like other assets, may be subject to US capital gains taxes.
                     
                     
                    MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE CRYPTOCURRENCY DONATION TODAY!! 
                     
                     
                    CLICK HERE!  
                    You will be redirected to CoinPayments.com to process your donation.
                     
                     
                     
                     

                            Uplift, Inc. has the deductibility status as PC, a public charity,  meaning an individual who itemizes deductions may deduct contributions up to 50% of his or her adjusted gross income computed without regard to net operating loss carrybacks.