Hey!
IEEE (pronounced eye-triple-ee) is hosting a microcontroller workshop series in three parts. Part one begins on Saturday November 20, 2011. 10am in 4195ME, and covers applications of microcontrollers...so stuff like light sensors, and motors on this thing called Arduino (>>this is what you can do with it). And you can probably transfer this knowledge to making your working models actually work.
Anyway they have a lesson overview you can check out before signing up. The fee is $2 for non IEEE members and you are lent an arduino for the workshop.
The overview and sign up is here>>> click> IEEE microcontroller workshop sign up
Oh, and here's another cool thing you can do with an arduino... make your own GPS.
