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GBC in the Classroom
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Date: 
Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:10:58 GMT
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We've just had our first LEGO Engineering Conference in Singapore with Prof
Chris Rogers as the Keynote speaker.
http://lsl.nie.edu.sg/lego.htm

Among other things I had the opportunity to give three presentations, of which
my favourite is the one on "GBC - A Fun Way to Learn Maths, Science and D&T".
Specifically I detailed a Rolling Ball Display Clock and its relevance to Maths,
Science and D&T.

My other presentations were on "Teaching Children Proportional Control using
ROBOLAB 2.9" and needless to say one on "Evaluating LEGO Air Compressors with
RCX and Control Lab". The models were also on display.

The slides can be found here for educators who might find them useful for their
classes.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=241093

Enjoy

CSSoh



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(...) Thanks for the heads up, this is wonderful to see. We primarily came up with the GBC idea for exactly one of the reasons you mention in the PDF - we wanted a collaborative, not competitive, LEGO event for groups, clubs, and kids. It has (...) (17 years ago, 24-Mar-07, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.loc.sg)

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