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Re: Mindstorms in the classroom
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Tue, 31 Jul 2001 12:35:32 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.edu, Christopher Tracey writes:
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> Hi all,
> I've been contracted to assist in an education class at a local
> university helping with a Mindstorms project and was wondering if anyone
> had any ideas or tips we could use in this class.
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> The class is a group of 25 students who are getting certified to teach
> ages 3 to 9. The class focuses on using technology to develop
> activities the bring students of varying ability levels together in
> cooperative activities.
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> We have two 3-hour blocks in which to use teach. The first was going to
> be used as an intro/demo session and then the second is scheduled so the
> students can work on their own projects. Does this sould like a good
> schedule?
Chris,
Do you have any of the Activity Packs that go with RoboLab? These are a
series of activities that the teachers can use to integrate the materials
into their classrooms. The teachers will need to see that there is support
materials available to them that are easy to implement.
For the workshop itself, I would suggest having as much hands-on as
possible. We usually begin with the basics of the Pilot levels using very
small models and move up from there. What we have found is that if you have
the teachers building larger models you will use all of the time on that and
not on programming and problem solving. They also need the introductory
hands-on so that they know this is something they can have success with. We
generally use the Starter System Activity Pack for these types of workshops.
I would keep videos, etc to a short time frame (10-20 minutes)just to give
them an idea of what students CAN do with this material.
I have given hundreds of these types of workshops to educators over the
years. If you have any questions please email me.
Thanks
DAN
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| (...) Thanks for the advice Dan, the teacher of the class is sending her equipment over to me tomorrow so I can see what she has. From our last conversation, it sounds like she has the activity packs. Thanks for the advice about the actual lessons. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| Hi all, I've been contracted to assist in an education class at a local university helping with a Mindstorms project and was wondering if anyone had any ideas or tips we could use in this class. The class is a group of 25 students who are getting (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.general)
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