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Re: Mindstorms in the classroom
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lugnet.robotics.edu
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Wed, 1 Aug 2001 02:42:27 GMT
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Dan LaFountain wrote:
> 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
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. I'll let you all know
if I have more questions and how it goes in a month.
-chris
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