From: Lori Lambertson (loril@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 16:23:51 PST
Message-Id: <l03110709ba411fa89c96@[192.174.3.134]> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 16:23:51 -0800 From: Lori Lambertson <loril@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Robotics Workshop Announcement!
Happy New Year Pinhole Friends.
Here is the first announcement of an upcoming workshop I've received this
year. I hope you all had peaceful and relaxing holidays.
Cheers,
Lori
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>Subject: Robotics Workshop Announcement!
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> Successful Strategies for Robotics A Workshop for Educators, Grades 7-12
> When: 2 Thursdays, January 23 & 30, 4-6 PM Where: The NASA Ames Educator
>Resource Center in Mountain View, CA Cost: Free!
> ____________________________
> Dear Educator,
> You are invited to attend an introductory workshop on robotics using
>LEGOs, the RCX & Handyboard microcontroller, and a C programming
>environment. The workshop will be aimed at teachers who are interested in
>facilitating 7-12th grade students in the hands-on exploration of
>robotics. The introduction will be co-lead by Jeneva Westendorf, an
>English and robotics teacher at Foothill High School, San Jose, and Terry
>Grant, a Computer Scientist at NASA, Ames Research Center. Both have five
>years experience with coaching robotics teams in the Botball Competitions,
>and have lead robotics workshops over the past three years.
>http://www.botball.org
> This short introduction will preview a more detailed Botball 2003
>tutorial for those who participate, but will also be valuable as
>introduction for those wanting to start a student robotics club (or add
>robotics experiments to a classroom curriculum) based on LEGOs Mindstorms
>and the FIRST LEGO League kits. The material will be presented in a
>non-linear, non-traditional manner which we have found to be productive
>and to stimulate creative thinking in many students. We will include an
>overview of the methodology, an experience in building, coding and
>operating a simple LEGO robot, and discussion on the importance of
>'coaching' students rather than 'teaching' robotics.
> Resource materials will also be provided and reviewed, including the
>Interactive C programming environment, an introductory, self-guided
>tutorial for coding the RCX, physics experiments, and simple competitions.
>
> We have decided to shift dates back one week from the initial
>announcement for the convenience of the management. It will be held at
>the NASA Ames Education Resources Center, Moffett Field, CA, Thursdays,
>January 23 & 30th, 4-6 PM.
> The time is short, and only a limited number of seats are available for
>the workshop, so please register, or send us your queries on the workshop
>today! Call (650) 604-3574 to register and receive directions. For
>questions about workshop content, please email tgrant@mail.arc.nasa.gov
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> NASA Ames Research Center
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> phone: 650-604-3574 fax: 650-604-3445
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