Previous Years Teacher's Workshop Websites: 2002|2005
 
 
Course Registration
To Register by phone:
260-481-6111
To Register Online:
OASIS
 
Topics
  • Introduction to LEGO Robotics. (2 hours)
  • Introduction to ROBOLAB. (4 hours)
  • Introduction to web page design. (2 hours) Overview of gear math and pulleys & chains. (2 hours)
  • Introduction to systems engineering. (2 hours)
  • Discussion of curricula issues. (3 hours)

 
Projects
  • Build and program a simple robot. This is an individual project. (3 hours)
  • Design and build web pages. (10 hours)
  • Design, build, program, and demonstrate a robot. This is a team project. (12 hours)
  • Develop and present of lesson plan including robots. (5 hours)
 
Examples
 
Reading List
  • Cyr, Martha N. 1999. ROBOLAB: Getting Started 2. LEGO DACTA, Denmark.
  • Erwin, Benjamin. K-12 Education and Systems Engineering: A New Perspective. Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education National Conference, July 1998, Seattle, WA, session 1280.
  • Martin, Fred. The Art of LEGO Design. The Robotics Practitioner: The Journal for Robot Builders, volume 1, number 2, Spring 1995.
  • Kafai, Y., and Resnick, M., eds. Constructionism in Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in a Digital World. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (1996).
  • Resnick, M., Martin, F., Sargent, R., and Silverman, B. Programmable Bricks: Toys to Think With. IBM Systems Journal, vol. 35, no. 3-4, pp. 443-452. (1996).
   
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