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(...) Yeah, about 5 minutes after I submitted that I realized just how stupid I've become as of late (I plead mercy due to a very nasty sinus infection... but dang it, I should have caught that even if I was unconcious). What will make it even (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.edu)
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(...) A 12-12-17 triangle is very nearly right, and has angles of about 44.9 degrees. I used four of them in making a stop sign: (URL) Note that all eight corners are nicely studded down. Joe and Brian wrote: (...) Well whaddaya know! I'd always (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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(...) Awesome... I love seeing Lego used in manners such as this. Spotlit. Janey "Math is hard, lets go shopping, Red Brick" (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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Last spring, my colleagues got funding for two shiny display cabinets for my math department. Appropriate displays were just slow enough in coming that I could (quickly) haul out several of my Lego math demonstration models and fill an entire case (...) (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: Managing LEGO Learning - New Survey on LEGOengineering.com
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I'm cross-posting this to .robotics for you. (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) newest survey focuses on how educators manage LEGO-based learning. We want to know how educators facilitate student learning in activities that use LEGO materials. How do LEGO activities help you meet academic requirements? How do you choose (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.edu)
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To all, It is time for my annual (3rd year) Summer LEGO Camp through my local Parks and Rec program. Since the last camp (URL) I have relocated from Cedar City, Utah to Spanish Fork, Utah. After the move, I found that Spanish Fork had a more (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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LEGOengineering.com is working on an article on how educators organize and manage their LEGO Materials. To help us gather ideas from teachers and after school program leaders we've put together a survey to find out how you store and sort your (...) (17 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Survey on LEGOengineering.com - Managing LEGO Materials
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LEGOengineering.com is working on an article on how educators organize and manage their LEGO Materials. To help us gather ideas from teachers and after school program leaders we've put together a survey to find out how you store and sort your (...) (17 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.edu)
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| | 8 hours, 10 NXT's, 10 kids ,,, Here we go!
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Saturday Academy just got our shipment of 12 NXT's. I've got 2 one-week summer classes this week and next that I can test these on. Of course, I still have our tried and true RCXs to fall back on. And so I wonder. Sorting, installing software then (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Advanced Mindstorms Robotics Summer Camp
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(...) So they have *some* background, and you can just jump in? I'm wondering how basic a start you need. (...) Well, a *really* simple way of doing this is to have four robots sitting at the corners of a rectangular enclosure. Start one, and it has (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Advanced Mindstorms Robotics Summer Camp
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Hi, I'm in the process of developing a summer camp called Advanced STEPS (Science Tehcnology and Engineering Preview) here at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. This is a follow on camp to one the participants were involved in as 7th graders. We are (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Lego Teams with ALC to Open Education Centers in North America
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(URL) LEGO Group, through its LEGO(R) Education division, has signed an exclusive Master License Agreement with ALC Education Group, LLC of New York to bring the LEGO Education Center concept to the United States and Canada. The LEGO Education (...) (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Chirality
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(...) Well, if you want to show the lone pair of electrons you could. (URL) is a link to a pdf. I didn't think that sending you a 385 kB e-mail message was sucha great idea:) I thought the model was a neat idea. Unfortunately, one of the reviewers (...) (19 years ago, 10-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
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(...) Excellent Chris, what did you use for the bonds and what did you use for the atoms. And were you also able to show double covalent bonds. (which is something that would be hard to show) I would love to read the article if you want. I get so (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
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(...) [snip] (...) Actually, you can model Lewis Structures* with LEGO too. I sent an article describing the LEGO-Lewis Model to the Journal of Chemical Education, but they rejected it :( A reviewer suggested that I re-write the "article" as an (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
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(...) There are also some DNA models (chiral superstructure) in Brickshelf : (URL) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.edu)
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(...) Hi Anita, Thank you for your answer, it has made my day brighter as I like the ideas you talk about. - Being open minded as you are ("I will never look at my bricks the same") - Sharing ideas - LEGO as a smart toy and teaching tool Didier (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Taking up 'Revenge of the Brick'
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I've gotten a lot of interest in animation after showning several kids 'Revenge of the Brick' www.treehouseanimation.com/rotb including "The Making of...". I have several kids using MLCAD, L3PAO, and POV Ray to create walk sequences. This is all (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.edu)
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(...) For you, Scott, anything. I've been thinking about publishing something in the mathematical literature, but I'd love to write a more accessible article for a general (brick-obsessed) audience. It surprises me how little I have read about Lego (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu)
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(...) <snip> Great stuff Teddy! I love this math stuff, keep it coming! Cyndi (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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(...) Geez, if my instructor used LEGO to demonstrate integration, I'm sure I wouldn't have struggled as much in my university math courses... (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: Look what you can build in twenty minutes!
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(...) Awesome Ted! (Hey, sorry I've been so aloof, even to you my closest AFOL neighbor. I haven't even thanked you yet for the bloody Christmas card!) :) But on topic, I must admit, I personally would use those in a Pirate display. For sure! ;) (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: Look what you can build in twenty minutes!
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(...) (snip) (...) Teddy, This is Cool, and a great story! Any thoughts about contributing an article about this to BrickJournal? Scott Lyttle (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Look what you can build in twenty minutes!
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Here's the result of a twenty-minute building frenzy: (URL) What is it? A big blue castle? A very wobbly ocean? A sombrero? No! It's a cosine. Really and truly. Here's how I built it in twenty minutes: 1) I didn't build it. 2) I had students build (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Instructions Needed for 9725
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(...) Have them call Pitsco, the set is sold there: (URL) is an activity pack for this set as well: (URL) don't know if it contains building instructions for the basic 4 models. -Rob. XPost to .edu and .dacta (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta)
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| | Instructions Needed for 9725
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Howdy all, A teacher emailed me asking where she could find instructions for set: Amusement Park 9725. She has 5 of these sets, but no manuals. Can this be found online somewhere? Thanks for your help! best, TJ (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
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(...) Very cool. There's something very powerful there. (...) I've had my students make their own kits. They have way more hands than I do. And once the kits are made, I can re-use them in more time-compressed situations. The car race sounds like a (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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Last summer, I ran a Lego Geometry workshop at UU church camp. It totally rocked. When participants left the first day, they were saying things like, "Now I finally know what ratios are good for." These are adults, mind you. It gave me such a charge (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
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(...) Please do! By no means are my ideas original but I think they will enjoy it. Please note: on Day One, all I hear is, "I need help", "I need help". I encourage them and then ask, "which pieces (because I have sorted the pieces into the (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
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(...) You could expand your themes. You should include the popular themes of City, Castle, Space and Adventure. "Real" modeling and interacting with minifigs is very popular. By adding these themes and Train, the fourth day could be a combined (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
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Hi Brian, Just have to say what a neat program this is. I like the idea of building by sight and then building "remotely". I teach adults (or at least young adults) and it's often difficult to get them to accept failure as part of the learning (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
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(...) Unfortunately, the fee structure this year is a little on the high side: $40. Last year, Jake McKee was able to supply our LUG with an event kit. Unfortunately, this year, Jake did all he could for us but he was unable to help us out with any (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
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(...) Wow, that is a really neat program. What kind of fee structure and room requirements do you have? How much LEGO is given to each participant? Andy (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
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Every summer I hold a week-long one hour per day LEGO Building camp through my local Parks and Rec program. This year, I have 28 participants signed up. I divide up the participants into groups of 9 (For those who need math help, that is 3 groups of (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build, lugnet.org.us.cedarlug, lugnet.announce)
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| | Call for MOCs at Bricks for Brains' First Annual Brick Bash
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This is a bit of a repost, because the date changed. For those of you who don't already know, I present educational hands-on LEGO® building exhibits at museums, schools, etc. The Web site for this work is at (URL). I'm holding my first annual Brick (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.edu, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.tol, FTX)
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| | Bricks for Brains at House of Bricks
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Greetings, all. As "Bricks for Brains" I present educational, hands-on LEGO(r) building exhibits at schools, museums, and special events. I will be attending Chicago House of Bricks this weekend, where I will display my two scale models (a bridge (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.edu, lugnet.announce)
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| | Robolab Conference - Call for Papers
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1) The Call for Presentation and Papers for the Annual ROBOLAB Conference (August 15-17th, Austin, Texas) has been extended to APRIL 1st. Please consider submitting a presentation or a paper for the conference. Details are available at the (...) (19 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: LEGO in CG classes was: easier parts authoring
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(...) (Sorry for the late reply, I forgot to check up on the thread.) You may share the movie freely, just keep the credits in there. The other Lego-related student animations I would have liked to share were computer-animated Lego minifig remakes (...) (19 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Northeast Region ROBOLAB Conference
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I don't work for the LEGO Company, but I felt that this announcement should be posted in the official .lego group. -Suz (URL) reposting the announcement of a special event. This conference, at the LEGO Enfield HQ, is a big deal! For those who don't (...) (19 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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(...) could post some of the other things your class has created? One question: The credits list MLCAD and LDraw as applications used in the creation of the video - can you elaborate on this? Did they use LDraw measurements (or actual parts) in the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | LEGO Factory Judge Pages Archived?
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One side benefit to LF (IMO) has been the spotlight pages on the judges. It's fun to read each judge's background, childhood favorites, etc. and then try to see how that reflects in his/her designs. From a teacher's point of view, I also loved the (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | OK, I'm torn
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Today I had a first - -Student brings in a set of BI to show what he wants to make for his first project in my 3D AutoCAD class. -It's a Megabloks kit. :( Cool model, though. :) Darrell (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: Permission Req'd for Education?
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(...) I think just an overreation. I know if you ask the publisher, they will typically say, "No!" and inside the book cover it says you cannot reproduce anything, but the fair use doctrine says otherwise. You would have to copy a lot from a book to (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: Permission Req'd for Education?
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Hi, Thanks so much for the thoughtful and informative response. You basically confirmed what I had suspected - better for me to get permission before I include unauthorized AFOL imagery in my class material. But given the web-savvy most students (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: Permission Req'd for Education?
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(...) It is always the most polite and least risky thing to do to ask permission to use images that you yourself did not create. However, it is not necessarily unlawful to use them if you don't (in the United States, at least, other countries may (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-04, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: Motivating CAD students to model LEGO (was prototyping)
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(...) I am amazed that the architecture students would need any motivation to design with legos. Being an architect myself I cannot even fathom the thought! One suggestion would be to ask the students to try and model their previous projects using (...) (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Motivating CAD students to model LEGO (was prototyping)
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(...) Well, my Semester starts in two weeks, so if you have any tips I'm all for hearing them! My biggest problem is motivating the Architecture students in my group. The Engineers don't really care what they draw (a widget is a widget is a widget). (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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(...) I think LDView was used with the wireframe option turned on. I meant to make a few more of these up for Tim but got sidetracked. -Orion (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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My curiosity has gotten the best of me. What did you use to render the various header images? (I have my suspicions, but they're not quite hi-res enough for me to be sure.) --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | ROBOLAB Conference - July 15th Deadline
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Just a reminder: The deadline for submissions for session presentations for the ROBOLAB Conference is July 15th. Also, July 15th is the cut-off for early registration ($100). After July 15th, registration will be $125. The conference will feature (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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(...) We're still working on the specifics of the exhibition space. When I know, I'll post the info. Hope to see you there! -Tim (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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I might be going to SIGGRAPH this year. Are you going to be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH or presenting or what? I want to be able to find you there. :) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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(...) Yes. I'll see to it that the website indicates that more clearly. The full website will spell out specifics of the competition in detail, once the contest launches in August. Thanks for your interest. -Tim (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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(...) Dumb question, but what is the competition about? Writing new Lego CAD software? Thanks, Gary (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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I'd like to proudly introduce the (URL) L PRIZE>. The L PRIZE is a new and exciting open competition that will be officially launched at SIGGRAPH 2004 by an independent team led by Tim Courtney. The purpose of the L PRIZE is to reach both the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX) !
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| | Re: Anybody knows anything about this board?
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(...) Looks like the old Dacta ROBOLAB. It used some sort of RS232 interface to hook it up to a Commodore/MSX/PC computer, and kids could program whatever they built using included software. It used 4.5V motors and some special sensors. Do a search (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Anybody knows anything about this board?
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Hi. Somebody sent me this picture requesting advice/help what to do. Since I have never seen this, I am asking: Does anybody have any experience with this? Can anybody provide any kind of infos? .. and yes, it's LEGO. (2 URLs) rob (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | My Honours Project
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Last year I completed an Honours year in Applied Mathematics at the University of Melbourne. My project was on the segregation of granular materials in a rotating drum. If a horizontal cylinder is approximately half-filled with two granular (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.edu, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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I'm giving a presentation about Mindstorms on Wednesday. I have a slide near the end that talks about all the stuff I know people want to see added. Here's what I have so far: RCX === RC communication (but keep the IR port, too) more I/O ports (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mechanical teaching tools
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Hi Tim, I took some photos of Doug's gadgets at BrickFest. I haven't posted them yet but if you think they'd help you I'll get them up and send you a link. Here are some materials that might help: (URL) luck and keep that enthusiasm up! Tonya (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu)
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| | WANTED: LEGO Mindstorms Educators
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WANTED: Lego Mindstorms Educators Are you an educator using Lego Mindstorms Robotics? Would you like to participate in a global online pilot project using Lego Mindstorms? Wichita State University’s (WSU) College of Education Robotics Team is (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Mechanical teaching tools
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I just started working with an FLL team last week. We've had two meetings so far, and I'm having a blast. I remember Doug Carlson's mechanical gadgets at BrickFest, used to teach different principles. Are those available online anywhere? Are there (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Design Based Learning?
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Hello all, Is anyone in the Lego Education community a product or proponent of Design Based Learning? I spent some time this Summer at a seminar for teachers run by Doreen Nelson, one of the gurus of this technique and the head of the Education (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Robolab upgrade to 2.5.3 and other things
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(...) Unfortunately the Service Pack 1 does not seem to work properly to upgrade from 2.5 to 2.5.2. The best way is to get a copy of the current Robolab ver 2.5.2 which is called "ROBOLAB with Training Missions" from your local LEGO distributor. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Zooming in robolab, printing in RCX
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Is there any way to zoom into the icons in robolab, they are a bit tiny and I wanted to know if I could make them look bigger so its easier to see. Also does the RCX Code (or RIS program that comes with the mindstorms kit) have the capability to (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.faq, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: U.C. Berkeley's South Hall - MOC
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Thanks Anne and sorry for the delayed reply (I'm enjoying the holiday weekend). I'm actually a Guacho (UCSB) but I do cheer for the Bears during football season. B. (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: U.C. Berkeley's South Hall - MOC
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Wow. I've been to Berkeley several times (my fiance is an Old Blue), and I'm really impressed. Go Bears! :) (from a supportive Gator) -Anne (...) -- For SCO to attack IBM using IP (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. is somewhat like trying to eat >.~.\ `` ` (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.edu)
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| | U.C. Berkeley's South Hall - MOC
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Greetings, After to a year of interspersed building and three train shows I finally got around to posting some pics. of my recreation of South Hall from U.C. Berkeley. (URL) was inspired to build South Hall for several reasons: 1. it's red (and I've (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.edu) !!
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| | Re: Robolab upgrade to 2.5.3 and other things
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(...) Hallo Bill, I've Robolab 2.5. May you tell me where I can download the Service_Pack to upgrading from 2.5 to 2.5.2 ? Unfortunately the italian Dacta distributor have not. Thank you in advance. Alfio Scaletta from Italy (21 years ago, 22-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Robolab upgrade to 2.5.3 and other things
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Hello All, There is a patch of Robolab to 2.5.3. Is called Service_Pack12.1 It is around 4.2 mg in size Follow this URL: (URL) is also a list of bug fixes including; one specific problem that made me consider death on a weekend six months ago. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | SoftWIRE Curriculum for MindStorms Programming
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I just noticed that a former employer of mine, SoftWIRE, has made their MindStorms programming curriculum available for free download. SoftWIRE is a graphical programming extension for Visual Studio .NET that, among other things, I added programming (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx) !
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| | Re: Starting Lego Robotics class in NJ
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A copy of my e-mail: Hi Hubert, My name is Eric Sophie, I build giant Mindstorms Robots. Any chance you would be interested in hiring me as a consultant? Please see one of my current works in progress: (URL) you would like to speak with me regarding (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Starting Lego Robotics class in NJ
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Hi, I've been an instructor for Lego Robotics for a few years now. Recently, I'm considering starting an after-school class focused to teach this stuff to kids in our area. Since I'm new to the business world, I'm hoping someone here can provide (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi Tonya - Thanks for the reply! I'm interested in learning more about your programs. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to pay much attention right now. Later this year I will be exploring LDraw in the classroom in greater depth. I've gotten some (...) (21 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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Hi Tim, I teach robotics in the classroom in the college of education at Wichita State University. I think LDraw tools are very good for kids to use and also a great tool for teachers to create instructions for their students. My 12 year old son, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | New robotics book by Eric Wang
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New book "Engineering with LEGO Bricks and RoboLab" by Eric Wang. See (URL) . Sample at (URL) More info at (URL) . (21 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Robotics Educator CD by Carnegie Mellon
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(...) I agree with you Miles. That's a lot of money. The product appears to be targeted towards teachers who probably will have to convince administrators to buy it. It also appears to have a 'one classroom' license as I recall. So who is the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Robotics Educator CD by Carnegie Mellon
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What do you know about the new Robotics Educator CD-ROM by the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy? For more information you can look at (URL) then Robotics Educator CD-ROM. If you do the On-line Preview, then set your display to 1024 x 768. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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(...) I'm thinking on the learning curve. The tools are pretty complex to understand their relationship with each other. Also, it's challenging to learn the names of the parts. How do non-LEGO students adjust to learning parts names? How do they (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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(...) the (...) Can you be just a little more specific so as to guide me toward the content you are looking for? Can you provide a sample observation? (...) Again, my observations will only be with adult learning and adult learning styles. Will that (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi: I'm VERY sorry to disturb you with this, but last week I tried to reconfigure my mail client and, as usual, I lost all my mails of that week. Those include the mails with respect to this topic, and would like to answer them! Please, I would (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi Miguel - Thanks for your observations, I appreciate it. I will take them into account. -Tim (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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(...) Hi Steven - This sounds great! I checked out your project pages, and watched the videos from the one competition - with the robot that climbed the box. Looks like you're doing some great stuff! I myself am not very into robotics, as it is not (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi Gustavo - Wow this sounds very interesting! I'd certainly like to see more of this. I'll send you an email with further inquiries. -Tim (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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(...) As an Associate Professor within our Technology Division, I have found LEGO/ MLCAD to be a wonderful tool when introducing new students to mechanical systems, CAD, and problem solving. I teach a course in Collaborative Team Skills. In this (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi: My name is Gustavo Patow and I'm an university proffessor at the University of girona, Sapin, that uses LDraw tools at the classroom. Not only I'm able to define final undergraduate projects like LeoCAM, recently released, but I've also spread (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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(...) Hi Tim, Please note that the Syngress Powertools book is indeed designed in a way that can be used in a classroom. Our contention (the author's) is that Lego CAD greatly eases the initial steps in the learning curve of CAD and other 3d (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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LEGO (Dacta) is used at the school I work, but I do not know if teachers use LDraw. I will ask. Some collegues saw me working with it on my computer during my break and got interested in it and downloaded the stuff for their kids (and them self no (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi - Is anyone here a teacher, and if so, do you use the LDraw tools (MLCAD, etc included) in the classroom? What has your experience been? I'm putting togehter something for BricksWest, and would like to know how you use the software in class, and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Lego Designer Software
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(...) Lego Designer 1.0 works amazingly well for a first version. It's Help can get you started. It has a few problems and could use some more tips. Let me know if you want my long list of problems and suggestions sent to Pitsco several months ago. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta)
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| | Australian Teams Achieve Success at the 2002 RoboCup Junior World Finals
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"Australia has retained the World RoboCup Junior Title by winning impressively at the finals held in Fukuoka Japan in June. The world finals at the Fukuoka Dome were a huge spectacle with teams from 15 countries competing in a range of events (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Cool LEGO Architecture examples?
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Thanks to everyone who's posted and emailed me privately so far. Once Brickshelf gets up and running again, I'll go in and try to find some stuff to show my students in my "Intro" presentation on the first day of class. (...) The part I like about (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Generate LASM Cmd?
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The text box to wire to the LASM Cmd connector on the Generate LASM cmd.vi can be found in the Internet menu under Functions. The commands in this pink bordered box can be entered with the text tool. (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | Generate LASM Cmd?
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Has anyone figured out how to use the Generate LASM Cmd in Robolab 2.5? Help says: “Simply wire in the lines of text into LASM Cmd and have the Begin and End wires on either side.” But how is that done? I can’t find a text tool that will produce (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | #9701 Control Lab building set with RCX's
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How many RCX's and what software do you need to control the Vending Machine requiring 4 sensor input ports and 5 output ports at Brickshelf's (URL) it require RCX to RCX or Scout communication, e.g., Robolab mail? Brickshelf recently added building (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | SNOT... projected on the wall...
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|[I'm forwarding this on behalf of Mark Benz <markdbenz@yahoo.com>, who | doesn't currently have access to his e-mail, so he can't post it himself] Hi, It seems that almost every MOC we have done in the past 3 years has some SNOT on it somewhere. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.edu) !
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| | Teacher convention in San Diego during BricksWest
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The American Association of School Administrators is holding "The National Conference on Education" in San Diego the same weekend as BricksWest 2002. Here's their website with convention details: (URL) saw the convention from a post by Suz about (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.edu)
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| | LEGO Dacta is now 'LEGO Educational Division'
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LEGO Dacta has officially changed its name to LEGO Educational Division. Read it in their latest newsletter: (URL) guess this is the new logo: (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.lego.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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