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Re: legOS (-> Interdisciplinary Learning?)
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 2 Dec 1998 23:28:48 GMT
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Folks,
> The VB SDK that Lego provide might be OK for a non-technical undergraduate
> class, although I'd hesitate to introduce nasty MS VB as a teaching
> language. I'm not up to date on current Logo implementations, but from • what
> I know this seems too limited (you can surely do as much, albeit more
> slowly, with the Lego software). SmallTalk seems like a great choice - in
> my original mail I was going to suggest MindStorms as a platform for
> learning object orientation. SmallTalk has the nice self-developmental • feel
> that you need as well.
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> Do you have a version of SmallTalk in mind?
There is a Smalltalk (note the small 't') interface to MindStorms and
Cybermaster. It's called Bot-Kit and you can find it at my web page:
http://www.object-arts.com/Bower/Bot-Kit. It's free but requires Dolphin
Smalltalk (Win32 only) which costs $29.95. The current version is beta 0.9
but 1.0 should be available before the week is out.
Best regards
Andy Bower
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 | | RE: legOS (-> Interdisciplinary Learning?)
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| Funnily enough, my first degree was philosophy. It was quite a lift to see a Papert quote printed on a box of Lego! The VB SDK that Lego provide might be OK for a non-technical undergraduate class, although I'd hesitate to introduce nasty MS VB as a (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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