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In lugnet.edu, Miles Gentry writes:
> 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
> http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/education/ then Robotics Educator CD-ROM.
>
> If you do the On-line Preview, then set your display to 1024 x 768. Have
> patience; it can move slowly in spots while loading even with a high speed
> connection.
>
> Looks comprehensive and easy to use. Very nice in the preview, but $155
> sounds a little too expensive. Perhaps $80 to $95 unless the full version
> offers a lot more than the On-line Preview indicates as hidden. Any reviews
> of the full version yet?
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 audience? I found a few of the ROBOLAB PowerPoint
presentations moderately interesting - but I don't think you need a a
multi-megabyte moving presentation to tell you that using a Jump and a Land
with different colors is incorrect! One line of example code with a one
sentence explanation can tell you not to do that!
Perhaps CMU Robotics Education will send someone at LUGNET or the new Bricks
magazine a copy for review, or at least provide a detailed table of contents
with commentary.
Mitch Lichtenberg
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