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RE: Progressing from RCX to NXT
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Sun, 1 Jul 2007 17:26:57 GMT
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Did they use Robolab to teach at the summer camp? If so, he could also
use it to program the NXT; just make sure you obtain Robolab 2.9
version which supports both RCX and NXT; version 2.5 is RCX only.
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com] On
Behalf Of John Watson
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:20 PM
To: lugnet.robotics.nxt@lugnet.com
Subject: Progressing from RCX to NXT
SHORT VERSION
Can anyone point me in the direction of some simple NXT models,
preferably of
fun things like vehicles, that a smart rising 4th grader can build on
his own,
that will inspire him to explore NXT?
LONGER VERSION
My son is 9 1/2. We gave him an NXT for Christmas. I realize that he
is below
the targeted age range. Although he is interested in the NXT, he has
found the
complexity frustrating. He has built a couple of the models, with
some
assistance from me, although my assistance has been mostly limited to
downloading the instructions for Roboarm and exploring some aspects of
the
programming with him. I have hung back a little bit to allow him to
find his
own comfort level with it.
He went to a one-week robotics summer camp, which was great, except
that the
camp uses RCX. I didn't even think about that when I signed him up,
but it
makes perfect sense, since the NXT is less than a year old.
He was thrilled with the camp, and he learned a lot, however, he is
now
convinced that RCX is much easier to work with than NXT. My sense,
having no
direct experience with RCX, is that there may be some truth to the
idea that RCX
is more accessible to beginners, which, if so, is truly unfortunate.
So, my question is this: can anyone point me in the direction of some
simple
NXT models, preferably of fun things like vehicles, that a smart
rising 4th
grader can build on his own, that will inspire him to explore NXT?
Thanks.
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| SHORT VERSION Can anyone point me in the direction of some simple NXT models, preferably of fun things like vehicles, that a smart rising 4th grader can build on his own, that will inspire him to explore NXT? LONGER VERSION My son is 9 1/2. We gave (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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