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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
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/robolab/?n=386
I’m reposting the announcement of a special event. This conference, at the
LEGO Enfield HQ, is a big deal!
For those who don’t know about ROBOLAB, it was
developed at Tufts University in
Massachusetts while the RCX brick was developed nearby, at the MIT Media Lab
(MIT made Logo-based software). RoboLab is built on the LabView engine and is expandable.
Here is a comparison to
Mindstorms software. You can download the quick
start guide to learn more.
You may recognize the names Ben Erwin and Chris Rogers. Ben wrote
Creative
Projects with LEGO Mindstorms. Tonya Witherspoon is another
super-amazing person. Follow the link at the bottom of this page to see for
yourself. These are just three of the key people involved in The LEGO Company’s
education sector of RCX usage.
This event is mainly for teachers. However, I believe it includes folks
interested in using the ROBOLAB software in their after-school programs and
workshops. If you’ve never used ROBOLAB or its accompanying LEGO
Educational Division products, you can try them out at the conference! This
is the place to ask questions of the developers!! I should mention that the
First LEGO League is not related to this event. Registration includes a
lunch, demos by Master builders, and an optional factory tour. Teachers and
event leaders will be there showing off what they have done with the
product.
I know I’m going!
-Suz
Tonya Witherspoon wrote:
Northeast Region ROBOLAB Conference
Date: Friday April 8th, 2005
Location: LEGO Americas’ headquarters in Enfield, CT.
Purpose: To gather teachers and educators who use or plan to use ROBOLAB
and LEGO Mindstorms to teach math and/or science in their classrooms and
for these teachers and educators to:
- Try out activities that use ROBOLAB to teach math and science in the classroom-learning environment
- Share successes, obstacles and ideas for ROBOLAB implementation into the classroom
- Ask any questions to master LEGO builders and master ROBOLAB programmers
To Register and Learn More:
http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/events/robolabconference/regional/northeast.htm
Tonya L. Witherspoon
Educational Technology Specialist
Center for Research and Evaluation Services Fellow
College of Education, Wichita State University
1845 N. Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0131
316-978-6242 (voice)
316-978-3302 (fax)
http://www.wichita.edu/education/twitherspoon
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