The blimp idea sounds so fantastic! I would love to hear about
someone's experience with that.
I have a few big battery chargers (6 AAs) and a bunch of rechargeable
batteries. The upfront cost is pretty big but it gets amortized
quickly. Places like Walgreen's sometimes have ridiculously good
s
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Zac Miller wrote:
> It seems as if the Scribbler robots are fairly popular for teaching Python.
> I also have to confess that even with just one robot my students are
> blowing through large numbers of AA batteries. Has anyone tried any of the
> more complex ro
It seems as if the Scribbler robots are fairly popular for teaching Python. I
also have to confess that even with just one robot my students are blowing
through large numbers of AA batteries. Has anyone tried any of the more
complex robots such as the SRV-1 or the robotic blimp from Surveyor?
Hi Zak --
Glad you've joined us.
I used to be a full time high school math teacher in the 1980s (Jersey
City), then worked at McGraw-Hill.
We all though Logo and BASIC might be getting a mind-slice in
pre-college math, but Texas Instruments won with math wars.
These days, I sometimes get to fie
Wow -- what a great opportunity for you and the students! That sounds
like so much fun. Cool to hear about the ideas they're coming up
with.
Keep us posted on what they do over the rest of the semester/year!
Hélène.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Vern Ceder wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Helene Martin wrote:
> Thanks for sharing your experience. You're right that dealing with
> limitations is a very important lesson. I envy your access to Linux
> machines! I like your story about the girls' complex dance.
> Sometimes the process is much, much m
Thanks for sharing your experience. You're right that dealing with
limitations is a very important lesson. I envy your access to Linux
machines! I like your story about the girls' complex dance.
Sometimes the process is much, much more important than the result.
> That's impressive. We're just
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Helene Martin wrote:
> Hi Vern,
>
> I always have trouble with bluetooth interference, changing COM ports
> (probably a Windows XP "feature"), low batteries and so on. Of
>
course, these issues are probably aggravated by having 60 students
> working with them ove
Hi Zac (et al),
I teach 10th graders a course called Principles of Computer Technology
that includes about 4 weeks of programming at the end, using Python. We
always start with about 4 days using RUR-PLE, which I think is the cat's
pajamas, and then go on to using IDLE to do some simple stuff
