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Workshop Outline
& Tentative Agenda
T. Grant
 | 6/2/00
 | 8:30 AM Registration & coffee + |
| 9:00 Welcome, introductions expectations,
overview of workshop
 | Coding Introduction
| Requirements (H/W & environment,
Operator, Controller code) |
| General design (Relating requirements
to H/W, I/F, Code particulars) |
| C Code structure
| General; Syntax |
| NQC with RCX Command Center a
gentle introduction |
| Notation and I/O definitions
| Statements, loops, conditionals,
parallel tasks |
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| 10:00 First Project - code/bot integration
| First total project/ contest measuring
speed/fastest bot |
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| 11:00 Classroom Projects Discussion #1
| Jeneva Westendorf's experiences |
| Discussion topics |
| Student perspectives - understanding
student motivation |
| Building the Lego bot |
| Introducing coding & code
configuration mgmt |
| Measurable results; matching Cal
Standards |
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| 11:30 Lunch |
| 13:00 Coding Introduction - continued
| IC & the Handy Board more power,
more to remember
| Loading and configuring IC |
| Connecting the interface, testing it |
| Idiosyncrasies under Windows (handout) |
| Loading, reloading Pcode |
| Debugging syntax errors |
| Notation and I/O definitions
| Statements, loops, conditionals,
parallel tasks |
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| 13:45 Coding Introduction - continued
| Examples
| Sensor test (assumptions,
requirements, code) |
| Light start calibration (assumptions,
requirements, code) |
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| 14:30 Second Project - Sensor test and
display, run-time changes |
| 15:30 Classroom Projects Discussion #2 -Designing
the Classroom Project
| Science objectives |
| Other academic & social objectives |
| Logistic Issues (matching facilities and
kits to number of students) |
| Student Teams (finding outside mentors,
setting ground rules, assigning team leads,
...) |
| Intra-school collaboration potential (
e.g. with English class) |
| Inter-school Competition |
| Web Site support potential (for teachers
and for student teams) |
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| 16:00 |
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| 6/3/00
| 8:30 AM Workshop Continued - Coffee + |
| 9:00 Science Prep for Can Race - Newton's
Laws -Motor Basics - Excel
| Acceleration timer (assumptions,
requirements, code) |
| Workshop experiment /contest - 1 sec
power for dist. or accuracy |
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| 9:45 Third Project - Can Race
| Requirements and assumptions |
| General design |
| Coding |
| Workshop Contest (optional) |
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| 10:30 Classroom Projects Discussion #3 - Can
Race
| Science objectives |
| Graphical understanding of motion via bots
& Excel? |
| Preparatory project? |
| Competition |
| Reports written & oral? |
| Student participation in methodology as a
learning exercise? (relationships handout) |
| Three Can - advanced race? |
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| 11:00 Fourth Project - Line Following
| Preparation experiments (assumptions,
requirements, code) |
| Contest (assumptions, requirements,
code) |
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| 11:30 Lunch |
| 12:30 Workshop Contest (optional) |
| 13:00 Classroom Projects Discussion #4 -Line
Following
| Science objective |
| Engineering objective |
| Competition, etc |
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| 13:30 Wrap-up Discussion
| Suggested changes |
| Things to put on the web |
| Follow-up? |
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| 14:00 Fifth Project Crash Test (optional-
end) |
| 16:00 end |
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