1. ISET Workshop July 2012

2. Social Media Options
• Presentations and event reports:
http://www.slideshare.net/I-SET
• Event photographs: https://www.facebook.com/isetlego
• Videos of our I-SET community channel:
http://www.youtube.com/isetcommunity
• News updates (and re-tweets of important info) follow us
on: http://twitter.com/#!/isetlego
• I-SET Virtual Learning Environment launching soon
…

3. Homework …
• Programming the robot to write your initial …

4. Plan for the Week
• DAY 2: Programming and Building
– and resources.
• DAY 3: World Robotics Olympics
(Johan Benade)
• DAY 4: FIRST Lego League
(Johannes de Vries)

6. Today
• Introduction to Robotics - ….
• Building the structures … and
writing the code required.
• Advanced programming concepts

7. Engineering literacy …

8. There is no one way
• Never arrive.
• Never learn everything …

9. Revised lesson plan - Intro
• Building pieces – names, numbers and sensors.
• Input (1,2,3,4) – PROCESS – output (A, B, C).
• Technology option ** optional recommended.
• Introducing PROGRAMMING Concepts. Build
basics and program basics (Robocator)
• Cards and icons.
• Assumption – proceed ….

10. Building pieces

11. Input process output

12. Technology options
• Hands on Technologies
• Structures
• Levers
• Pulleys
• Gears
• Cranks
• Cams

13. Introduction to programming
concepts
• Icons
• Logic – acting and doing …
• Paper design
• Laptop programming after design
• Testing for reaction …

14. Just for fun …

15. break

16. Revised lesson plan - building
• Building a concept. And then LINKING to the
programming required to implement.
• Not always programming required.

17. Structures required
• Attaching NXT motors – Construtopedia
• Attaching sensors - Robocator
• Using gears …..
• Attachments to the Robot – to push, to pull, to lift
to drop.

18. Structures attached - passive
• Pushing: Bumper, plough, delivery box
• Hooking: simple, Fish …
• Dumping:
• Collecting
• Spring loading
• Active

19. Structures attached - Power
• Grab
• Lift
• Push

21. break

22. Revised lesson plan -
programming
• The PROGRAMMING concepts.
• Extending to advanced programming concepts.

23. Master programming
• My Blocks …. Start small …
• Variables
• Passing values ….

24. HELP???

25. RESOURCES

26. RESOURCES

28. LegoEngineering.com

31. And more ….
• Files downloaded …
• Programs
• Videos
• Building instructions
• Books ….
• Other projects: Youth Engaged in Technology,
Beyond Education …

32. Be engaged … be supported
• Blocks
• Time
• Training
• Mentoring
• Learning
• Discovering ….

33. • TedTalks.com