Saturday, March 31, 2012

April 6th - MUSC Field Trip

Hi all: meet at Ashley Hall on Smith St. at 2:45 on Good Friday. We will walk to MUSC Health and Science Center to tour the robotics labs!! Pick up will again be on Smith Street at 4:45 (ish) depending on how long it takes to walk back..roughly 5-10 mins.

Great job programming the navigation obstacle course on Friday! Here is the picutre of your program--sound files must be converted to a different format (*.rso) so we will not be importing our own music. But, it's there and you all know how to use the program now! Yay!

See you next Friday!! Please call me if you are running late or can't make the trip for some reason. Cell # 843-437-6910

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Class Tomorrow (Friday March 29th)

Hi all,

Tomorrow we will navigate a simple obstacle course...the hard part is the programming, but I think you all will be able to figure it out with a little guidance.

Also wanted to let you guys know that I judged the FIRST Lego League "Snack Attack" for elementary school kids at Porter Gaud the other week! It was fun and I enjoyed seeing all the snack/food assembly lines and factories the kids came up with. I was also proud to see we had our very own lower school Ashley Hall girls participating. No big deal, everyone got a prize. But, I wanted my robotics girls to be aware that there are volunteer opportunities in the lower school for you experienced girls!! I'm sure Ms. McCarty would love a few older middle school engineers in the classroom helping out :)

Monday, March 12, 2012

Next Class-Week we get back from Spring Break (March 23rd) Friday

Congratulations to our Lego class...we finally figured out case structures and while loops. These programs will definitely be presented on April 30th during my final presentation. All parents, teachers, and students are welcome to come.

I will pull Ann, Meaghan, Carly, and Jessica from class that day to come speak at the end of my presentation and show their amazing work! Great job. I am so happy we have some impressive programs to show to our audience.

April 6th is our day to tour MUSC Heath Center, Robotics in occupational therapy! Next class after break, we will work on an obstacle course and some math concepts. Then we will head to MUSC on April 6th. Following that I will continue classes up until my presentation.

Happy Spring Break!!