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Primary Project Workshop V

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August 11 - 14, 2006 at Villanova University

The workshop host is Frank Klassner (Villanova University) and the co-leader is Myles McNally (Alma College). The student assistant is Christopher Continanza.

Workshop Schedule

This is the current schedule. Links to the presentation materials will be embedded in the schedule as the materials become available.

Thursday Night (arrival)
Time
Activity
Location
Presenter
3:00 -
Check-in to the Conference Center
Conference Center
-
7:00 - 9:00
 Dinner (on your own)
-
-

Friday

Time
Activity
Location
Presenter
7:30 - 8:15
 Continental Breakfast
Conference Center
-
8:30 - 9:00
 Introductions and Workshop Overview
Mendel G86
All
9:00 - 10:10
 Introduction to Mindstorms
Mendel G86
Klassner
10:10 - 10:30
 Break
-
-
10:30 - 12:00
 Building Lego Robots
Mendel G86
All
12:00 - 1:00
 Lunch
Dougherty Hall
-
1:00 - 2:40
 Programming Mindstorms using Java
Mendel G86
McNally
2:40 - 3:00
 Break
-
-
3:00 - 4:30
 Hands-on Session - Java Programming
Mendel G86
McNally
4:30 - 5:30
 Free Time / Lab Time
-
-
6:00 - 7:30
 Dinner
Conference Center
-

Saturday

Time
Activity
Location
Presenter
7:30 - 8:15
 Continental Breakfast
Conference Center
-
8:30 - 10:10
 Using Mindstorms in CS1 - The Turtle Labs
Mendel G86
McNally
10:10 - 10:30
 Break
-
-
10:30 - 12:00
 Hands-on Session - Turtle Labs
Mendel G86
-
11:00 - 12:00
C and C++ Mindstorms Programming
Mendel G86
McNally
12:00 - 1:00
 Lunch
Dougherty Hall
-
1:00 - 2:40
 Introduction to RCX Lisp
Mendel G86
Klassner
2:40 - 3:00
 Break
-
-
3:00 - 4:30
 RCX Real-time Communication
Mendel G86
Klassner
4:30 - 5:30
 Free Time / Lab Time
-
-
6:00 - 7:30
 Dinner
Conference Center
-

Sunday

Time
Activity
Location
Presenter
7:30 - 8:15
 Continental Breakfast
Conference Center
-
8:30 - 10:10
 Robotics and CS2
Mendel G86
McNally
10:10 - 10:30
 Break
-
-
10:30 - 12:00
 Sonar and Localization
Mendel G86
McNally
12:00 - 1:00
 Lunch
Dougherty Hall
-
1:00 - 2:40
 RCX Assembler: Simon Says Q
Mendel G86
Klassner
2:40 - 3:00
 Break
-
-
3:00 - 4:30
 Lab Creation (Small Groups)
Mendel G86
All
4:30 - 5:30
 Free Time / Lab Time
-
-
6:00 - 7:30
 Dinner
Conference Center
-

Monday
Time
Activity
Location
Presenter
7:30 - 8:15
 Continental Breakfast
Conference Center
-
8:30 - 10:10
 Looking to the Future: Mindstorms NXT
Mendel G86
Klassner
10:10 - 10:30
 Break
-
-
10:30 - 12:00
 Lab Evaluation (Small Groups), Wrap up, Workshop Evaluation
Mendel G86
McNally
12:00 - 1:00
 Lunch, Depart
Dougherty Hall
-


© 2001, 2005 by Scott Anderson, Frank Klassner, Pam Lawhead, and Myles McNally. This work is supported by NSF grants 0088884 and 0306096. Permission to use, copy, adapt and modify these materials for instructional purposes is granted. These materials can be obtained from our web site www.mcs.alma.edu/LMICSE. If you have suggestions for improvement, please contact us via the web site; we would really appreciate it. This file was last modified on April 5, 2007.