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General Information

• Course Information (includes syllabus/schedule)
• Challenges: assignments for first 7 days of the course

Handy Boards and Handy Logo

• Sample Handy Logo Commands
• Getting Started with Handy Boards and Handy Logo
• Handy Logo By Example
• Handy Logo Summary
• The Handy Logo Reference Manual, by Fred Martin and Brian Silverman
• Sensor Summary

LEGO design

• Building Robust LEGO Structures
• LEGO Gears and Motors
• The Art of LEGO Design, by Fred Martin

PicoCrickets and PicoBlocks

• PicoCricket and PicoBlocks Reference Materials are available online at the URL given in class.
• Cricket Placemats, a collection of suggestions for Cricket-related acivities, aimed at a 10 - 12 year old audience.

LogoChips and LogoChip Logo

• Build Your Own Programmable Brick: Getting Started with LogoChips
• LogoChip Logo Reference Manual

Related Papers

• Toys to Think With, by Mitchel Resnick, Fred Martin, Randy Sargent, and Brian Silverman
• Beyond Black Boxes, by Mitchel Resnick, Robbie Berg, and Michael Eisenberg
• Robotic Design Studio: Exploring the Big Ideas of Engineering In a Liberal Arts Environment, by Franklyn Turbak and Robbie Berg