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id="NXTresources"></a> <h2><center> LEGO RESOURCES & TOOLS </center></h2> <center> <h3>Robotics Teaching Tools DVD</h3> <p>by Sue Inness, Techxellent Training Solutions</p> </center> <p>If you like the robotics resources on this site written by Sue Inness why not <a href="Buy DVD.html">purchase</a> the "Robotics Teaching Tools" DVD? This CD contains student workbooks, creative robotics challenges, assessment tools, V.E.L.S. links, comprehensive technical information, building plans, equipment management hints, units of work, Power Point Presentations and movies plus over a hundred NXT Programming samples and challenge answers. You will find everything you need to up-skill yourself and implement a fantastic robotics unit for middle years students with everything prepared for you. </p> <p>Written especially for middle years teachers with science, math's,thinking skills , and I.C.T. curriculum links.</p> <center><p><a href="Buy DVD.html">How to purchase</a></p></center> <div align="center"><img src="images/dvd.jpg" alt="Robotics Teaching Tools DVD" /> </div> <hr/> <center> <h1>LEGO Robotics Resources on line</h1> </center> <h4><center>Tool to display on your computer what is showing on your NXT LCD panel</center></h4></p> <p>This is a truly useful teaching aid for teachers allowing you to show the contents of your NXT LCD screen while it is plugged into your computer.</p> <ul> <ul><li>Download the file</li> <li>Unzip the file</li> <li>Save the file and place a shortcut to it on your desktop</li> <li>Plug in your NXT brick ( must be running NXT firmware, not RoboLab)</li> <li>Run the nxt screen program</li> <li>click POLLING from the menu bar</li> <li>click Refresh rate - 500ms from the menu bar</li> </ul> </ul> <p> The contents of your NXT LCD screen can now be viewed enlarged on your computer, perfect for teaching with a data projector.</p> <h4>DOWNLOAD LINK<br> </h4> <p><center><a href="http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/utilities.html">nxtscreen.zip is a free download from this link</a></center></p> <br/> <hr/> <br/> <h4><center>CREATING YOUR OWN GRAPHICS (.rso) file for the NXT LCD screen</center></h4></p> <br/> <p> LEGO has made available a simple graphics drawing program (similar to MS Paint) for NXT on their web site . </p> <br> <p>Download, un-zip and save the file on your computer. Put a shortcut to this utility on the desktop. Create your graphics and click "save as " and add a name.This utility usually ( on a stand-alone, un-networked computer) automatically saves your graphic into the NXT programs ENGINE, PICTURES folder where the file is saved as a .ric file and will appear in your pull down graphics menu in the NXT software graphics configuration bar.</p> <p>Now that you have created your graphics you can use it in your NXT robots program and show it on the NXT LCD screen</p> <p>The FILE SAVE AS from the FILE pull down menu for your graphics file is not designed for networked computers. For networked computers ask the students to save their created graphics in a specific folder. The teacher/systems administrator will have to manually move their graphics over to the NXT Software, ENGINE, PICTURES folder on your server. It can then be accessed by the students in the manner described above</p> <br> <h4>DOWNLOAD LINKS<br> </h4><p><center><a href="http://www.legoengineering.com/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,42/Itemid,69/">NXT LCD Image Editor is a free download from this link</a></center></p> <p><center><a href="CREATING GRAPHICS FOR NXT.pdf">Full instructions on hoe to create your own graphics images to show on the NCR LCD screen</a></center></p> <hr/> <br> <h4><center>Record Your Own Sound Effects & Voice , Then Play them on the NXT Brick Within a Program</center></h4> <p>This simple tool converts the standard Windows.wav file into a .roc file that can be played on your NXT brick</p> <p>Sound files take up a lot of room on the NXT brick so keep your sound effects or voice-overs short</p> <p>The procedure - </p> <ul> <ul> <li>Use the windows recording feature on your PC. Access this from the START MENU--> ALL PROGRAMS--->ACCESSORIES-->ENTERTAINMENT--->Sound recorder. Plug in a microphone and record your sound effect / voice.</li> <li>SAVE AS- Save this sound file where you can find it again</li> <li>Download the WAV2RSO.ZIP file</li> <li>Unzip the file</li> <li>Save the file and place a shortcut to it on your desktop</li> <li>Open WAV2RSO and use this to convert your sound file from a .wav file to the NXT sound file format -.roc - file- Select the .wav file you wish to convert, click Linear, click Convert.</li> <li>Save your new .roc sound file in the NXT program sounds folder.</li> </ul> </ul> <br> <p>The FILE SAVE AS from the FILE pull down menu for your WAV2RSO file is not designed for networked computers. For networked computers, ask the students to save their converted .roc file in a specific folder.</p> <p>The teacher/systems administrator will have to manually move their .wav files over to the NXT Software, ENGINE, SOUNDS folder on your server. It can then be accessed by the students from within the NXT software configuration bar for the SOUNDS icon</p> <h4>DOWNLOAD LINKS</h4> <p><center><a href="http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/utilities.html">WAV2RSO is a free download from this link</a></center></p> <br> <p><center><a href="Your Sounds4NXT.pdf">Full instructions - how to create and program your own sound effects for NXT using NXT g software</a></center></p> <hr/> <a name="bluetooth" id="bluetooth"></a><br /> <h2><center>NXT COMMUNICATIONS</center></h2><h4><center>Bluetooth for NXT</center></h4><br/> <br> Comprehensive, illustrated instructions on how to set up Bluetooth communication between NXT robots and how to set up wireless communication between your computer and NXT bricks</p> <p> <a href="BluetoothTM Communication.pdf">Bluetooth Communication Instructions.pdf</a></p> <br/> <p> <a href="Basic Sender.rbt">Sample send Bluetooth message Program</a></p> <p> <a href="Basic Receiver.rbt">Sample Receive Bluetooth message Program</a> <p> <br/> <p> This link will take you to a site that has a more advanced Bluetooth send and receive program so that you can <a href="http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~rs429/dasl/bt-controller/index.html">set up a wireless remote control</a></p> <br/> <hr/> <br/> <a name="skid" id="skid"></a> <h2><center>NXT BUILDING</center></h2><h4><center>Change the NXT Dolly Wheel to a Skid</center></h4><br/> <p>The LEGO robot building instructions contained in the LEGO Education building set are for a basic robot with two wheels connected to 2 motors at the front and a dolly wheel at the back.</p> <p>I have found that the dolly wheel has a tendency to jam sideways and limit the robot's movements and maneuverability. It also impacts on the robots speed on various surfaces and can contribute to the robot falling over.</p> <br> <p>These instructions show you how to replace the dolly wheel with a skid assembly that I have found substantially corrects the dolly wheel problems.</p> <p><center><a href="NXT SKID.pdf">Download the instructions for the skid assembly.</a></center></p> <br/> <hr/> <a name="Background" id="Background"> <br/> <h2><center>ACTIVITIES & WORKSHEETS</center></h2> </a><h2><center>GENERAL ROBOTICS<br></center></h2><h4><center>Background Activities For Robotics</center></h4> <p>As a teacher you probably wish to place robotics in an understandable context in students everyday lives. The following activities do not require any actual robots.</p> <p>The following links will take you to .pdf documents with physical activities and research questions with broader curriculum links that will make robotics more understandable and relevant to your students.</p> <p>I recommend these activities for all schools who undertake any of my robotics sessions and as an introduction to robotics in general</p> <p> </p> <p><center><a href="Background ROBOT CLASSIFICATION.pdf">Initial class discussion, what is a robot, what do all robots have in common?</a> </center></p> <p><center><a href="Background Programming Connections.pdf">Physical activity - makes programming outputs more understandable</a> </center></p> <p><center><a href="Background Tie shoelaces.pdf">How robots use sensors to collect information and how this relates to human senses</a> </center></p> <p><center><a href="Background_outputs.pdf">How robots move, robots outputs</a> </center></p> <br/> <br/> <p><center><a href="Background Programming Game.pdf">A simple programming game that demonstrates how robots process instructions.</a> </center></p> <br/> <p><center><a href="Background Robotics questions.pdf">Guided questions about robots, research and literacy activities</a> </center></p> <br/> <p>I would also highly recommend the activities on the following website:</p> <p><center> <a href="http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/robotics/">The Tech Museum web site with excellent robotics information and activities</a> </center></p> <p> In particular the "Can a Robot Tie It's Shoelaces?" activity is excellent for demonstrating the link between sensors and human senses. The .pdf below provides guided questions and activities based on this activity</p> <p><center><a href="http://www.thetech.org/robotics/activities/page05.html">Can a Robot Tie It's Shoe Laces?</a></center></p> <p>I have created a worksheet relating to this activity</p> <p><center><a href="Background Tie shoelaces.pdf">Tie Shoelace activity work-sheet</a> </center></p> <p><h4>Cut and Paste Programming Sheets</h4></p> <p>Once your students have done the Robotics incursion you may like to try these cut and paste programming sheets to see how much basic programming they have taken on-board. The first template is the sheet they past their programming icons onto. Sheets 2 and 3 provide the icons to cut out as well as the configuration bars for each icon. You will only need one template for each student but you may need to print off 2 or 3 copies of sheets 2 and 3 per student</p> <p><center> <a href="NXT Programming template1.pdf">This is the master template that you paste your programming icons onto</a> </center></p> <p><center> <a href="NXT Programming icons2.pdf">This is a sheet of MOVE icons and their configuration bars</a> </center></p> <p><center> <a href="NXT programming icons3.pdf">Here's a sheet with the wait for OBJECT ( sonar), play a sound and show a graphic icons and configuration bars.</a> </center></p> <br/> <br/> <hr/> <p><h2><center>RCX / ROBOLAB RESOURCES & TOOLS </center></h2></p> <p><h4><center>Build a Sturdy Geared RCX Robot- full instructions</center></h4></p> <p>If you are tired of your class robots falling apart and the motors' spindles snapping if the robot is dropped, try this balanced and serviceable robot. Make sure that you standardise the two motors used per robot before installing them in your robot<p> <p><center><a href="BASIC ROBOT building instruct.pdf">Download .pdf Building Instructions</a></center></p> <hr/> <p><h2><center>Standardise your RCX Robot's Motors - </center></h2></p> <p>Sometimes, even though your program tells the robot to travel straight, it doesn't. Download this .pdf document to see why this happens and how you can rectify this problem</p> <p><center><a href="5_STANDARDISE_MOTORS_tchs info.pdf">Download .pdf Teachers Information - Technique to Standardise motor performance in RCX robots</a></center></p> <br/> <p><center><a href="5 Straight Motors Spreadsheet.xls">Download Excel spreadsheet with formulas to record your motors performance</a> </center></p> <br> <hr/> <h2><center>TEACHING TOOLS</center></h2> <h2><center>LINKS</center></h2> <p>ZDSOFT screen recorder allows you to record actions (mouse, selection etc) on your computer screen, including voice-over instructions, and play it back as a movie. This is an invaluable tool for creating your own computer application tutorials and best of all , its FREE!</p> <p><center><a href="http://www.zdsoft.com/">http://www.zdsoft.com/</a></center></p> <br/> <p>ScreenHunter 4.0 Free is a completely free screen capture software for you to easily take screenshots. ScreenHunter can capture a rectangle area, an active window and full screen. It automatically saves captures in a BMP, JPEG or GIF file, so you don't have to stop each time and you can capture as many as you like. It also can save to Clipboard to be pasted to other programs.</p> <p>Download Wisdom Screen Hunter here:</p> <p><center><a href="http://www.wisdom-soft.com/sh/index.htm">http://www.wisdom-soft.com/sh/index.htm</a></center></p> <br/> <hr/> <br/> <center><a href="links.html">Extensive links to robotics sites for your student's research</a></center> <br /><hr /> <center> <a href="Conference Papers.html">See also "Conference Papers" and resources on my web site</a> </center> <br /><hr /> <div align="center"><br /> <span class="style14">m t . Page updated 17/1/2010</span></div> </div> <br /> </div>  <br class="clearfloat" /> <div id="footer"> <span class="style1"></span> <div> <br/> <br/> <center><h5>Site Updated January 2010</h5> <h5>© 2008 Sue Inness. 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