There are some great ideas there Gus, I'll keep an eye on your blog. And that's a very kind offer. I'd be happy to hear more about it. Cheers, Kevin On 10 November 2015 at 22:28, 99guspuppet wrote: > Sounds like great fun. > I have started cobbling some info & ideas together at : > http://arts-tech-creation.blogspot.com/2015/11/teaching-robotics.html < > http://arts-tech-creation.blogspot.com/2015/11/teaching-robotics.html> > Perhaps I can supply some parts as well from my junk pile. > Gus in Denver > > > > Hello PIClist, > > We have set up a local computer club for children between the ages of 7 a= nd > 17. The idea is for beginners to start off by playing with Scratch before > moving on to more games with Python. We would really like to give the kid= s > a chance to program LEDs or maybe even a robot. > > I've heard of the robot Thymio and I've seen that the Raspberry Pi can be > used to program a motor/robot as well. Have you had experience with these > or other robotics projects? > > Or otherwise, what do you think are the best ways to teach LED/robotics > programming to kids? > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > From: Kevin McGuinness > Subject: [OT][BUY] Robots as an educational tool for kids > Date: 2015m11d 10 at 09:06:38 MST > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Reply-To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > > Hello PIClist, > > We have set up a local computer club for children between the ages of 7 a= nd > 17. The idea is for beginners to start off by playing with Scratch before > moving on to more games with Python. We would really like to give the kid= s > a chance to program LEDs or maybe even a robot. > > I've heard of the robot Thymio and I've seen that the Raspberry Pi can be > used to program a motor/robot as well. Have you had experience with these > or other robotics projects? > > Or otherwise, what do you think are the best ways to teach LED/robotics > programming to kids? > > Thanks, > > Kevin > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .