- Instruction/Lecture Time: For building, I found that much
instruction wasn't required. It seemed that the best way for the
students to learn how to build was to get lots of practice while
I provided tips and helped them when they got stuck. First I had
the students build robots with instructions - this seems to be a
good way to get them used to the building system without giving
overwhelming them with having to come up with their own design.
Then I gradually moved them into building their own simple
rovers, and at the end of the course had them build their own
robots to complete a challenge. For programming, there was
significantly more instruction needed. Many of the programming
concepts were hard to grasp fully, so there was a lot of review
as well as initial instruction. - Student interest and
satisfaction: Wow... fully exceeded all my expectations. All the
students loved the workshop, and the parents were thrilled at
what they were learning. Most of the students who didn't yet
have an NXT expressed thei