[Yr7-10it] Exceptional young students

[Rupert Russell]

How about RoboLab and the RoboCup Junior Australia Robotics Competition
http://www.edex.com.au/lego/rcja/

I have used it with primary aged children and my pre service teacher
education students the all love it.  Though I have not yet become
involved in the Competitions.

For more info on RoboLab see:
http://www.edex.com.au/lego/about/index.cfm?action=robotics

Sue Inness <sinness at edex.com.au> is a good contact person if you are
looking for more information on RobLab 

The RCX Unit can also work with MicroWorlds EX Robotics 
see:
http://velorum.ballarat.edu.au/~rrussell/microworlds-ex/examples/index.php



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Rupert Russell
School of Education
University of Ballarat
PO Box 663 Ballarat 
Victoria 3353 
AUSTRALIA

Ph. +613 5327 9965
Fax. +613 5327 9717
http://velorum.ballarat.edu.au/~rrussell

>>> forster at ozonline.com.au 10/11/05 11:21 AM >>>
Shane
Try them out on game programming, I recommend Gamemaker,
www.gamemaker.nl .
Though easy to get started with, it can challenge them up to university.
Looking at http://edrington.haileybury.vic.edu.au/computerclub  should
inspire them.
Tony Forster

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>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have a couple of grade six students who are reasonably gifted IT
students. I have extended them, got them involved in all manner of
competitions, they have redeveloped web pages, created animations,
created
videos, tabbled in programming built a computer...I am running out of
ideas
to challenge them. If anyone is doing anything exciting let me know or
if
there are any competitions I  may be missing out on. Thanks
>
> regards
>
> Shane Mansfield
> IT Coordinator
> The King David School
> http://www.kds.vic.edu.au
> http://www.websleek.com.au for all your school webdesign needs
>
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