> Brian,
> Have you looked at the Arduino ? Everything is open source(the
> harware design is released under Creative Commons license), and the
> IDE(Java)runs on Linux,Mac and Windows. It is based on the Atmega168.
> See www.arduino.cc
Thank you but no. Right now I am focused on using the BS2, the
Propeller, and the OOPic. *I* might like to try something else but I
have to let my students proceed down one path for awhile. Parallax has
been supremely supportive of our program and I cherish that
relationship. They are only a couple of miles from us and they have
been very kind to allow my students to wander by and pester the
engineers for ideas and suggestions.
But the kids like the OOPic and the object model, especially when
first transitioning from the pictures-based GUI they started with. I
try to introduce the concepts and constructs of procedural programming
before I jump into the forest-obscuring "trees" of the syntax of a
programming language. Remember, I am working with 10-14 year-old kids.
They are doing amazing things when you consider that.
Brian Lloyd
Granite Bay Montessori School 9330 Sierra College Bl
brian AT gbmontessori DOT com Roseville, CA 95661
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