Lego Mindstorm Blog 1

This activity was certainly a departure from anything I have ever previously done in any classroom before, never mind a science lab! That said, I did find it both engrossing and entertaining from start to finish. While I would never have thought of using Lego-machines to represent important scientific and technological concepts, in practice the idea does much to re-enforce those principles.
Stepping down from my pedagogical soapbox, and delving into the actual results of my experience with the “Lego Mindstorm”, it would be fair to say my partner Julie and I met mixed results. We jumped out to an initial lead, working well together and quickly assembling the mini-robot; unfortunately, a freak accident resulted in the device falling apart, and with little time remaining, we had difficulty reproducing our previous efficiency. However, given the success we met at first, I am confident that a return to the lab will also mean a return to such positive outcomes. We obviously failed to have our machine complete the described movements, but given that we absorbed the assembly and programming lessons along the way, I have great optimism for future tasks.