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Central Illinois
Classroom Robotics Consortium


July 15, 2009

Links & Books of Interest

Organizations

  1. Robo Development
  2. First
  3. RoboCup
  4. Robots.Net
  5. Robotics Education Project

Robotic Kits

  1. LEGO Engineering
  2. Domabotics
  3. LEGO Educational Division homepage
  4. RoboLab homepage
  5. Pico Cricket

Academic Resources

  1. Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy
  2. Robotics Curriculum Clearinghouse
  3. University of Alberta
  4. Marshall University
  5. Sample RoboLab Programs

Girls and Engineering

  1. Engineer Your Life
  2. Engineer Girl
  3. Women’s Work in Science and Technology, Virtual Library

Other Web Resourses

  1. LEGO Mindstorms NXT Blog
  2. Robotics
  3. The Robot Hall of Fame
  4. Robot
  5. Apple Education RoboLab
  6. Robotics Collaborative Project, Canada
    The TELUS Learning Connection and Canada’s SchoolNet Grassroots Program Collaborative Project - Robotics and Learning: Designing and Building with LEGO
  7. Review of Children’s Software (Monthly, subscription)




Books

  1. The Robotics Primer (Maja J. Mataric)
  2. The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book: Design, Invent, and Build (James Floyd Kelly)
  3. The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book: Design, Invent, and Build (Fay Rhodes)
  4. LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders: Ten Inventions to Spark Your Imagination
  5. Advanced NXT: The Da Vinci Inventions Book (Matthias Paul Scholz)
  6. Classroom Robotics: Case Stories of 21st Century) (Kathleen P King and Mark Gura)
  7. Blocks to Robots: Learning with Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom (Marina Bers)
  8. Robots for Kids: Exploring New Technologies for Learning)(Allison Druin & James Hendler)
  9. 10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Ultimate Builder Projects: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour
  10. The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Zoo!: A Kid-Friendly Guide to Building Animals with the NXT Robotics System