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Educators: new BASIC Stamp discussion just for you!

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2002-12-31 15:32 in General Discussion
Dear BASIC Stamp Educators,

If you are an educator using BASIC Stamp microcontrollers then we invite
you to join our new Parallax Educators discussion group. We created this
group for the following purposes:

- download/upload area for answers to our Stamps in Class texts:
What's a Microcontroller
Earth Measurements
Basic Analog and Digital
Robotics (Boe-Bot)
Industrial Control
Advanced Robotics (Toddler)
Logic (under development)
Art (under development)
- feedback to Parallax about the resources we create for your class
- discussion about how to use Stamps in education
- free hardware from Parallax for posting your answers to our Stamps in
Class text questions

Essentially, you'll be part of the group that crafts the future of the
Stamps in Class program. With a complete educational team at Parallax
2003 brings significant improvements to our texts and many changes to
our program in response to your needs. We need your guidance to continue
making the program what you want it to be.

This discussion list is not for students - only educators and those
involved in education. Parallax will be moderating the list and ensuring
only educators or contributors to the program subscribe. Your
YahooGroups profile must provide either a link to your personal web page
or education affiliation. Otherwise you will be notified and deleted
from the list. This is the type of structure we need to maintain to
focus on educator's needs and keep the answers from students trying to
find them the easy way.

Subscribe right here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParallaxEducators/

Within two days we'll be presenting new concepts to you for feedback so
subscribe quickly and read past postings.

Sincerely,

Ken Gracey, Parallax
http://www.parallaxinc.com

P.S. At this moment we are making no changes to the
stampsinclass@yahoogroups list. This list is filled with people learning
about the BASIC Stamp (students, teachers, etc.). We simply want to
pluck the educators and put them in their own group.

Comments

  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-12-29 23:18
    Dear BASIC Stamp Educators,

    If you are an educator using BASIC Stamp microcontrollers then we invite
    you to join our new Parallax Educators discussion group. We created this
    group for the following purposes:

    - download/upload area for answers to our Stamps in Class texts:
    What's a Microcontroller
    Earth Measurements
    Basic Analog and Digital
    Robotics (Boe-Bot)
    Industrial Control
    Advanced Robotics (Toddler)
    Logic (under development)
    Art (under development)
    - feedback to Parallax about the resources we create for your class
    - discussion about how to use Stamps in education
    - free hardware from Parallax for posting your answers to our Stamps in
    Class text questions

    Essentially, you'll be part of the group that crafts the future of the
    Stamps in Class program. With a complete educational team at Parallax
    2003 brings significant improvements to our texts and many changes to
    our program in response to your needs. We need your guidance to continue
    making the program what you want it to be.

    This discussion list is not for students - only educators and those
    involved in education. Parallax will be moderating the list and ensuring
    only educators or contributors to the program subscribe. Your
    YahooGroups profile must provide either a link to your personal web page
    or education affiliation. Otherwise you will be notified and deleted
    from the list. This is the type of structure we need to maintain to
    focus on educator's needs and keep the answers from students trying to
    find them the easy way.

    Subscribe right here:

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParallaxEducators/

    Within two days we'll be presenting new concepts to you for feedback so
    subscribe quickly and read past postings.

    Sincerely,

    Ken Gracey, Parallax
    http://www.parallaxinc.com

    P.S. At this moment we are making no changes to the
    stampsinclass@yahoogroups list. This list is filled with people learning
    about the BASIC Stamp (students, teachers, etc.). We simply want to
    pluck the educators and put them in their own group.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-12-31 02:06
    I hope this does not pull all the great talent we enjoy.

    I thought that the stampsinclass group was for the educators ?

    Dave

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Gracey" <kgracey@p...> wrote:
    > Dear BASIC Stamp Educators,
    >
    > If you are an educator using BASIC Stamp microcontrollers then we
    invite
    > you to join our new Parallax Educators discussion group. We created
    this
    > group for the following purposes:
    >
    > - download/upload area for answers to our Stamps in Class texts:
    > What's a Microcontroller
    > Earth Measurements
    > Basic Analog and Digital
    > Robotics (Boe-Bot)
    > Industrial Control
    > Advanced Robotics (Toddler)
    > Logic (under development)
    > Art (under development)
    > - feedback to Parallax about the resources we create for your class
    > - discussion about how to use Stamps in education
    > - free hardware from Parallax for posting your answers to our
    Stamps in
    > Class text questions
    >
    > Essentially, you'll be part of the group that crafts the future of
    the
    > Stamps in Class program. With a complete educational team at
    Parallax
    > 2003 brings significant improvements to our texts and many changes
    to
    > our program in response to your needs. We need your guidance to
    continue
    > making the program what you want it to be.
    >
    > This discussion list is not for students - only educators and those
    > involved in education. Parallax will be moderating the list and
    ensuring
    > only educators or contributors to the program subscribe. Your
    > YahooGroups profile must provide either a link to your personal web
    page
    > or education affiliation. Otherwise you will be notified and deleted
    > from the list. This is the type of structure we need to maintain to
    > focus on educator's needs and keep the answers from students trying
    to
    > find them the easy way.
    >
    > Subscribe right here:
    >
    > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParallaxEducators/
    >
    > Within two days we'll be presenting new concepts to you for
    feedback so
    > subscribe quickly and read past postings.
    >
    > Sincerely,
    >
    > Ken Gracey, Parallax
    > http://www.parallaxinc.com
    >
    > P.S. At this moment we are making no changes to the
    > stampsinclass@yahoogroups list. This list is filled with people
    learning
    > about the BASIC Stamp (students, teachers, etc.). We simply want to
    > pluck the educators and put them in their own group.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-12-31 15:32
    Dave,

    The ParallaxEducators Group will be replacing the "stampsinclass" group in an
    effort to focus the
    list for educators only.

    As the stampsinclass list currently stands, students are able to jump on the
    list and ask
    project-specific questions. The basicstamps group (here) is a more open forum
    to discuss ANY BASIC
    Stamp related questions.

    Recently, we have received direct feedback from a large number of teachers on
    the list requesting a
    more focused approach.
    By limiting enrollment to those that are teaching, we will be able to provide
    more valuable and
    pertinent support to the educational community. We want to create a better forum
    where teachers can
    exchange ideas and provide us feedback to assist in the development of the SIC
    curriculum, teacher's
    guides, extra downloadable student projects, etc. We believe that many teachers
    will be involved
    with the basicstamps list and ParallaxEducators list.

    I hope this information clears up any confusion. Please feel free to contact us
    directly or on the
    list if you have any more questions.

    Sincerely,

    Erik Wood
    Parallax, Inc.
    599 Menlo Dr., Suite #100
    Rocklin, CA 95765
    (916) 624-8333
    www.parallax.com

    Original Message
    From: Dave Mucha <davemucha@j...> [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=WnEiL21Z8e32XwMkQD4z7kHW-z9bC9BznQI1Xl5bbK8Pm6eR-BHR8xrthxWkrMB_msi7smd-YaDzSRc]davemucha@j...[/url
    Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:07 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Educators: new BASIC Stamp discussion just
    for you!


    I hope this does not pull all the great talent we enjoy.

    I thought that the stampsinclass group was for the educators ?

    Dave

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Gracey" <kgracey@p...> wrote:
    > Dear BASIC Stamp Educators,
    >
    > If you are an educator using BASIC Stamp microcontrollers then we
    invite
    > you to join our new Parallax Educators discussion group. We created
    this
    > group for the following purposes:
    >
    > - download/upload area for answers to our Stamps in Class texts:
    > What's a Microcontroller
    > Earth Measurements
    > Basic Analog and Digital
    > Robotics (Boe-Bot)
    > Industrial Control
    > Advanced Robotics (Toddler)
    > Logic (under development)
    > Art (under development)
    > - feedback to Parallax about the resources we create for your class
    > - discussion about how to use Stamps in education
    > - free hardware from Parallax for posting your answers to our
    Stamps in
    > Class text questions
    >
    > Essentially, you'll be part of the group that crafts the future of
    the
    > Stamps in Class program. With a complete educational team at
    Parallax
    > 2003 brings significant improvements to our texts and many changes
    to
    > our program in response to your needs. We need your guidance to
    continue
    > making the program what you want it to be.
    >
    > This discussion list is not for students - only educators and those
    > involved in education. Parallax will be moderating the list and
    ensuring
    > only educators or contributors to the program subscribe. Your
    > YahooGroups profile must provide either a link to your personal web
    page
    > or education affiliation. Otherwise you will be notified and deleted
    > from the list. This is the type of structure we need to maintain to
    > focus on educator's needs and keep the answers from students trying
    to
    > find them the easy way.
    >
    > Subscribe right here:
    >
    > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParallaxEducators/
    >
    > Within two days we'll be presenting new concepts to you for
    feedback so
    > subscribe quickly and read past postings.
    >
    > Sincerely,
    >
    > Ken Gracey, Parallax
    > http://www.parallaxinc.com
    >
    > P.S. At this moment we are making no changes to the
    > stampsinclass@yahoogroups list. This list is filled with people
    learning
    > about the BASIC Stamp (students, teachers, etc.). We simply want to
    > pluck the educators and put them in their own group.


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