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Ann:$25 PCB to help novices/protect Arduino. Schools. Parents?

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I hope it is okay that I marked this as a question? It IS an announcement... but also a question in that feedback on the item described is my main reason for posting! If experts find problems if they are kind enough to review the page offered below,their thoughts will be very welcome.

 

This is NOT "crowd sourced" vaporware! The boards exist. They work. But I am inviting Mr Murphy to the party, AND involving kids... I am not so egotistical to believe that there is nothing that could be improved. Before I put a lot more time into this, I want to be sure there are no fundamental flaws at the heart of the work to date!

 

I now have six copies of a PCB which, along with it's components, cost about $25 each.

 

NoviceGuard, as I call it, is an attempt to make an Arduino Pro Mini "novice friendly", and also novice SAFE... i.e., the user can't damage the Arduino, if just one basic rule is kept.

 

I hope it will make the Arduino something that can be used in schools with children as young as 10.

 

I have a general page about it, but also a page for teachers/ parents, and one written to tell "experts" what I've tried to do. I hope experts will look at their page, and write to me if they can see things that I've overlooked... is there a way to damage the board that I've overlooked?

 

Experts' page: Call for review: for experts, a plea for input: NoviceGuard (PCB261) ModGeeInt.htm

 

Parents', teachers' page: Introduction for teachers, parents: NoviceGuard (PCB261) ModTeaInt.htm

 

(There are links to the general page from both.)

 

I am looking for suitable people to LOAN a prototype to, for comment. Details in both pages.

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    There is now a page that is a decent "skeleton"... with SOME flesh... for a page to be filled with ideas for "things pupils could do with an Arduino". It is at....

     

    http://Rugguino.com/ModChall.htm

     

    I got up at 5:30. It is now 5pm. Yes, I had a meal. (One.) I spent about 90 minutes on other things.

     

    It won't take you long, reading that page, to discover my heart wasn't in it. But it was asked for. Something has been provided.

     

    Yes, of course, in due course, if anyone adopts NoviceGuard, there's a place for a showcase for good ideas, for prepared lesson plans. At this stage, I feel that if you have to ask "What challenges would I put before the learners to give them goals", then maybe this discussion is not for you. I hope you'll "tag along". Maybe you'll "get it" eventually. But don't expect a "box of goodies" you can buy, put on the desk, and have it teach the kids (or other Arduino novices) for you. That's not what NoviceGuard is.

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    There is now a page that is a decent "skeleton"... with SOME flesh... for a page to be filled with ideas for "things pupils could do with an Arduino". It is at....

     

    http://Rugguino.com/ModChall.htm

     

    I got up at 5:30. It is now 5pm. Yes, I had a meal. (One.) I spent about 90 minutes on other things.

     

    It won't take you long, reading that page, to discover my heart wasn't in it. But it was asked for. Something has been provided.

     

    Yes, of course, in due course, if anyone adopts NoviceGuard, there's a place for a showcase for good ideas, for prepared lesson plans. At this stage, I feel that if you have to ask "What challenges would I put before the learners to give them goals", then maybe this discussion is not for you. I hope you'll "tag along". Maybe you'll "get it" eventually. But don't expect a "box of goodies" you can buy, put on the desk, and have it teach the kids (or other Arduino novices) for you. That's not what NoviceGuard is.

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