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John Hanna

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Chhaya, Harshal S.

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John,

 

Thanks for sharing this. Interesting perspective, but also wholly wrong.

 

FWIW – I wholly disagree with the premise of the article

 

The authors are in a bubble of hardware hackers – for whom going to the open source FOSDEM conference is a regular thing.

 

In the real world, very few people have the tools to write code, let alone control physical objects like LEDs.

 

For the non-FOSDEM goer (which is MOST of us), turning on an LED or controlling the color of an RGB LED is still a big “a-ha!” moment!

It is exciting to see a line of code – that the coder has written - control the light or play a tone.

The sense of agency is empowering. We have all seen this and experienced this ourselves.

 

Combine a few of these lines and you have yourself a sound-and-light show :)

 

“Physical computing” is still very much a thing. And we should still use it to excite and engage students who are right to ask “why learn to code?”

 

To paraphrase a meme:

 

Tired: print(“Hello World”)

Wired: color.rgb(R, G, B)

 

 

I wish we never get jaded enough to think that interacting with the real world through teachable lines of code is humdrum.

 

Thanks,

- Harshal

 

 

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Interesting read… https: //hackaday. com/2025/03/08/physical-computing-used-to-be-a-thing/ Regards, John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TI-Innovator for Education" group. To unsubscribe

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Sean Bird

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Wow, impressively well said Harshal!
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John Hanna

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Tired: print(“Hello World”)

Wired: color.rgb(R, G, B)

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     John

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Cassie Whitecotton

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Hey everyone! 
I was looking at the mini-pd and summit sessions and there is one on TI-tech and CoDrone. I was wondering if anyone has used CoDrones in the classroom? I saw they have a curriculum on Carnegie Mellon and see if this was the same drone. I wanted to put my robotics kids on a drone curriculum after competition. 

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Corina Srygley

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I have some codrones.

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Chhaya, Harshal S.

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Hi Cassie,

 

> I was wondering if anyone has used CoDrones in the classroom

 

That’s one of the intents of the sessions on Friday – to discuss how drones are being used in the classroom today and what the educators think of controlling them with Python on TI-Nspire CX II

 

We have three sessions on Friday – all of them will be similar in content.

 

If anyone has additional questions or comments about drones + TI technology (now or after T3IC), you can ask here OR email me, Erick Archer and Steve DeBauge directly.

 

Thanks,

- Harshal

 

 

 

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Cassie Whitecotton

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Thanks Harshal! Good to hear from you and can’t wait to see what’s offered in the session. 
These have been on my radar for a while but I have been hesitant to purchase. 

See you all Friday!

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re: drones in the classroom

Hi everyone,
interesting to see you mention the Codrone drone as an alternative to Tello. I wish I could attend your T3IC session on Friday! Please keep us, the non-US T3 guys, in the loop on the learnings/outcomes of your session.
 
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Lopez, Tania

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hi!

I got 6 codrones for my coding club and wish I could attend the T3 sessions... We have got them flying so far but looking forward to learning how to code them with Python on the Nspires.

Please share lesson plans or instructions if possible. We will try to showcase them at our Open House, 4/10/25.

Thanks so much!
Tania



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Tania,

See TI Codes Tello drone lessons for project ideas. The coding will be slightly different but the outcomes should be similar.

 

https://education.ti.com/en/activities/ti-codes/python/ti-nspire-cx-ii/python-modules

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Thank you, John!



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Hey Tania! 
Well I am ordering a set. I just created accounts on Carnegie-Mellon for the free curriculum and got kids logged in today. It seems like it’s good stuff but yes-I want to see how python integrates into it. The website is www.cs2n.org
We will be sure to pass along any resources! 

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Thank you, Cassie!
I looked into the Tello resources on the TI site and it’s a lot to take in and parts to have that the drone didn’t come with, so I’d love more guidance but I’ll look into Carnegie Mellon and figure it out. Thanks 
Tania 

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Chhaya, Harshal S.

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I want to clarify that the Tello drone was more complicated to set up.

And it is no longer available for purchase.

 

The new drone is the RoboLink CoDrone EDU which is much easier to configure and use.

 

I think John was only referring to the activities for the Tello drone (not the equipment)

Some of the activities will apply to the CoDrone EDU – but the details of connection and configuration will be very different.

 

Another important note – the TI-Nspire CX II support for the CoDrone EDU is still under development.

We will have some classroom activities once the TI-Nspire CX II HH OS is ready for release – likely in the late summer or back-to-school timeframe.

 

Regards,

- Harshal

 

 

 

 

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Thank you, Cassie! I looked into the Tello resources on the TI site and it’s a lot to take in and parts to have that the drone didn’t come with, so I’d love more guidance but I’ll look into Carnegie Mellon and figure it out. Thanks Tania Get

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Ditto: activities for the Tello drone (not the equipment)

 

I have not had the opportunity to use the CoDrone Edu (yet). Sounds MUCH easier to connect to TI devices. Will know more soon!

 

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     John

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Is there a codrone module for python in the TI site yet? 



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> Is there a codrone module for python in the TI site yet? 

 

Not yet.

 

There is an experimental version that we will use at T3 this week.

 

Controlling a CoDrone EDU requires an OS update for TI-Nspire CX II in addition to a Python module.

 

We will be using prototypes of both this week and will update them over the next couple of months.

 

We plan to release both – the new TI-Nspire CX II HH OS and the Python module in late summer.

 

 

If you have CoDrone EDUs in your classroom and are willing to use pre-release versions of the software to help test the system, please let us know.

 

Thanks,

- Harshal

 

 

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Hi Harshal, 

I would be willing. We are experimenting and have 6 codrones to play with. Plenty of CX2's as well. Sorry to miss T3.

Fun!
Tania



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Harshal! 
I can help! Just let me know! 

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Harshal,
 
Same here - happy to help with testing 😊😊. 
 
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