From a judges position it is hard to determine if the team members actually know how the program works if they is not a display of the program (print out or on say a laptop) that the kids can point to and explain.  Of course the problem with laptops is they fail, they take time to start and judges don't have a printout to remind them should two teams be strong and close in judging scores. 

Plus backups are always good to have and others have said.

Eric Palmer


On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Rich Tate <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Heather,

One concern I would have is are you able to print the program out and hand it to the technical judges?  The judges seem appreciative when the kids hand that to them and it gives the judges more to remember you by when they are assigning awards.  The other concern I would have is that you may not be able to back these programs up.  If your NXT brick goes down you loose everything.  Look into these issues if you decide to program directly on the NXT brick.

Rich Tate
Team 8047


On 10/8/2011 12:19 PM, Heather Dyson wrote:
Hi Everyone,
 
One of my kids likes programming directly on the NXT brick. I had thought that the kids were only supposed to use the RoboLab or NXT-G software and I checked the rule again and saw LEGO MINDSTORMS on there too. What is the LEGO MINDSTORMS software? Is that the software on the NXT brick? So basically I want to know if it would be okay to program on the brick.
 
Thanks!
Heather
 
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