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August 2009 Back To School Newsletter NOW Available!
Newsletter August 2009 See this link in the Electronics section for adding basic IC Packages at the beginning of your electronics course.

See our new list of recommended websites for Electronics, including a new link for free courseware from MIT.

Link to Articles page above - For more good stuff for your class.
Thinking of adding Robotics to Your Electronics Class?
Do you need some help teaching employment skills? Here is a great link for free materials. How about a sample pre employment test for your students. Want to see how much they have learned and to see if they are ready for employment. Try this link to download the sample test in PDF format. See what AT&T expects before employment.

http://www.att.com/Common/merger/files/pdf/test_guides/Basic%20Electronics.pdf

Study Guides to assist you in Electronics!
Below is a list of some website that contain tutorials and information to better prepare you in your electronics course. You can supplement your textbook and lab activities using the following links. Let us know how you like them:

***101science.com has a bounty of useful information that will help you better prepare for tests. http://101science.com/Radio.htm

***Check out the Electronics Club website. Select the “Study Electronics” link to view guides about all things basic to electronics. http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/study.htm

***Here is an introduction to electronics in simple easy reading format.

http://www.design-technology.info/electronics/

***Don’t forget Youtube. A wealth of videos on basic electronics is at your disposal.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&rlz=1W1GGLL_en&resnum=0&q=introduction+to+electronics&

um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Q_eoSvi5HqHBtwfy36WpCA&sa=X&oi=

video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4#

***Want more on basic electronic components, check out this link at the Massmind organization. http://www.massmind.org/images/www/hobby_elec/e_parts.htm

Also look at Cal U (University of California in Pennsylvania) Robotics Program. They have recently hosted a Vex Robot Contest in July and will host another in November 2009. http://www.cup.edu/eberly/aet/index.jsp?pageId=1580830010421172764543843

Try out the robot programming language ROBOTC at:
http://www.robotc.net/index.html

Also, check out the Parallax website - they have a wide variety of interesting robots and other related technology kits. http://www.parallax.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

More Great Stuff Coming Soon !!!