Good review. I don't have the kit but am considering it as a gift. I already know Arduino coding learning from using the apps built in examples. The kit's RUclips videos seem a little slow.
Thanks for your review. I’m just started in the 30 Days Kit, and I’m already frustrated by a number of the items you identify in your helpful review including the poor presentation ability of the brilliant speaker, and poor graphics, and the lack of cohesion between the mission and the daily projects. I’m so glad the company is updating the videos. In today’s society, when teachers are struggling from poor funding to lack of time and they are competing with many time wasters such as social media and empty TV/video, it’s wonderful that people can use social media and video to excite and inspire kids (of all ages) to be excited about learning, especially STEM. We should have Marvel’s Iron man film quality instruction and graphics to help kids learn. Your review helped me to know I’m on the right track and will continue on my 30 day adventure. Thanks again!
Thanks for the kind words, Charles. Science kits make learning fun so it’s my mission to identify good ones. Everyone’s on a budget these days. I’d love to hear your progress on the 30 days kit and reach out with a comment if I can help in any way. That Facebook group I linked to is very helpful.
I find most brilliant engineers to be dry as crackers. I have never found a super smart programmer that has good presentation skills (well VERY few lol!) Cool thing about the kit is that it contains the basic hardware that you can get a million projects to. I have the "37 sensor" kit and there is SO Much you can do. My next project is to make a robo-bar (like Bartesian) that doesn't require their drink mix to work where you can push the button of the drink you want and it will automatically dispense the liquors. Fun stuff!
@@adventuresci the worst is when the code did not work right away. I got in the habit of reading the comments first, there was a lot of community help there. (Most of the code has been fixed now) Best is simply the sense of fulfillment and accomplishment as I marked a day complete.
@@dandeve yeah. Good points. The code likely taught some bad programming practices too. But there definitely is a sense of achievement connecting components and things lighting up or whatever. I hope it gets a lot of people into the hobby.
Hi, thanks for your review. Your video was recommended by youtube because I was doing the 30 day challenge myself (currently on day 6). So far my only issue with it is the programing, It's all copy/paste, and they never tell you where to copy from. As a matter of fact, there doesn't seem to be any education on the programming side of the lesson (Remember, I'm only on day 6, this opinion could change) I don't believe copy/paste is a good educational experience, and on top of that, if you were stranded, where would you be copying the code from? Im not going to go any further with my opinion on this matter until I complete the 30 days challenge, but it just seems the main focus of this is the physical components and how they operate, not really on the programing itself. Anyway, thanks again for your review, it was insightful.
Thanks for your kind words. Your experience is very typical I think. You’re spot on. I hope they improve the programming in their new version of the product.
you've figured out where to copy from I take it. I find the explanations about what the line of code combined with my copying and pasting gets me through the start, and I'm definitely learning.
@OldSusannah1 that’s great that you’re making progress. It’s definitely not a fast learning curve for most people. In the new year I’ll be reviewing the new version of the course. Apparently they greatly improved the programming. Stay tuned.
Good point. It was created after the entire series of videos walking through all the lessons in the kit. Guess it could be confusing if you watch this video first, though I do mention the series in this video.
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Nice review! I've just got my kit and I'm looking forward to getting started, but it's nice to see your heads up about potential pitfalls
Thanks. At some point I’ll review the new version of the video tutorials.
Good review. I don't have the kit but am considering it as a gift. I already know Arduino coding learning from using the apps built in examples. The kit's RUclips videos seem a little slow.
Thanks for your review. I’m just started in the 30 Days Kit, and I’m already frustrated by a number of the items you identify in your helpful review including the poor presentation ability of the brilliant speaker, and poor graphics, and the lack of cohesion between the mission and the daily projects. I’m so glad the company is updating the videos. In today’s society, when teachers are struggling from poor funding to lack of time and they are competing with many time wasters such as social media and empty TV/video, it’s wonderful that people can use social media and video to excite and inspire kids (of all ages) to be excited about learning, especially STEM. We should have Marvel’s Iron man film quality instruction and graphics to help kids learn. Your review helped me to know I’m on the right track and will continue on my 30 day adventure. Thanks again!
Thanks for the kind words, Charles. Science kits make learning fun so it’s my mission to identify good ones. Everyone’s on a budget these days.
I’d love to hear your progress on the 30 days kit and reach out with a comment if I can help in any way. That Facebook group I linked to is very helpful.
I find most brilliant engineers to be dry as crackers. I have never found a super smart programmer that has good presentation skills (well VERY few lol!) Cool thing about the kit is that it contains the basic hardware that you can get a million projects to. I have the "37 sensor" kit and there is SO Much you can do. My next project is to make a robo-bar (like Bartesian) that doesn't require their drink mix to work where you can push the button of the drink you want and it will automatically dispense the liquors. Fun stuff!
Very accurate review. I agree with all of your points.
Thanks. What was your best and worst experience playing with this kit?
@@adventuresci the worst is when the code did not work right away. I got in the habit of reading the comments first, there was a lot of community help there. (Most of the code has been fixed now)
Best is simply the sense of fulfillment and accomplishment as I marked a day complete.
@@dandeve yeah. Good points. The code likely taught some bad programming practices too. But there definitely is a sense of achievement connecting components and things lighting up or whatever. I hope it gets a lot of people into the hobby.
I will check it out.
Let me know how you get on 😁
Hi, thanks for your review. Your video was recommended by youtube because I was doing the 30 day challenge myself (currently on day 6).
So far my only issue with it is the programing, It's all copy/paste, and they never tell you where to copy from. As a matter of fact, there doesn't seem to be any education on the programming side of the lesson (Remember, I'm only on day 6, this opinion could change) I don't believe copy/paste is a good educational experience, and on top of that, if you were stranded, where would you be copying the code from? Im not going to go any further with my opinion on this matter until I complete the 30 days challenge, but it just seems the main focus of this is the physical components and how they operate, not really on the programing itself.
Anyway, thanks again for your review, it was insightful.
Thanks for your kind words. Your experience is very typical I think. You’re spot on. I hope they improve the programming in their new version of the product.
you've figured out where to copy from I take it. I find the explanations about what the line of code combined with my copying and pasting gets me through the start, and I'm definitely learning.
@OldSusannah1 that’s great that you’re making progress. It’s definitely not a fast learning curve for most people.
In the new year I’ll be reviewing the new version of the course. Apparently they greatly improved the programming.
Stay tuned.
Do you have the link the Facebook group.
Hello. It’s in the description below the video but here it is…
The Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/inventrkits
First review I’ve seen without the actual product being shown
Good point. It was created after the entire series of videos walking through all the lessons in the kit. Guess it could be confusing if you watch this video first, though I do mention the series in this video.
What language is used for the programming
It is a variant of C++, the standard language for the Arduino/hero board. You can program it in Python but that isn’t used in this kit, only C++