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First LEGO League Apps - Part 1

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Received the following from Cory Sawyer:

I’m a 3rd year coach of a Charter School hosted team in Massachusetts. I’ve created a web-browser application and an Android phone application for scoring this year’s FLL robot challenge table and would love to see people using it!

Here are some details:

FLL Scoring app for web browsers and droid phones

The web version is available at http://sawyer.webhop.net. This version is capable of being used online if you’re fortunate enough to have a web connection in your practice area, or if like me, there is no internet connection where you practice, you can download a local copy and use it while not connected to the web.

The android version is available in the android market, at this address http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.csaw.droid.fllScorer10

You can also just search for “Cory Sawyer” or “FLL”.

The Body Forward Score Keeper Includes:

  • No Cost (Free)
  • Built-in 2:30 timer with 10 second audible countdown and alarm
  • Per Task Score
  • Per Task Help
  • Table Total Score
  • Send score via email, text, or ...
  • Available in :
    • English
    • Danish
    • German
    • Spanish
    • French
    • Italian
    • Hebrew (coming soon)
    • More on request
If any of our readers have any feedback for Cory, please share it here or email him directly. The online app looks cool, but I'm not running a droid device at the moment... thanks to Cory for developing this and letting us know about it!

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