Transcript How to Integrate all three FIRST platforms to develop

How to Integrate all three FIRST platforms
to develop student who can apply for
FIRST scholarships
Presented by:
Nancy McIntyre FIRST Senior Mentor Los Angeles
Chair FIRST Los Angeles Organizing Committee
Program Director Eagle Engineering FRC Team #1138,
FTC 83,84,85, FLL 3905, 3906
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How to Integrate all three FIRST platforms to
develop student who can apply for
FIRST scholarships
Being able to incorporate all three FIRST platforms to
develop students who are qualified and prepared to apply
for the FIRST scholarships is an effort that I have been
working toward for the last several years. It is also a great
way to hook school administration and parents to help
support the program. Having the three programs dovetail
into each other and having the upper-class high school
students working with the middle and elementary school
students provides a rich environment for growth for
everyone.
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FIRST Scholarships
For 2008 there are 108 colleges and universities,
professional associations, and corporations from the United
States and Canada providing over 550 individual scholarship
opportunities, valued at $9.8 million, to FIRST high school
students. This is an official recognition of the knowledge
and technical and life skills these students have gained
from participating in a FIRST competition. FIRST
scholarships enable students to pursue majors and careers
in engineering, computer science, science, math, design,
aeronautics, and many other technical fields.
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FIRST LEGO League
 FIRST LEGO League: Work with local feeder schools to your
high school FRC program. Meet with parents and let them
know about the money that is available for the high school
students who participate.
 Incorporate the Power Research component into science
classes.
 Research
 Writing
 Math calculations
 Presentation
 Environmental Awareness
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 Invite guest speakers from local power companies to
meet with the students.
 Participate in a local clean up effort.
 Have the students on the team teach younger students
about Power and things they can do to help.
 If you have extra kits have a family day where the
students can teach the parents how to build.
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FIRST LEGO League
2008 Climate Connections
Building a Global Game Plan
Embark on an exploration of the earth's climate in the FIRST LEGO
League's 2008 Climate Connections Challenge! Discover the
links between science, people, resources and communities.
Unearth how we learn about past climates and delve into
questions surrounding our current and future climatic
conditions. Join FIRST LEGO League teams in creating a global
game plan as they make these Climate Connections!
A wonderful opportunity to create some excitement for next
season. My team will gather in May to brainstorm and parctice
some basic skills for next year.
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 Tie in a trip to the library.
 Visit the computer lab to work on presentation.
 Invite the school administration to talk about what the
school does to recycle and conserve energy.
 Take a look at environmental conditions around the
world.
 Develop last year’s team into next year’s leaders.
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FIRST Tech Challenge
 FIRST Tech Challenge: There are scholarships
available to high school students who participate
in this program. It is a great training program for
FRC. We use it at both our middle and high
school. Our middle school students who have
outgrown FLL come over to the high school one
afternoon a week. Our high school team uses the
program as an off season event and to prototype
our FRC robot in January. We also developed a
class around the Vex platform to teach
programming in Easy C.
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 Intelitek’s Robotics Engineering
Curriculum (REC) is a two-year
robotics program for applied
science, technology, engineering
and mathematics. REC provides
superior resources for both
students and instructors, from
award-winning hardware to
teacher friendly lesson guides, to
take advantage of the full
capabilities of the VEX robots.
REC Curriculum for VEX robots
was designed by educators to
provide the students with the
best knowledge and tools to
become robot designers and
creators in record time.
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Carnegie Mellon Robot Institute
http://www.education.rec.ri.cm
u.edu/roboticscurriculum/vex_on
line/START_HERE.htm
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The Autodesk FIRSTbase site has re-launched for the 2008 FRC Season!
Greetings Teams:
Last season Autodesk launched a new website called FIRSTbase to deliver software, training and other
resources to the FRC teams. Autodesk received positive feedback from many of you, as well as a lot of
other great ideas for future development. Many of those new ideas were incorporated into the updated
and improved site for this season. Here’s what you can expect:
The newest Autodesk software with a 1 year license, including:
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Autodesk Inventor Professional 2008 (10 licenses per team)
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Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 (5 licenses per team)
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New! Autodesk Combustion (5 licenses per team)
Online training exclusively designed for FRC teams
The Kit of Parts modeled in Autodesk Inventor to save you crucial days of development
Product technical support free of charge
Hundreds of Autodesk Design Competition entries and all of the winners to view
Your team’s own collaborative workspace
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File sharing – upload and download files of up to 500 MB each
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Team Discussion
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Team Photo Sharing – post and share up to 100 photos
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Assign tasks to team members
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Post team news
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Video sharing
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Emailing capabilities
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Plus learn interesting and fun facts about your team members
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Autodesk FIRSTbase
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Online Training Designed for You
Have you always wanted to
learn how to use Autodesk
Inventor?
We have developed training
materials especially for FTC
teams this season that
include online tutorials with
exercises and
demonstrations from our
experts. Learn more.
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Have you always wanted to learn how to
use Autodesk Inventor? We have developed
training materials especially for FTC teams
this season that include online tutorials
with exercises and demonstrations from our
experts.
We created Autodesk Inventor Professional
2008 Tutorials – Beginner for those who
have not used Autodesk Inventor. You will
see how Autodesk Inventor fits into the
robot design workflow; create sketches,
simple parts, drawings and assemblies. In
addition, you test your skills by creating a
part, a part drawing, and an assembly from
an actual FIRST robot. Below is a sample
of the tutorials you will find:
Using Autodesk Inventor help
Creating Parts
Documenting Parts
Assembling Parts
Creating Sheet Metal Parts
Using Autodesk Inventor Studio
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Engineering
Physics
Math
Programming
Graphic Design
3D Studio Max
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Business
Public Relations
Service Learning
Video Production
Persuasive Writing
Public Speaking
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• We helped to develop our Future Business Leaders
of America Club Eagle Business. Their teacher
has helped with our business plan.
• Our Speech and Debate teacher worked with our
team to help when we need to speak with judges.
• Our Expository Composition teacher worked with
our team that was preparing our Chairman’s Award
submission.
• Our robot programming class is in C which
supports our FTC and FRC teams.
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 We have worked with our Campus Ministry
department and our service office to show off
our commitment to service.
Local Presentations
Rookie Teams
Summer Teacher Workshops
Mexico Orphanage trip.
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Parent / Grandparent Night
 Invite team parents to an evening presentation on the FIRST
scholarships that are available.
 Encourage parents of students from all grades to attend.
 Enlist the help of the guidance office.
 Invite a local university admission officer to help explain
the process.
 Show off the Scholarship
 Allow them to drive old robots.
 Teach how to build structures using FTC or FLL robots.
 When people ask how they can help….
 Driving
 Sewing
Cooking
Shopping
Frequent Flyer Miles
Business Contacts
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College Tour
 Each season we include a college tour when we
travel to regional events.
 We make a point to visit schools that offer FIRST
scholarships.
 If going out of town is not a possibility go to a
local college fair and visit with the
representatives who come out to the schools.
 Make appointments to have the admission
representatives come talk with your team or
parents if possible.
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Workshop
 Each fall we host a workshop day and specifically
invite the parents and upper class team members
to join us for a FIRST Scholarship workshop.
 We invite the local engineering schools to set up
tables and explain their process to the students
during our lunch break.
 USC, CSUN, DeVry, ITT Tech have come out to our
workshops.
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Scholarships and Loans
Check for scholarships awarded
by local organizations and
businesses
Target
Best Buy
Lions Club
VFW
McDonalds
IEEE
SME
Credit Unions
• Federal Stafford Loans
Subsidized loans are based on
financial need
Unsubsidized loans are for all
eligible students
• Federal Perkins Loans – lowinterest loans for students
with exceptional financial
need
• Federal PLUS Loans –
unsubsidized loans for parents
to pay college expenses
• Private Loans – see
www.edfund.org for
information
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Other Things Students Can Do
• Get a head start through A.P. programs
• Take courses or get an AA degree at a local
community college and then transfer to a fouryear institution
• Consider Co-op programs. Check out www.coop.edu or check into co-op schools such as
Northeastern University, Drexel University,
Kettering University and others.
• Receive college credit through CLEP exams – see
www.collegeboard.com for information
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Sources of Aid and Information for
Women & Minorities
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American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES)
California-Math, Engineering & Science Achievement (MESA)
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
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ASPIRA – Hispanic youth
Association for Women in Science
Association of Black Engineers & Applied
Scientists
LULAC – for Latino youth
Math/Science Network – for young women interested in science,
math, technology
• Minority Women in Science (MWIS)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Mexican-American Engineers & Scientists (MAES)
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Student Recognition
 I hand out scholarship offers at our Academic
Awards night.
 Schools have signing ceremonies for athletes, find
a way to promote the academic success of our
FIRST students.
 Have the awards listed for graduation.
 Invite local engineering to recognize students for
their success.
 Call the local papers.
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Administration
 Invite administration to competitions.
 Give a presentation to the school board.
 Make sure they get all press clippings and
announcements of awards.
 Make sure that they always have current materials
on the team.
 Make them part of your team.
 Give a presentation at a faculty meeting.
 Allow them to drive the robot.
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Thank you and Best Wishes
Feel free to contact me with questions:
Nancy McIntyre
[email protected]
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