Today we will finish the Discovery Video on First Robotics. The students will begin researching teams' websites. Each pair of students will research a regional site. They will create a presentation on the team websites they visit. We will begin presentations next Wednesday. The students will research today, Friday and Tuesday. The presentation will include unique ideas they found on the team websites as well as minimum team requirements of a team.
On Wednesday afternoon, I confirmed the reception with Solidworks on September 5th. Tim and I will attend the reception. Solidworks will be celebrating their 25th anniversary.
Showing posts with label FRC BESTROBOTICS WHS Robotics CoachNorm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FRC BESTROBOTICS WHS Robotics CoachNorm. Show all posts
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Day 2, August 28, 2007
We watched the First Robotics special by Discovery on Google Videos today. The students began to turn in their surveys and information sheets. We stopped the video without about 10 minutes left in class for discussion. The excitement of the contest and inspiration was exciting for the students to watch.
I announced the possibility of Hill Country Middle School's shop as a possible location for our building of the FRC robot. They were excited to hear of a possiblity for a shop location. I also announced that I had heard from Greg Young with Best Robotics. We are on the waiting list for the Capital Best Robotics Competition. They are hosting a training on September 8th for sponsors, mentors and coaches. Tim and I are planning on attending.
Linda Rawlings and I visited about the past few days and the updates I had for her. We discusssed the importance of a shop on campus for the students to work in. We also discussed the VEX kits and how I would implement them. We are going to purchase 4-8 kits for the students to begin to practice building. WHS will host a mini-competition between teams of our students. I will use a 6 week plan similar to the FRC so they will get used to the time frame.
Stephen Shands and I visited about our California trip. We will go out on October 10th. Our initial plans are to visit three schools: Poway, Mt. Carmel and High Tech High. Kara Wolf, Stephen and Suzanne Summers will visit the Biotech classes while I visit with the Robotics instructors.
Time to get ready for day three.
I announced the possibility of Hill Country Middle School's shop as a possible location for our building of the FRC robot. They were excited to hear of a possiblity for a shop location. I also announced that I had heard from Greg Young with Best Robotics. We are on the waiting list for the Capital Best Robotics Competition. They are hosting a training on September 8th for sponsors, mentors and coaches. Tim and I are planning on attending.
Linda Rawlings and I visited about the past few days and the updates I had for her. We discusssed the importance of a shop on campus for the students to work in. We also discussed the VEX kits and how I would implement them. We are going to purchase 4-8 kits for the students to begin to practice building. WHS will host a mini-competition between teams of our students. I will use a 6 week plan similar to the FRC so they will get used to the time frame.
Stephen Shands and I visited about our California trip. We will go out on October 10th. Our initial plans are to visit three schools: Poway, Mt. Carmel and High Tech High. Kara Wolf, Stephen and Suzanne Summers will visit the Biotech classes while I visit with the Robotics instructors.
Time to get ready for day three.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
T Minus Two Days!
I worked in the classroom today trying to get it ready. I wish I had more time to be ready for Monday. The room looks so bare and sterile. The Mindstorm kits are still in the boxes but that is by design. When it comes time to open them up, I want the students to have some of the fun in that part. I got stools delivered on Friday afternoon. We now have a place to sit while we work on the labtops. The gas jets have been removed from the desktops. Twenty students will be tight in the room but we will make it work.
Jeff Steimle sent me two emails today. He sent a link for a Youtube video on a Mindstorms in Action that makes small Lego cars.
I am glad to see Jeff excited about the Robotics. I invited him to participate in our program. I know he has some expertise we could tap into. In addition to the link he sent above, he also said he was installing the Mindstorm software on the laptops on Sunday. He plans on delivering the computers on Monday morning.
I called John Sperry, adviser from Anderson High School. Check out their Robot on youtube; Austin TinCans. He and I had a good conversation. I appreciate his willingness to help and provide feedback and support. John suggested we participate in the Best Robotics, Inc competitions this fall to get the students excited about competition and motivated. I will have to do some research into this competition. His idea was to have the students compete in teams in my classes. Project management was a key factor to their success this past year. By the way, Austin TinCans were the Rookie of the Year in the First Robotics Contest. I look forward to our continued relationship.
Tonight, I looked at the Lego Mindstorms book, BoeBot Book and Mobile Robots Book.
More work to do tomorrow at school to be ready for Monday.
Jeff Steimle sent me two emails today. He sent a link for a Youtube video on a Mindstorms in Action that makes small Lego cars.
I am glad to see Jeff excited about the Robotics. I invited him to participate in our program. I know he has some expertise we could tap into. In addition to the link he sent above, he also said he was installing the Mindstorm software on the laptops on Sunday. He plans on delivering the computers on Monday morning.
I called John Sperry, adviser from Anderson High School. Check out their Robot on youtube; Austin TinCans. He and I had a good conversation. I appreciate his willingness to help and provide feedback and support. John suggested we participate in the Best Robotics, Inc competitions this fall to get the students excited about competition and motivated. I will have to do some research into this competition. His idea was to have the students compete in teams in my classes. Project management was a key factor to their success this past year. By the way, Austin TinCans were the Rookie of the Year in the First Robotics Contest. I look forward to our continued relationship.
Tonight, I looked at the Lego Mindstorms book, BoeBot Book and Mobile Robots Book.
More work to do tomorrow at school to be ready for Monday.
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