2007 kick-off awards and judging criteria. “to create a world where science and technology are...
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2007 Kick-Off2007 Kick-Off
Awards and Judging CriteriaAwards and Judging Criteria
““To create a world where science and To create a world where science and technology are celebrated. . .where young technology are celebrated. . .where young people dream of becoming science and people dream of becoming science and technology heros.”technology heros.”
~ Dean Kamen~ Dean Kamen
You’re not just dreaming it….you are You’re not just dreaming it….you are doing it!doing it!
Today’s DiscussionToday’s Discussion Behind the ScenesBehind the Scenes
Role of the Judges Role of the Team
Winning Team AttributesWinning Team Attributes Overview of 2007 AwardsOverview of 2007 Awards
Types of Award Presentation Level (Regional vs. National) Decision-makers Criteria & Advice
Key TakeawaysKey Takeaways Q & AQ & A
Role of a JudgeRole of a Judge
Ambassador of FIRST and its missionAmbassador of FIRST and its mission Role models to students and future Role models to students and future
participantsparticipants Detectives to Detectives to collect evidence ofcollect evidence of
Team performance Machine performance
ReporterReporter Impartial Advocate of ExcellenceImpartial Advocate of Excellence NoNo rule interpretation or referee rule interpretation or referee
dutiesduties
Role of the Team Role of the Team Be effective communicatorsBe effective communicators
Know your story – understand your strengths (& improvement areas)
Anticipate their questions and be prepared Prioritize the information that you want to
share – focus on the most important first Use examples to illustrate your points; be
specific, be concise Advocate considerations they may not have
asked about
Role of the TeamRole of the Team
Make it easy for the Judges toMake it easy for the Judges to::
Find you -- well marked pit; have multiple spokespeople to ensure coverage
Remember you – positive impression; powerful examples; compelling stories; printed takeaway materials (easily traceable by Team #)
Know you – don’t forget to do your yearbook page
Attributes of a Truly Great Attributes of a Truly Great TeamTeam
A Judge’s PerspectiveA Judge’s Perspective
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team
Clearly Stated Team Mission/GoalClearly Stated Team Mission/Goal
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team
Defined Team StructureDefined Team StructureAn example:
Team LeadMarketing LeadFinance and Accounting LeadTechnical Lead (Design, Engineering, Fabrication)Programming LeadDocumentation LeadTransportation/Logistics Lead
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team
Clear Roles & Responsibilities; Clear Roles & Responsibilities; Clear Accountabilities Clear AccountabilitiesAn example: Marketing Public Relations Public Speaking Writers/Illustrators Fundraising
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamsAttributes of a Truly Great Teams
• Defined Communication Defined Communication Methods & AccountabilityMethods & Accountability
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team
Evidence of SustainabilityEvidence of Sustainability Business Plan Sponsor/Mentor other teams (FRC, FLL,
FVC, etc.)
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team
Team Interaction and OutreachTeam Interaction and Outreach Community
(Schools, Businesses, Public/Private Organizations)
Other FIRST TeamsRemember this is a “Co-opetition”
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team
Summary of Team Summary of Team AccomplishmentsAccomplishments
Acknowledgement of successes -- every team member should know them
Understanding of improvement objectives
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team
Pit AreaPit Area Easily identified -- memorable Student-led SAFE Working Environment Clean, neat, organized
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team
RobotRobot Students understand & can articulate Functionality
Students clearly involved in Design Process
Recognize and effectively describe Special Features
Differentiate themselves from other robot designs
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team
Effective SpokespeopleEffective Spokespeople Official delegates
All team members can advocate for team
Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team Spokesperson AttributesSpokesperson Attributes
““Tell me something about your team/robot”Tell me something about your team/robot” Generates Excitement Good Storyteller Positive Attitude Clean – Neat – Organized Concise, Rehearsed Presentation Focuses on Team/Robot Strengths Understands and describes how team meets
specific award qualification criteria Helps Judges remember key points
Provide Team and Robot Marketing Brochure Enrolls the Judges in team’s vision
Attributes of Every TeamAttributes of Every Team
And above all, demonstration of And above all, demonstration of Gracious Professionalism throughout Gracious Professionalism throughout the competitionthe competition
2007 Awards2007 Awards““Blue Shirt” Judged AwardsBlue Shirt” Judged Awards
Team Attribute AwardsCreativity & Innovation AwardsMachine Performance AwardsChairman’s Award
Additional AwardsAdditional AwardsLeadership Awards“Virtual” AwardsIndustrial Safety AwardCompetitive Performance Awards
Team Attribute AwardsTeam Attribute Awards
Team Attribute AwardsTeam Attribute Awards Focused on teaming behavior & Focused on teaming behavior &
team accomplishmentsteam accomplishments DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Imagery Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship Rookie All Star Engineering Inspiration Rookie Inspiration Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Entrepreneurship Judges’ Award
DaimlerChryslerDaimlerChrysler Team SpiritTeam Spirit
Celebrates Celebrates extraordinary enthusiasmextraordinary enthusiasm and and spirit through an spirit through an exceptional partnershipexceptional partnership and teamwork. and teamwork.
Regional Championship
XX
ImageryImagery
Celebrates Celebrates attractivenessattractiveness in in engineeringengineering and outstanding and outstanding visual visual aesthetic integrationaesthetic integration from the from the machine to team appearance.machine to team appearance.
Regional Championship
XX
Johnson & Johnson & JohnsonJohnson Sportsmanship Sportsmanship
Celebrates outstanding Celebrates outstanding sportsmanshipsportsmanship and and continuous continuous gracious professionalismgracious professionalism in the in the heat of competition, both on and off the heat of competition, both on and off the playing field. playing field.
Regional Championship
XX
Rookie All StarRookie All Star
Celebrates Celebrates the the rookierookie team exemplifying a team exemplifying a young but young but strong partnershipstrong partnership effort, as well effort, as well as as implementing the mission of FIRSTimplementing the mission of FIRST: to : to inspire students to learn more about science inspire students to learn more about science and technology.and technology.
Championship Qualifier Regional Championship
XX
Engineering InspirationEngineering Inspiration
Celebrates a team’s Celebrates a team’s outstanding outstanding successsuccess in in advancing respect and advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and appreciation for engineering and engineersengineers, both within their school, , both within their school, as well as their community. as well as their community.
22ndnd highest honor FIRST bestows to a highest honor FIRST bestows to a team.team.
Championship Qualifier Regional Championship
XX
Rookie Inspiration Rookie Inspiration
Celebrates a Celebrates a rookierookie team’s team’s outstanding successoutstanding success in in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineersand engineers, both within their school, as well as in , both within their school, as well as in their community. It is the 2their community. It is the 2ndnd highest honor FIRST highest honor FIRST bestows to a rookie team. (bestows to a rookie team. (Rookie Teams are Rookie Teams are numbered from team #1981 in 2007)numbered from team #1981 in 2007)
Regional Championship
XX
KleinerKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Perkins Caufield & Byers EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship
Celebrates the Entrepreneurial Spirit -- Celebrates the Entrepreneurial Spirit -- recognizes a team, which since its recognizes a team, which since its inception has developed the framework for inception has developed the framework for a a comprehensive business plancomprehensive business plan in order to in order to scope, manage and obtain team scope, manage and obtain team objectives. This team displays objectives. This team displays entrepreneurial enthusiasm and the vital entrepreneurial enthusiasm and the vital business skillsbusiness skills for a for a self-sustaining self-sustaining programprogram..
Regional Championship
XX
Judges AwardJudges Award
Reserved for a a team whose Reserved for a a team whose unique unique effortsefforts, , performance or dynamicsperformance or dynamics merit recognition, merit recognition, yet doesn’t fit into any of the existing yet doesn’t fit into any of the existing award categories. award categories.
This award can be for either team This award can be for either team attribute or technical accomplishmentattribute or technical accomplishment
Regional Championship
XX
Industrial Safety AwardIndustrial Safety Award
Celebrates the team that progresses Celebrates the team that progresses beyond safety fundamentalsbeyond safety fundamentals by using by using innovative ways to innovative ways to eliminate or protect eliminate or protect against hazardsagainst hazards. .
Determined by Safety Advisors, not the Judges
Regional Championship
XX
Creativity and InnovationCreativity and InnovationAwardsAwards
Creativity and InnovationCreativity and Innovation
Focused on ingenuity and elegance of Focused on ingenuity and elegance of designdesign Delphi’s Driving Tomorrow’s Technology Innovation in Control Xerox Creativity
Note: Generally apply to a component, subsystem
or strategy
Regional Championship
XX
Delphi Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology”“Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” Celebrates an elegant and advantageous Celebrates an elegant and advantageous
machine feature -- recognizes any aspect machine feature -- recognizes any aspect of of engineering eleganceengineering elegance including, but not including, but not limited to: design, wiring methods, limited to: design, wiring methods, material selection, programming material selection, programming techniques, and unique machine techniques, and unique machine attributes. The criteria for this award is attributes. The criteria for this award is based on the based on the team’s ability to concisely team’s ability to concisely verbally describe, as well as demonstrate, verbally describe, as well as demonstrate, this chosen machine feature.this chosen machine feature.
Regional Championship
XX
Innovation in ControlInnovation in Control
Celebrates an Celebrates an innovativeinnovative control system or control system or application of control components to application of control components to provide provide unique machine functionsunique machine functions..
Regional Championship
XX
Xerox CreativityXerox Creativity
Celebrates Celebrates creativecreative design, use of a design, use of a component, or a creative or unique component, or a creative or unique strategy of play.strategy of play.
Regional Championship
XX
Machine PerformanceMachine PerformanceAwardsAwards
Machine PerformanceMachine Performance
Focused on machine quality and Focused on machine quality and durabilitydurability General Motors Industrial Design Motorola Quality
Regional Championship
XX
General Motors Industrial DesignGeneral Motors Industrial Design
Celebrates form and function in an Celebrates form and function in an efficiently designedefficiently designed machine that machine that effectively achieveseffectively achieves the game challenge. the game challenge.
Regional Championship
XX
Motorola QualityMotorola Quality
Celebrates machine Celebrates machine robustness in conceptrobustness in concept and and fabrication.fabrication.
Regional Championship
XX
Chairman’s AwardChairman’s Award
The Essence of The Essence of FIRSTFIRST Spirit Spirit
Chairman’s AwardChairman’s Award
Honors the team that best represents Honors the team that best represents a a modelmodel for other teams to emulate for other teams to emulate and which and which embodies the goals and embodies the goals and purpose of purpose of FIRSTFIRST. Celebrates the team . Celebrates the team judged tjudged to have created the o have created the best best partnershippartnership effort among team participants effort among team participants and to have best exemplified the true and to have best exemplified the true meaning of meaning of FIRSTFIRST through through measurable measurable impactimpact on the participants, school and on the participants, school and community at large. community at large.
Regional ChampionshipX
Regional Chairman’s AwardRegional Chairman’s Award On-line Submission (www.firstawards.org)
Specified questions & 10,000 character max essay Up to 4 photos Cannot exceed 1.0MB Must by signed (electronically) by Student Leader and
Adult Mentor certifying accuracy and completeness DEADLINE: February 22, 2007 11:59PM EST
Judges use Yearbook Page (www.my.usfirst.org) Team selects Regional at which entry will be
judged Team must be registered at selected Regional Woodie Flowers Award & Chairman’s Award must be
submitted to same regional
Regional Championship
X
Regional Chairman’s AwardRegional Chairman’s Award Qualifying Award for Chairman’s AwardQualifying Award for Chairman’s Award
Judges seek evidence through official team submission, interviews and observation
On-site Interviews 10 minutes
5 minute Team Presentation 5 minute Judge-led Q & A
No more than three (3) students / mentors Encouraged to bring and leave documentation to
support submission
National Qualifier Regional Championship
X
Leadership awardsLeadership awards
Allaire Medal Woodie Flowers Award Regional Woodie Flowers Award
Allaire MedalAllaire Medal
Celebrates Celebrates outstanding student outstanding student leadershipleadership and and charactercharacter that embodies that embodies the spirit of the spirit of FIRSTFIRST Selected by Chairman’s Award winning team
members Junior or Senior accepted at 4-yr college/
university Up to $10,000 scholarship
Regional ChampionshipX
Woodie Flowers AwardWoodie Flowers Award Celebrates Celebrates communicationcommunication in the art in the art
& science of engineering & design. & science of engineering & design. Recognizes mentors who Recognizes mentors who lead, inspire lead, inspire & empower& empower using excellent using excellent communication skills.communication skills. Student-nominated Selected from winners of the Regional
Woodie Flowers Award Judged by panel of previous award
winners led by Woodie Flowers
Regional ChampionshipX
Woodie Flowers AwardWoodie Flowers AwardJudging Considerations: Based on team’s description of how teacher or
mentor inspired each member of the team through: Level of student participation Creativity of effort Clear explanation of concepts Demonstrated enthusiasm for science &
engineering Encouragement to work as a team Inspiration to use problem-solving skills Inspiration to become an effective communicator
Mentor’s accomplishments through communication Students’ ability to communicate clearly & concisely
Regional ChampionshipX
Regional Woodie Flowers AwardRegional Woodie Flowers Award Qualifying Award for Woodie Flowers AwardQualifying Award for Woodie Flowers Award
Student-nominated On-line Submission (www.firstawards.org)
600 word essay Up to 6 photos Cannot exceed 1.0MB DEADLINE: February 22, 2007 11:59PM EST
Team selects Regional at which entry will be judged
Team must be registered at selected Regional Woodie Flowers Award & Chairman’s Award must be
submitted to same regional
Regional Championship
X
““Virtual” AwardsVirtual” Awards
““Virtual” AwardsVirtual” Awards
Focused on Focused on excellenceexcellence in use of in use of computer-computer-based based enabling technologyenabling technology AutodeskTM Inventor Award AutodeskTM Visualization Award Website Award
AutodeskAutodeskTMTM Inventor Award Inventor Award
Celebrates Celebrates excellenceexcellence in student in student mechanical mechanical design, coordination and design, coordination and presentationpresentation Utilizes “Inventor” software package Three (3) phase electronic submission Score-based judging (100 points with 10 point
bonus) Two-round judging by panel of industry and
education professionals See Awards Section of 2007 FRC Competition
Manual
Regional ChampionshipX
AutodeskAutodeskTMTM Visualization Visualization Celebrates excellence in student animation Celebrates excellence in student animation
Multi-deliverable award focused on full animation process Staged Due Dates – On FIRST web-site
Paperwork: Storyboard/Animation:
Score-based judging (100 pts max) Concept 35 pts Creativity 35 pts Technical Execution 30 pts
Rookie classification available – See Awards section of FRC Competition Manual
Regional judging by ballot by student animators from submitting teams facilitated by Autodesk representative.
Regional Winners qualify for “professional judging” of Championship Award
Regional Championship
XX
Website Award Website Award
Celebrates excellence in student-designed, Celebrates excellence in student-designed, built, and managed team websitesbuilt, and managed team websites On-line submission (www.firstawards.org
) Deadline: February 22, 2007 11:59PM
EST Judging by website professionals in
advance of event
Regional Championship
XX
Competitive Performance Competitive Performance AwardsAwards
Competitive PerformanceCompetitive Performance
Celebrate Celebrate excellence in performanceexcellence in performance in the in the field of playfield of play Highest Rookie Seed Award
Celebrates the highest seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds
Regional Finalist Award Celebrates the alliance that makes it to the
final match Regional Winner Award
Celebrates the alliance that wins the competition
Regional Championship
XX
Questions ?Questions ?
Key TakeawaysKey Takeaways Judges are Seeking Judges are Seeking EvidenceEvidence Advocate for Your TeamAdvocate for Your Team
Enthusiasm, excitement & passion sell Help us understand your story Enroll Judges in your team’s Vision
Do Your HomeworkDo Your Homework Understand award criteria Position team for appropriate awards
Be PreparedBe Prepared Prioritize critical information Know your facts -- Be illustrative, be specific
Bring the Mission of Bring the Mission of FIRSTFIRST to life to life You’ve Already Won – You’ve Already Won –
Have FUN & Enjoy the Ride!Have FUN & Enjoy the Ride!
Thank You!Thank You!
Good Luck!!Good Luck!!