FIRST LEGO League in Louisiana2012 Senior Solutions Season

TrainingDestrehan High School

September 9, 2012

Fast Start Training AGENDA

• 10am – 11:00 Presentation– Introduction to FLL – the 2012 Challenge

• Field Set Up• Mission Objectives• Strategy

• 11:00 – 1:00 Workshop– Building and Programming Your Robot!

• INDEPENDENT – to do what they want, when they want, the way they want (no matter where they live)

• ENGAGED – to feel needed, and productive, and to have fun

• CONNECTED – to have meaningful relationships with family and friends

Scot Marshall, Louisiana FLL Technical Coordinator

scot@LaFLL.org

scotmar@bellsouth.net

Annette Oertling, LA FLL Partner

annette@tulane.edu

Barbara Pailet, Executive Director of BLaST

bhpfed@aol.com

HELPFUL CONTACTS !

http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2012seniorsolutionsOfficial FIRST Lego League Senior Solutions Season site.

Everything you need to know about the 2012 FLL Season!

http://lafll.org/ Louisiana FIRST Lego League website.

Important information about Louisiana competitions – past and present,

plus tips, training, and photos! (managed by Scot Marshall)

http://www.techbrick.com/Lego/Lego2011/Resources/index.html Techbrick Robotics website – FLL, JrFLL, FTC

Amazing resource for Food Factor worksheets, images, strategies and scoring apps for your I-phone!

Perfect example of GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM!!!

HELPFUL RESOURCES !

Another Helpful Resource2012 File Sharing for FLL Coaches

Gracious2011Gracious2012

Nov. 10, Haynes Academy, Metairie

Nov. 17, Destrehan High School, Destrehan

Nov. 10, Northshore High School, Slidell

Nov. 10, Fontainebleau High School, Mandeville

Nov. 17, Scotlandville Middle, Baton Rouge

Nov. 10, McNeese University, Lake Charles

Nov. 10 or 17, Sci-Port, Shreveport

LA FLL Qualifiers• Register through emails with Scot not TIMS (in October)• Check LaFLL.org website for updates• Designed to accommodate 12 teams each• Geographic attendance restrictions may be imposed• Advancement based on total # of LA teams• Are you willing to host a qualifier???

• The Right Approach – Core values

• Understanding the challenge – Robot game and research project

• Setting a time line

So Where Do You Start???

The FIRST Team Core Values(the right approach!)

• We are a team • We have fun• We do the work to find the solutions with guidance from

our coaches and mentors • We honor the spirit of friendly competition • What we discover is more important than what we win • We share our experiences with others • We display gracious professionalism in all we do

Gracious Professionalism:• Gracious attitudes and behaviors that are “win-win” • Gracious folks respect others and let that respect show in their actions• Gracious professionals make a valued contribution in a manner

pleasing to others and themselves as they possess special knowledge and are trusted by society to use that knowledge responsibly

Challenge Documents

http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2012seniorsolutions

Timeline – Coaches Manual (Appx. B)

Award Structure

The Complete FIRST Participant

• Unique Headwear• (Temporary) Hair Color• Face Paint• Team T-Shirt

– Team Name – Sea Dragons– Team Number - 5315– Yearly Theme –Senior Solutions– Color Theme – Purple, Grn, Gld – Sponsors, Logos

• Cheer, Song, Chant• Team Buttons• Team Handouts• Posters• Laptop• Pit Display• Pit Decorations

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