first robotics chairman's award
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SCRRF Fall Workshops lecture on Chairman's Award presented by George ChenTRANSCRIPT
Definition
✦ The Chairman's Award was created to keep the central focus of the FIRST Robotics Competition as our ultimate goal for transforming the culture in ways that will inspire greater levels of respect and honor for science and technology, as well as encourage more of today's youth to become scientists & engineers.
What's the difference between CA & EI?
✦ EI: The extent and inventiveness of the team's efforts to recruit students to engineering, the extent and effectiveness of the team's community outreach efforts, and the measurable success of those efforts.
Question 1
How strongly does the submission document the impact FIRST has on the learning experience ofthe students, school
curriculum, engineers, and/or community?
Question 2
Has the team explained/demonstrated
why/how it should be a role model for other FIRST teams to
emulate?
Question 3
How well has the team communicated its excitement and impact within the entire
school,community, and beyond (state/nation) through participation in FIRST?
Parts of Submission
✦ Essay (+ 4 images)
✦ Yearbook page
✦ Executive summary
✦ Presentation
✦ (Optional) Handouts
✦ (Optional) Media
✦ (Optional) Judge’s book
Timeline
✦ Get started early
✦ Revise, revise, revise
✦ Leave time to practice presentation
✦ Factor in printing time
Executive Summary
✦ It’s a summary! Use bullets & lists
✦ Note character limit
✦ Cover things:✦ Not in essay
✦ Very important (reiterate)
Submission
✦ ~4 pages; 10,000 characters
✦ 4 images - does not always mean pictures (totalling ~1mb)
✦ “Highlights Reel” for team
Judge’s book
✦ Optional
✦ Covers in depth your team
✦ Don’t make it too long
✦ Not submitted to FIRST - given to judges at regional
✦ “Annual Report” for team
✦ Great promotional material
Laying out a judge’s book
✦ Table of Contents
✦ Theme page
✦ Yearbook Page
✦ Executive Summary
✦ Submission
✦ Submission - Extended edition (Director’s Cut)
Presentation
✦ 3 students
✦ 10 minutes total✦ 5 minute presentation
✦ 5 minute interview
✦ Usually lasts longer
✦ Public speaking skills
Questions asked
✦ Personal experience
✦ Greatest weakness/strength
✦ School involvement
✦ Mentor's work vs student work
Things to avoid
✦ Excessive media
✦ Multimedia
✦ Reading - Judges have already read your submission
✦ Lying
✦ Having mentors talk
294 Beach Cities Robotics
Themes✦ 2003 -
Organized Chaos - EI
✦ 2004- It’s Everywhere - CA
✦ 2005 - Odyssea - EI
Programs
✦ Weekly open house
✦ TV Show/Media coverage
✦ Sponsor involvement
✦ FIRST Links
✦ SCRRF/FLL involvement
✦ FIRST presentations
✦ Girls in FIRST
Team 812- Midnight Mechanics
✦ Themes✦ 2005 - Latch-Key Kids - CA
✦ 2006 – Kids teaching kids – CA
✦ 2007 - ??? (Secret!)