How to Integrate all three FIRST platforms to develop student who can apply for FIRST scholarships

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How to Integrate all three FIRST platforms to
develop student who can apply forFIRST
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 forFIRST
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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FIRST LEGO League

• 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 ConnectionsBuilding 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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FIRST LEGO League

• 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 years team into next years
  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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FIRST Tech Challenge

• Inteliteks 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.

• Carnegie Mellon Robot Institute
  http//www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/roboticscurric
  ulum/vex_online/START_HERE.htm

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FIRST Tech Challenge

• 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.  Heres what you can expect
• The newest Autodesk software with a 1 year
  license, including
• Autodesk Inventor Professional 2008 (10 licenses
  per team)
• Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 (5 licenses per team)
• 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 teams own collaborative workspace
• File sharing upload and download files of up to
  500 MB each
• Team Discussion
• Team Photo Sharing post and share up to 100
  photos
• Assign tasks to team members
• Post team news
• Video sharing
• Emailing capabilities
• Plus learn interesting and fun facts about your
  team members

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FIRST Tech Challenge

• Autodesk FIRSTbase
• 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.

• 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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FIRST Robotics Competition

• Engineering
• Physics
• Math
• Programming
• Graphic Design
• 3D Studio Max
• Inventor

• Business
• Public Relations
• Service Learning
• Video Production
• Persuasive Writing
• Public Speaking

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FIRST Robotics Competition

• 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 Chairmans Award
  submission.
• Our robot programming class is in C which
  supports our FTC and FRC teams.

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FIRST Robotics Competition

• 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 Cooking Frequent Flyer Miles
• Sewing Shopping 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 low-interest 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
  four-year institution
• Consider Co-op programs. Check out www.co-op.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

• 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)
• 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
• nmcintyre_at_chaminade.org