Welcome to the 3rd Annual Rookie Coaches Boot Camp

“A First Lego League hands on workshop”

Learning Objectives

• building a robot• programming a robot• core Values presentation • research presentation• robot design presentation• sensors, navigation & adv programming• team management• tournaments • answer questions

ScheduleR o o k ie C o a c h e s B o o t C a m pA U G U S T 16 2 0 14

M o r n in g S C H E D U L E9:00 - 11:30 AM LARGE GROUP WORK SESSIONS

SPACE TIME TOPICCOMMON RM 09:00-9:30 AM CHECK-IN & SET-UP

COMMON RM 09:30-9:50 AM WORKSHOP OVER VIEW & TEAM WORK CHALLENGE

COMMON RM 09:50-10:45 AM ROBOT BUILDING EXERCISE

CLASSROOMS 1 10:50-11:30AM PROGRAMMING 101CLASSROOMS 2 10:50-11:30AM PROGRAMMING 101CLASSROOMS 3 10:50-11:30AM PROGRAMMING 101

COMMON RM 11:30-12:00PM LUNCH BREAK

a f t e r n o o n S C H E D U L E12:00 - 2:00 PM CONCURRENT SMALL GROUP SESSIONS (30min each)

SPACE TIME TOPICCLASSROOMS 1 12:00-2:00 PM SENSORS, NAVIGATION & ADV PROG (SNAP)CLASSROOMS 2 12:00-2:00 PM THE RESEARCH PROJECTCLASSROOMS 3 12:00-2:00 PM TEAM MANAGEMENT & LESSONS LEARNEDCOMMON RM 12:00-2:00 PM THE ROBOT GAME - "DEEP IMPACT"

COMMON RM 2:05-2:30PM WHAT TO EXPECT AT YOUR FIRST TOURNAMENT

COMMON RM 2:30-2:55PM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

2:55-3:00PM CLEAN UP AND LEAVE VENUE

Teamwork takes practice

• Robot Game- objective• Research project-subjective• Technical presentation-subjective• Core Values-subjective• Teamwork influences all aspects of how well a

team can solve problems.• Teamwork is not about product but rather

about process.• How do you teach teamwork?

Teamwork Exercise

• You have 5 minutes to complete the following exercise.• Open the envelope and remove all the cards• As a group decide on how to organize the cards into 3

groups which relate to each other.• When completed the 3 groups should have

approximately the same number of cards in each group.• Be prepared to explain the logic behind your decisions

and what each group heading is and why each card belongs in that group.

Teamwork Rubric

• All contribute• Time management• Consider options• Decision process• Core values • Coorpertition• Respect