Summer 2009 Mentor Workshop
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== Week Five - 14 July == | == Week Five - 14 July == | ||
| + | Tonight we added a new mentor, Bob, to our group. | ||
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| + | We spent the first hour doing a quick review on bases and then the chapter on grippers, arms and lifters. We also had an extensive side discussion on how to "mentor" the roboteers on design. | ||
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| + | Sue and Scott weighed in that from an FLL perspective that gentle guidance works well. | ||
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| + | Foster and Steve talked about their experiences with teams that are: | ||
| + | * Completely hands off - mentors answer questions but don't question designs or push in a direction | ||
| + | * Let the roboteers design and build, but try to head off full failure - This is Foster's preferred method. Do the team training, let the roboteers design, but question the design ideas to see if they are fully thought out. May or may not make suggestions. Good question times are when the roboteers go to cut metal or when inter-team arguments break out. | ||
| + | *Co-design (Roboteer and Mentor), roboteers build. Steve's preferred method, more of a facilitation of the design process to get to a goal. | ||
| + | *Mentor design, roboteers build - Mostly seen in FRC teams. | ||
| + | *Mentor design, mentor build, roboteers watch. - Heard about in FRC teams, not a great roboteer experience. | ||
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| + | We also talked some about girls vs. boys, the group will try to gather some info about all girl teams and how they work together to share in the last week. | ||
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| + | We will talk more about team dynamics and management during our last session. | ||
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| + | Mentors then "almost" completed work on the Protobots, they should be ready to roll early in the next session. | ||
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| + | The next two sessions are programming. Remember to download the trial version of RobotC from here [[http://www.robotc.net/content/vex_down/vex_down.html]] and install on your laptop. | ||
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| + | == Week Six - 21 July == | ||
