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Remote FTC
By Colleen and Katie Johnson of FTC Team 3595 To a lot of people, our hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska seems incredibly remote. It does have its downsides: the shipping can be expensive, occasionally...
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What we Learned from FTC
By Varun Vallabhaneni of FTC Team 6253 Tetrix beams. Gears. Sprockets. Wheels. A bit of something called RobotC. When I initially heard about the FTC program at my high school, these were my thoughts...
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Creating Sustainability Through FLL
By FRC Team 1403 Whether you think of it as having an impact on the future generation of students, recruiting future FRC team members, or simply just having fun, developing a strong FLL program can be...
View ArticleFIRST Step
By FRC Team 3132 Starting a FRC Team is always a challenge. You have to find funding, mentors, space to meet, students to join, etc. On top of this, many people starting a team have little or no...
View ArticleMentoring: The Social Media Advantage
By Oscar Fonseca, FRC Team 2283: Panteras’ Communications Jr. Mentor Internet has played an important role in recent years on how people connect and interact between them around the world. But, do we...
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Off-Season Learning: Collaborations without Borders
By Droids Robotics A lot of teams ask us what they can do in the off-season as a First Lego League (FLL) Team. The new FLL challenge does not get released until the end of August, but there is plenty...
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Connecting via Social Media
One tool that most FIRST teams use is social media. It’s a fast, easy way to communicate with the whole community, whether it’s just keeping everyone updated on the outreach you’re doing or reaching...
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The Importance of One-on-One Collaboration
By Schrodinger’s Hat We are FTC Team #3595, Schrödinger’s Hat, from Fairbanks, Alaska. We have been doing FIRST Tech Challenge for five years, and in that time we have mentored and been mentored by...
View ArticleFIRST Ladies
With a team of over 50% girls, we are proud to have co-founded FIRST Ladies with the Patronum Bots – an FTC team from Wisconsin. In the past year, we have run 6 FIRST Ladies morning teas or breakfasts...
View ArticleMentors without Borders
There are many unique challenges to working internationally, there are different languages and cultures that must be successfully navigated. Founded by FRC team 3132 and FTC Team 5972, MWB allows teams...
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