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Re: FIRST Classroom Integration

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Originally Posted by DoctorMD View Post
I don't believe that it is in the spirit of FIRST to force engagement from students who might not want to participate in working on their school's robotics team. On the other hand I agree that it would be great if math and science classes were able to incorporate more practical applications that could be applied to FIRST.
However if/when it is an elective course it is not 'forcing' engagement. Due to our participation in FIRST my school has added the Texas Robotics and Automation course and Programming that is taught under the CTE umbrella. These are both electives that allow the students to choose whether or not to enroll in the courses. Unfortunately what we see is that the classes fill up with non-FIRST students and my team members have a tough time getting in sometimes :/
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