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Originally Posted by Jeffmudhs
The best way to get "Lazy" people to work, is to ask them what they want to do. If they are unsure allow them to float around the team and find what they are best at. Perhaps give them a job where they are in charge, but still participating in the aspects of what they are in charge of. Try not to pick on them, as that will most likely cause for a hostile situation. Speak to mentors about problem students, they may not always be aware of that as some students seem to only do work when the 'teacher is looking'. If they feel they do not feel welcomed by the team, give them a nickname.
Coffeeism said it nicely hold workshops in the preseason, educate students on safety in the workshop, what each component does, how the code works. Make these workshops optional (except for safety), and you can easier tell where students are more intrested in.
As teams get larger, students can feel unnessecary or over looked as returning members who know how first works tend to do a majority of the work without explaining what thier doing and why. We try to emphasize peer mentoring. its a great way to increase student involvement
Hopefully I helped, Jeff McCarrin
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These were good suggestions. I am only going to add to this a little bit.
It is good to ask the students what they would
like to do. Some students will be very responsive to this. I love it when I encounter a rookie member who knows what they want to do. In order to get an idea of what team members want to do, we have everyone (veterans and rookies) fill out a role application to let the mentors know what they are interested in doing/learning that year. However, often there are rookies who have NO CLUE what they want to do. I was one of those rookies. I never had any experience with any technical aspect of the robot before, and I had a hard time even knowing where I was supposed to be or what I was supposed to be doing. It was hard for me to be just left alone to go find a group to work with, simply because I was not comfortable. It would have helped for me to have someone constantly guiding me and telling me what I needed to do, and showing me new things so that I could begin to work independently.
So always make sure that there is a system of guidance in place for the rookies who are less comfortable joining in a group, especially if they don't know many other people on the team or are less experienced. If you want, you can assign a veteran member of the team to be "shadowed" by a rookie member of the team ..so that the rookie will always have someone to ask for help. Make it clear to the veterans that they must be respectful of those who are just starting out, and tell them to be patient. A person who is treated well and is comfortable in their environment is much more likely to continue to want to be a part of that environment. As Jeff said, peer mentorship is very important.
I have made previous posts concerning team involvement and also some fund raising ideas. Rather than repeating myself, here are the links. There is good information in the rest of the threads also.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...167#post339167
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...552#post304552
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...821#post300821
Hope this helped, and if you ever have any questions, you can feel free to ask me.
-- Jaine