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Originally Posted by rourke
- I only support collaboration when without it there would be no second or third team.
- My vision and application of collaboration is “participative”. Students that want to be involved in the design phase have the opportunity – they work hand-in-hand with the multi-school design team. Students that want to build parts get to – they work side-by-side building parts or make their own. Students that want to write programs get the chance to load their code into the robot and test it out. No one gets hand-outs. No one gets short changed.
- My vision of collaboration does not have super teams wiping out smaller teams, or hundreds of robots all looking identical. If it is used for growth, then this is of no concern. Be responsible with it. Use GP as a sense check.
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Having the students do as much of the work is really what I want. Tooting my own teams horn, we always try and have the students do as much of the work as they can. This gives them confidence and lets them know that they have a part in building the robot. It also lets them know that they can go out and do whatever they want. From designing buildings to making nanotechnology to whatever interests them. This is the goal of FIRST, to give high school students the inspiration to go do anything they want.