[JaneYoung]

As a non-engineering mentor, I want to know the correct terminology for a variety of reasons.
One example would be, when we are in competition and the team has visiting guests, I want to be able to discuss the game with them using the correct terminology and explaining it if needed.

I don't have the FIRST booklet/program at hand that is distributed at the competition venues so I cannot check it it see if we are doing this already. One thing that would be simple to do would be to list the vocabulary words and definitions that will be used during the competition - such as the term, teleoperated.

AT UCF, a parent brought his 5 year old son over to the volunteer table to talk to me about the game. He wanted to know details. He also wanted to explain the game to me as much as he understood it. He didn't want to be dumbed down and he was 5. I was able to use words like teleoperated and autonomous with him and see what he understood. He got those, what he didn't get was how valuable the ramps were. He knew they were valuable and wanted to understand exactly how much, point wise.

Jane