Here at Clarkson we have been working to provide the best experience possible for incoming students. Over this summer the school has began several construction projects to help improve the campus and make it much more “green”. One of the projects to be finished before this upcoming semester is the addition of a fourth floor on four of the main dorms. Well team 229 Division by Zero is ecstatic to say that Clarkson has agreed to let us have one of the floors! As early as this upcoming school year we will have our very own FIRST Robotics floor to try and help introduce students with similar interests in technology and robotics. Here at Clarkson we have a large interest in the FIRST community mentoring FLL and FTC teams, as well as holding official events for each, and then of course there is our involvement in FRC with 229. The best part of all of this is that there are still rooms left!
If any students are interested please contact me at
morrisah@clarkson.edu
Or Paula Wilmot at Phone: 315-268-6680
E-mail:
pwilmot@clarkson.edu
Below are more details describing this FIRST Robotics Floor.
First Robotics Service Learning Community (SLC)
Is an outreach-oriented co-ed theme housing option for up to twenty freshmen and sophomore students who will work with experienced upperclass FIRST Robotics SLC members to provide mentoring to local K-12 students involved in various programs. You will participate in hands-on activities that build character and leadership skills while obtaining practical engineering design and project management experiences. You will be expected to contribute to various outreach activities throughout the year such as mentoring local K-12 students in the design and construction of LEGO NXT-based robots or helping to run a Championship FIRST Lego League or Tech Challenge competition on the Clarkson campus. This community is open to all majors.
Participants will:
1. Provide at least 3 hours per week of outreach service to the SLC.
2. Keep a journal that documents their activities each semester.
3. Submit a brief summary of their accomplishments within the SLC at the end of each semester.
4. Have fun while helping others discover robotics!
Service opportunities will include:
1. Remote mentoring of participating school districts from the SLC using Internet-based technology
2. Travel-based mentoring to participating school districts, e.g., working directly with K-12 teachers and their students.
3. Tasks related to successfully preparing for and executing a Championship FLL and FTC tournament
4. Tasks related to successfully preparing for and executing robotics-based mentoring, e.g., learning required software such as Robolab, NXT-G, RobotC or LabVIEW for NXT, inventorying and troubleshooting kits of parts, configuring notebook computers for outreach use, etc.
5. Tasks related to successfully executing the overall outreach program, e.g., helping to organize and run the SLC, develop/maintain the program web and FTP sites as well as develop promotional/instructional materials, fund-raising, etc.
Additional programmatic opportunities include:
1. Ability to work with and learn from experienced members of the Clarkson FIRST Robotics SPEED team and Autonomous Robotics Club.
2. Participation in regularly scheduled SLC activities, such as guest speakers, movie nights, etc.
3. Mentors providing tutoring/study tips on the floor.
As part of signing up for first, students are asked the following question:
In 300-500 words, please describe any involvement you have had with FIRST programs or other activities involving mentoring or robotics. Please also describe what you hope to achieve in your time at Clarkson.
How it looks now.
We hope to see you this fall!