15-08-2010, 14:42
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AKA: Pinecone
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
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Re: How to keep new students entertained?
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Originally Posted by 3195mentor
Mind you, this is only our second year so we do not have that much in the way of funding, or in the way of previous robots to let the new students build with.
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I'd start with fundraising. There are many fundraisers that can do double duty as fun activities to engage new and old students while earning you money or sponsorship. Public demonstrations for sponsors, selling concessions at a sports game, and "drive the robot" demos are all cool events that can be really fun for new students. One of my first memories on 1714 was letting some younger kids drive a little robot at a Vex demo, and it was definitely really fun and engaging to help other kids play with robots. From there, you should be able to get enough funding to work on a little pre season project.
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