"i.am.FIRST -- Science is Rock and Roll" airs August 14th

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Lavapicker

I see the good this show and all the work Will.i.am has done for FIRST this year and I know you can't show everything in a TV show like this but I was Very disappointed not to see any mention of 359. I thought for sure we'd see a shot of them on stage getting the award with a short bio of why they got it. Chairmans is the highest award in FIRST since its not about how well we do year to year in competition but how our programs impact our students, community and the world which we all know is more important in the long run than who got first place. That should be the message we get out there to people looking in, even on a "short" recruitment show like this. I think someone dropped the ball on it. They showed bio's from other teams and the impact FIRST had on their students but not the Championship Chairmans winner which is the definition of impact? What happened? Glenn and the gang at McKinley's 368 led the way in Hawaii where I believe we now have the highest percentage of schools with robotics programs in the whole United States. I believe every single team in Hawaii was helped at some point by Glenn. Perhaps if we were a bigger State it would have made the show? Glenn, his team and their story would have been an inspiration to a lot of people out there. I don't want to talk bad about his school (sorry Glenn but people need to know) but His very small school is in a very poor, rural and remote part of the Island and yet he has built a powerhouse program in a place where there was very little going on before him. Again, He accomplished what this show was hoping to accomplish.

I've heard it said that the show is the 'hook' to catch the attention and interest of those who haven't heard of FIRST.

To me, 359 makes for excellent bait and is the fish that could be shared with millions. To add, 359 and the other HoF teams can teach the ignorant and unaware - how to fish. They do it all the time - with or without a boat. To add, they know which ones to keep and which ones to throw back. To add, they provide excellent recipes for preparation of the fish and providing an enticing and fulfilling meal, scaled to size and seasoned for direct impact.

Not sure how such an opportunity was so incredibly missed but it sure was.

Jane

[Carol]

I agree that showing the CA winner would have added a powerful segment to the show. But, as pointed out earlier, the teams were probably selected BEFORE Championships and close to their home base. (I add probably because none of us know for sure and stating it as a fact is dishonest.) Since CA wasn't awarded until Friday night, there wouldn't have been time to do much more than a brief segment.

The producers should have been told of the importance of the CA award, so they could have at least mentioned it. But again, the producers, like most people exposed to FIRST for the first time (no pun intended) focus on the gee-whiz aspect in order to get people interested, and to stop them from changing the channel.

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Carol

The producers should have been told of the importance of the CA award, so they could have at least mentioned it. But again, the producers, like most people exposed to FIRST for the first time (no pun intended) focus on the gee-whiz aspect in order to get people interested, and to stop them from changing the channel.

They spent time explaining Coopertition, they could have spent time explaining the CA.

I think it was either missed, or ended up on the cutting room floor.

[RayTurner1126]

check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O7lv...ature=youtu.be

Interview on a YouTube show apparently called "What's Trending" of Will.i.am. I saw it because it was advertised on YouTube's Facebook page.

YouTube's facebook page has over 44 million fans. I like this.

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by RayTurner1126

check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O7lv...ature=youtu.be

Interview on a YouTube show apparently called "What's Trending" of Will.i.am. I saw it because it was advertised on YouTube's Facebook page.

YouTube's facebook page has over 44 million fans. I like this.

I think that Will.i.am is one of the better things to happen to FIRST. He buys us airtime with his own money so that the message of FIRST can get out, he talks about us at almost every opportunity, and really gets what FIRST is about. All I have to say is that a massive

THANK YOU

and I hope you do too.

[davidthefat]

http://www.smartthinkingbook.com/201...nts-to-be.html

Why FIRST is important. I did not want to make a new thread, but I think this might fit in here.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by ~Cory~

This is something that I have been wondering myself. What is the distribution of teams in the US? Does there happen to be a larger number of teams on the West Coast?

Finally a question I'm qualified to answer...

http://www.google.com/fusiontables/D...id=S245937Jy7w is the heatmap of team distribution for the 2010 season. (If that link doesn't work someone shoot me an email and I'll try to fix it)

I think that the program was very good for publicity, and surprisingly well 'tuned' to the spirit of FIRST.

I didn't like the music at all, really, but that's probably my musical taste. I was also questioning the 'rock and roll.' I'd personally ship the Black Eyed Peas in with the Autotune-pop-with-vague-techno-elements (like Autotune) genre.

The artist "spots" were actually not bad, some of them 'got' FIRST pretty well. Whoever described some part of engineering as 'goop' made me crack up. (was that Bono?)

From a publicity standpoint, i.am.FIRST was pure gold, but from an artistic standpoint, I thought it kinda sucked. However, publicity is the quality we need, so, good job ABC.