2020-2021
We have determined that Edina FTC's best course of action for the 2020-21 school year is to pause and wait for the situation to improve. We will continue to monitor the situation and I am hopeful that at some point in the future (winter? spring?) teams will be formed, and robots will be built.
What can you do between now and then?
*If you have a Chromebook with no ability to download a program - Onshape Education Plan is entirely online
*Learn Onbot JAVA This is programming specifically for FTC. It is the best way to start FTC Onbot Java Tutorial
*Learn JAVA! (That's Java NOT Javascript, which is for websites).
*2D Simulator for beginning FTC programmers
*Road Runner motion planning library for FTC
*Coder Dojo Twin Cities
*Code Saavy Tournament
*Codecademy - Java tutorial
*https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/index.html
*https://caveofprogramming.teachable.com/p/java-for-complete-beginners
*https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/ap-computer-science-principles/programming-101
*https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/ap-computer-science-principles/algorithms-1
*Tinker Crates are great engineering kits. Don't be fooled by the photos - This isn't little kid stuff! The construction of most of the projects is complex but they give fantastic step by step directions with tons of resources to understand what is happening, why it works the way it does and how it is applied in the real world.
*How to start ... designing, coding, etc.
*How to do outreach
*How a tournament works (note there are changes for this year)
*How a match works (note there are changes for this year)
*Why should students join robotics?
*What else do you know about?
Pay attention to Robots in the Media. Let me know if you find a good one!
What can you do between now and then?
- Make sure you are getting the emails by filing out the "Contact Us" form at the bottom of the Home page
- Sat. Sept. 12 watch the Kickoff starting at 9:30 AM with the release of the 2020 game, Ultimate Goal, at 11:00 AM.
- CAD or sketch ideas for your robot
- CoderZ is a new offering from High Tech Kids, who runs our tournaments. I will not be organizing teams for CoderZ.
- Design something with CAD. Just make something simple. Then something a little more complicated. Or CAD your robot! All of the FTC Tetrix parts are downloadable in these two FREE CAD programs and they both have YouTube tutorials!
*If you have a Chromebook with no ability to download a program - Onshape Education Plan is entirely online
- Code something...
*Learn Onbot JAVA This is programming specifically for FTC. It is the best way to start FTC Onbot Java Tutorial
*Learn JAVA! (That's Java NOT Javascript, which is for websites).
*2D Simulator for beginning FTC programmers
*Road Runner motion planning library for FTC
*Coder Dojo Twin Cities
*Code Saavy Tournament
*Codecademy - Java tutorial
*https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/index.html
*https://caveofprogramming.teachable.com/p/java-for-complete-beginners
*https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/ap-computer-science-principles/programming-101
*https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/ap-computer-science-principles/algorithms-1
- Build something ...
*Tinker Crates are great engineering kits. Don't be fooled by the photos - This isn't little kid stuff! The construction of most of the projects is complex but they give fantastic step by step directions with tons of resources to understand what is happening, why it works the way it does and how it is applied in the real world.
- Teach something...
*How to start ... designing, coding, etc.
*How to do outreach
*How a tournament works (note there are changes for this year)
*How a match works (note there are changes for this year)
*Why should students join robotics?
*What else do you know about?
Pay attention to Robots in the Media. Let me know if you find a good one!
- Stay tuned...
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