The National Education Computing Conference is next week! Are you going? Be sure to stop by the LEGO Education booth (#1926) to say hello and check out out various sets, software, and curriculum.
In addition to the LEGO Education booth, you might be interested in the Robotics in the Classroom: Build, Design, Program, and Invent workshop. This event is not sponsored by LEGO Education, but by enthusiastic, experienced teachers.
National Educational Computing Conference June 24-27 Atalanta, GA
Have you registered your FIRST LEGO League team yet? Registration is open - what are you waiting for?
Details? You want details? Okay, we can do that for you.
Registration opened May 1, and continues until all slots are filled. This usually happens sometime after mid-September.
The cost to register a FLL team this year is $200.
The FLL team registration process and fee do not include participation in an event. The tournament application process will open in October.
When you register, be sure to also order the Field Set-Up Kit for this year’s challenge, Power Puzzle. Without it, you won’t really be able to do much to practice for FLL competitions! The Field Set-Up Kits will begin shipping out on August 1.
FIRST LEGO League estimates that approximately 6,720 teams will register this year, and so far, 1,715 teams already have (as of June 14th)!
This is the tentative schedule for the season:
May 1 Registration Opens Mid-May Registration Materials and Robot Sets Begin to Ship August Field Setup Kits Begin to Ship September 5 International Challenge Release Mid-to-late-September Team Registration Closes/Last Day to Order Products October 1-12 Tournament Applications Accepted (If FLL is handling applications) November- January Tournament Season April 2008 World Festival
May 1 Registration Opens
Mid-May Registration Materials and Robot Sets Begin to Ship
August Field Setup Kits Begin to Ship
September 5 International Challenge Release
Mid-to-late-September Team Registration Closes/Last Day to Order Products
October 1-12 Tournament Applications Accepted (If FLL is handling applications)
November- January Tournament Season
April 2008 World Festival
Here are some links to useful pages at firstlegoleague.org:
Another great site on the web for NXT news and info is at bNXT.com. The site includes a blog, downloads, and even tutorials. One of the neatest parts of the site, though, is the list of recent posts compiled from all over the web. It’s in the lower-right corner of the main page, and can be a good way to find NXT bloggers and websites you may not have known about. Another feature is the NXT papers availiable, such as A Radar Style Display for the NXT. Although the site is geared to users with the retail NXT sets, there is still a lot of good information that can be adapted to work with the different parts available in the MINDSTORMS Education NXT set.
What will be next from bNXT? You’ll have to take a look and see!