Join us for our Season Contingency Town Hall Webinar
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Join us for our Season Contingency Town Hall Webinar on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 6 PM CST, with an exciting NEW announcement about live remote competitions!
We’re here for our robotics community, and we’re excited for this season! Join REC Foundation CEO Dan Mantz with special guest Grant Cox, VEX Global Competition Manager as they discuss resources, programs, and new changes implemented for the 2020-21 season, such as:
- Remote competition option
- Covid-19 Updates page and Season Restart Guide
- Updated Game Manuals and Judging Guide
- Special Online Challenges announcement
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Stay involved in STEM with Online Challenges
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In this time of uncertainty with our education and learning outlook, Online Challenges offers a way for students to stay engaged with their teams, continue to expand their knowledge of STEM, and offer themselves great opportunities to build their resumes. Did we also mention that students can participate safely? Register your team and submit an entry!
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Student Advisory Board Applications Now Open
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As a valued coach/mentor of a VEX Robotics Program Team, we are looking for your help to find new student members for the second year of our Student Advisory Board. The SAB helps provide advice and competitor feedback on pressing student issues in the REC Foundation VEX Robotics Competition community. The Student Advisory Board’s recommendations will help to influence student goals, services, and overall effectiveness of our robotics programs. We're looking for students to give us their opinions on how to make our programs more enjoyable in order to promote student success. The meetings are done remotely and occur approximately every 4 to 6 weeks over the course of the year.
The deadline to apply is September 18, 2020. Know a student who might be interested? Share the link below!
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Host a Girl Powered Workshop
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With International Day of the Girl approaching soon, host or attend a Girl Powered Workshop! These workshops can be virtual or small in-person events hosted by our community with a goal to engage and inform young women about STEM and robotics opportunities they might not be aware of. Teachers, coaches, event partners, and mentors are invited to host their own Girl Powered Workshop this October in honor of International Day of the Girl (October 11, 2020).
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RAD DownDraft Game Manual Released
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Are your teams ready for a head-to-head aerial competition? In the 2020-2021 RAD Game, teams will journey to Mars to collect artifacts while navigating vertical obstacles. Look out for the radioactive artifacts - loading these into your alliance cargo ships will award points to the opposing team! Teams will also have a chance to compete in fully autonomous skills matches. Check out the RAD page to learn more.
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Join us for our Tuesday Tech Talks! The content for this series is designed to support coaches, mentors, and volunteers. Student participation is not recommended. Each discussion will allow time for Q&A. For questions or more info, please contact tuesdaytechtalks@roboticseducation.org.
The next episode of the Tuesday Tech Talks web series will be on September 8, 2020 at 6:00 PM CT! This session will cover how to start the season from classroom to competition. Click here to RSVP.
Did you miss one of our episodes? See the list of recorded episodes below:
- Season 3, Episode 1 - Welcome & Series Info
- Season 3, Episode 2 - Introduction to New Programs: VEX 123, GO, AI, AMC, and RAD
- Season 3, Episode 3 - STEM Labs Curriculum / Educator Certifications, CMU Microcertifications, IRHS, Scholarships, Tallo, and the REC Foundation Alumni Association
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"Robotics has always been an integral part of my life and when I mean life, it means as a student in high school, through college, and now teaching robotics to middle school students at Saint Louis School. After having gotten my Bachelor’s in Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, I wanted to bring my engineering education back to Hawaii to ensure that students who have the passion for STEM are well prepared for the challenges and opportunities on a national and global scale. I am now currently teaching robotics to middle school students at Saint Louis as well as coaching a VEX IQ Team. The greatest reward is seeing my young gentlemen feeling empowered to create and innovate through robotics; they take ownership in their own learning."
- Adria Fung
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