Mentoring, the cornerstone of First Robotics
STEAMTeamRobotics (FRC7509) learned early of the value of mentoring. MakeShift (FRC4039) and its Mentor Matt Alderson, hosted our team at the RoboDome in October 2018. Read more
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What STEAMTeamRobotics learned in their rookie year
Here is a partial list of key things that members of STEAMTeamRobotics (FRC7509) learned during the 2018-2019 First Robotics season. We did great this season! Here are some lessons learned! pic.twitter.com/PKnFl2csUO — SNP STEAM Academy (@snpsteam) June 28, 2019 These videos (3 in the playlist) show STEAMTeamRobotics’ victory as part of...Read more
New study shows where growth mindset training works (and where it doesn’t)
“The path to a growth mindset is a journey, not a proclamation.” (Dweck, 2015) The informative article by Jeffrey R. Young and the video by Carol Dweck share insights into the concepts of growth vs. fixed mindset and the power of yet. For me, the key take-aways are: (a) “the power...Read more
My web site gets a new look!
This is my first attempt at using WordPress. Now that I’ve, more or less, figured out how to use this tool, I modified some of the CSS for the WordPress Blogger theme for these pages to closely resemble the (also modified) Academi theme used in my Moodle site. Additional postings...Read more