The Winter 2012 issue of our FIRST in Florida newsletter is now online. Read it and pass it on!
Please note one newsletter correction: FTC had 8 qualifying tournaments in Florida, not 7 .
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Check out the relaunch of the newly designed Innovate+Educate blog, featuring two monthly columns: STEM on the Streets with original articles about our national STEM work, the people we meet and the places we travel and a Guest Blog with articles by pioneering thought leaders from industry, education, government, media and non-profit organizations. The very first guest blog is by FIRST president Jon Dudas, who argues that we need to let kids fail so that they can succeed – Check out the full article.
Innovate+Educate is a national nonprofit organization founded in 2009 to provide a bridge between industry and education with states to advance, accelerate and transform STEM education.
Learn more at http://www.innovate-educate.org
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The MASIE Center presented FIRST founder, Dean Kamen, and FIRST president Jon Dudas with a Learning Gives Back Grant for
$25,000 , and named FIRST Vice chairman John Abele the 2011 receipient of the Lifetime Learning Leadership Award, at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2011 conference in Orlando this week.
Three Florida FIRST teams were on hand to meet with all these great luminaries, and for Learning 2011 conference attendees to meet a few of the great young minds behind our great STEM program. Students from FLL Team Party Boss of Orlando; FTC Team Duct Tape from Odessa, and FRC Team Exploding Bacon, from Orlando enjoyed some one on one with Dean Kamen, on stage time together with Dean Kamen, Jon Dudas, and Elliott Masie, and the opportunity to share FIRST with event goers.
It was a great time all the way around, and a terrific opportunity to bring FIRST to more people, at an exciting and innovative learning
conference.
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Click on the photo below to enjoy a slide show of the Florida STEM Summit III event, attended by Jon Dudas and several Florida FIRST teams!
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Nine FIRST teams, from Lomax’s Jr. FLL team, to Oak Grove Middle School’s FLL team and several area FTC and FRC teams, filled the lobby of MOSI in Tampa Oct. 25, to kick off the 3rd Annual Florida STEM Summit, hosted by the Career Technical Education Foundation (CTEF). Students enjoyed meeting astronaut Leland Melvin, in the dark blue shirt in the middle, and FIRST president Jon Dudas , to his left, in the gray shirt, and joined by CTEF founder Paul Wahnish, all crowded in for this happy group shot. It was a great opportunity for students to share their achievements and love of FIRST with visiting educators and business leaders. More photos soon!
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FIRST president, Jon Dudas, will be speaking at the 3rd Annual Florida STEM Summit, hosted by the Career Technical Education Foundation, on October 25th and 26th.
Several area FIRST teams will be on hand with their robots, the evening of the 25th, sharing their skills, experiences and love of FIRST with event guests.
For more information or to register to attend this event, please visit the STEM Summit III page.
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