TEAM DUCT TAPE

Getting ready for a table run
TDTs LEGO Engineering camp wrapped up with a mini-FLL Tournament, showcasing students new programming and building skills.  Team Duct Tape members even ran them through some teamwork and technical judging paces, for a fuller experience. Family members joined campers to cheer them on in their table runs and everyone went [...]

It works!
Campers are catching on fast to programming and build principles in TDTs 2010 LEGO Engineering summer camp. Even
New programmer
 students who have never programmed before are captivated by NXT G, and today enjoyed learning the magic of loops. In our build class, levers got a good work out,  and some pretty sturdy looking attachments have been [...]

Learning about Programming
Our 2010 LEGO Robotics Camp kicked off today, with a great group of eager learners.  Campers learned programming and A
A Little Building Test
Little Building Testbuilding basics, and just took off with them. We’ll be kicking things up a bit in the next few days, and then putting everyone’s new skills to the [...]

[ June 15, 2010; 10:00 am; ] TRAK Microwave was one of Team Duct Tape’s biggest sponsor’s last season, contributing generously to our FIRST World Championship journey, as well as providing mentoring guidance during some of our meetings.  On Tuesday, TDT members are bringing FTC to TRAK,  to give a presentation about FIRST Tech Challenge and demo the Hot Shot! game for [...]

[ June 4, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ]  Team Duct Tape will host an exhibit booth at coolTECH 2010 on June 4, at MOSI, the Tampa Museum of Science and Industry at 4801 East Fowler Avenue . 
 
Now in its third year, coolTECH annually showcases breakthrough technologies and cutting-edge innovations that impact how people live and work. Among the emerging technologies on display [...]

Cubie draws a Crowd
Team Duct Tape enjoyed a great afternoon with a boisterous and enthusiatic crowd of elementary aged homeschoolers during a robotics demo and info session with the THINK co-op learning group on Monday.  Many of the students were already familiar with FIRST LEGO League, thanks to the THINK TechnoForce team that formed up [...]

[ May 24, 2010; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] THINKs FLL team TechnoForce visiting with TDT during a competitionTeam Duct Tape’s heading over to visit the THINK homeschool co-op on Monday, to visit with students and demo our robot.  THINK and TDT go way back - to last summer when we hosted an LEGO Engineering Camp for THINK students, after which they went on [...]

TDT’s off-season schedule is already full with demos and FIRST outreach opportunities through June.  Our first stop was the Trinity Homeschool Center in Tampa, which held an Open House for prospective students and their families, to introduce them to the variety of educational opportunities available to them.  
Families and students enjoyed learning about FIRST opportunities and [...]