Well the tension is mounting, the last minute scrabble round for props is upon us, it is the last chance to iron out glitches in computer programmes, power point presentations and scripts. In exactly one week from now we will know how well all our work has paid off. This time next week we will have done it, we will have competed in our first FLL tournament.
Part of the process is to be interviewed as a team on both the project and how we tackled the robot game. This is no easy matter, as we found out today, as we do not know what the questions will be. Trying to answer as a team is tricky; usually everyone aanswers at once, pr no one answers at all. Everyone needs to listen to everyone else, give everyone a chance to speak and at the same time make sure all the information has been given that might be needed. Members of the team who may be reluctant to speak in a group need to be given a chance and those who have a tendency to speak all the time need to give everyone a chance.
The presentation is great. The final touch will be for everyone to learn lines so that they are not juggling scripts and props and they can look at the judging panel. The power point that they have put together is largely sorted out and on Friday we are going to work on making sure it is where we need it as we had some technical difficulties accessing it on the laptop today.
The robot game needs some tweaking and loads of practise, of course the more we practise the more problems we find, but we are generating a reliable list of thing that need to be checked before the robot leaves base. There are a few minor programming glitches to be overcome and we still need to make sure we all know what we need to do when.
It's all getting a bit exciting!!
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