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NY Excelsior Region Update!


In case you missed the Freight Frenzy Game Kickoff!
Check out the video recording of our Albany Area Kickoff! Includes informative season updates and tech and game discussion!

 
Stay up to date through our FIRST@MVCC web pages!

Team Resources Page
  • Email archive of FIRST@MVCC Constant Contacts
  • Useful Links document on very important topics including rules, forum, grants, scholarships, team management resources
Events Page
  • Check throughout the season for updates as dates & tournament registration details become solidified. 
  • NY Excelsior Tournament Registration Procedures (Will register through FIRST@MVCC, not through your FIRST dashboard.)


Coaches' Coffee Hours!

Held every few weeks! Keep an eye to your emails from Tina Betz, NY Excelsior Region Partner, or our fabulous FIRST Senior Mentor, Lisa Russell.
A great place to get to together for assistance, and to share ideas and questions!
Talkin' TECH with Tyler
(Thanks to NY EXC Fab FTA/Robot Inspector, Tyler Russell !)

1 - Read all FIRST Tech Challenge Team Blast emails and forward to your team members! Search for the recent, important blast: “New Driver Station Workaround”

2 - NEW robot apps (7.0) and Google Play is no longer the place for updating!
Requires Windows, and it can update all of your devices with the exception of your phones’ firmware. It can however update the apps on the phones.
To use:
> Install the client
> Connect your device(s) to the PC via USB cable.
The following devices are supported:
  • o   REV Control Hub (REV-31-1595) (App and Firmware Update)
  • o   REV Expansion Hub (REV-31-1153) (App and Firmware Update)
  • o   REV Driver Hub (REV-31-1596)
  • o   Android Device (App update only) (App and Firmware Update)
  • o   REV SPARK MAX (REV-11-2158) (App and Firmware Update)
> Select each device and update them all as needed
NOTE: There is always good information on the REV site for troubleshooting, happy updating!
Thanks GDC for a FUN new game element!

Rubber duckie you're the one
You make bath time lots of fun
Rubber duckie I'm awfully fond of you…

…Rubber duckie, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of you...
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All MVCC non-credit instruction is completely self-supporting, including indirect costs, and requires no public funds.

Tina Betz, NY Excelsior FIRST Tech Challenge Partner | 315.792.5472 | Email | FIRST@MVCC Website
Onward and Upward!
Building the next generation of graciously professional problem solvers through hands on learning, mentorship, and competition. (Teams also just happen to build robots!)