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Elvina Tong <[log in to unmask]>
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Elvina Tong <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Mark,

Thanks for this great idea. Did you use the mats without the pieces? We are
disassembling everything and sorting it all back into our current
collection. I do teach an Intro class in which kids learn how to use the
EV3 kit and it's a feeder class for our FLL team.

Thanks,
Elvina


On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 12:07 PM Mark Fedak <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Elvina,
>
> I’ve used the past season’s mats to teach newcomers, and lend to students
> that want to learn and practice at home in the preseason timeframe.
>
> This is a great help in learning simple moves like line following,
> navigation, and sensing the environment. In one of my seasons of coaching I
> reached out to other former coaches and collected some old mats for that
> purpose.  It worked very well.
>
> I’d also suggest saving all of the LEGO pieces for both robot building and
> making accessory holders, home-base guides,  etc.  At the beginning of my
> first coaching season I inherited a great collection of LEGO parts that
> were a great help in future seasons.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Dec 3, 2019, at 8:09 AM, Elvina Tong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> 
> Is there any use for previous challenge mats? My school is purging and
> cleaning up, and I've been instructed to toss the old challenges. Students
> are helping me sort any EV3 friendly pieces back into our collection.
>
> Is there any use for the old mats while teaching beginners?
>
> Thanks,
> Elvina
>
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