We had a building party this week and the kids brought laptops with them, which made things so much easier. On Thursday, August 14, 2014 9:22 AM, Frank Levine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I've heard of teams doing both. The advantage to printing is that you can parallelize the build process. My team was able to knock out 9 of the 10 models in 2 1/2 hours last Saturday. If you do print them, you can print in black and white because the instructions list the color of all of the parts for each step. -Frank Levine On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Penny Moss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: As a rookie coach, I have a silly question. Do most people print out the building instructions or do you work off looking directly at the computer. Printing would be hundreds of pages!!! > >-Penny > >On Jul 31, 2014, at 10:39 PM, VA-DC Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >FLL Coaches and Teams, >> The World Class mission model build instructions will be posted tomorrow, Friday, August 1, at 12 noon Virginia-DC time. They will be on the web at http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/missionmodelbuildinginstructions >> >> Even if you don't have your field kit yet, you can still take a look at the model pictures and guess what your robot's tasks might be. We won't know for sure until August 26th, so let your team's imagination really run free. >> >> Lots of teams like to get together during August or after they form in September to have a "build party". Team members can get familiar with uses for different types of LEGO pieces and have the mission models ready to go. >> >> For rookie coaches, and others who'd like to get more comfortable with FLL, keep an eye on the FLL Coach Calls that will be listed at http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/teamresources (plus, you can start by listening to some of the recordings from last year--the basics of mentoring a team apply every year--only the specifics of the robot game and the project challenge should change.) There is a lot of good material linked from the Coach/Team Resources page, so try to check there multiple times during the season for help. >> >>From the FLL Challenge website, you'll be able to link to FAQs about this year's project: >>http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/projectupdates >> >>to the Robot Game updates: >>http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/robotgameupdates >> >>and to the official rules about tournament judging and awards, plus advancement: >>http://www.firstlegoleague.org/event/judging >>http://www.firstlegoleague.org/event/judgingfaq >> >>Just remember our FLL Core Values (http://www.firstlegoleague.org/mission/corevalues): >> >> We have FUN! >> >> >>Steve Scherr >>Virginia-DC FLL Referee Advisor >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >>To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". >>VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to subscribe. > >________________________________ >To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". >VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to subscribe. ________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to subscribe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.