August Team Update

[REC Foundation]

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View this email in your browser AUGUST 2021   Thanks for attending our 2021 Virtual REC Foundation Summit! We thank Event Partners, Team Coaches, and Mentors for joining our Virtual REC Foundation Summit (formerly the EP Summit) that took place July 20-22, 2021. We enjoyed continuing the tradition of providing an interactive space for presentations, training, and discussions to help you make the most of the 2021-2022 competition season. Session recordings and presentation slides are now available on our website. View recorded sessions via YouTube playlist View recorded sessions via Agenda Check out our Factory Automation Competition (FAC) program! The FAC program is a classroom-based competition that provides students with the skills needed for today's advanced technical workforce. This unique new robotics competition provides curriculum and educator resources while students develop technical and problem solving skills by designing and building a simulated manufacturing workcell with five axis robots.    Learn more From the VEX Robotics Knowledge Base What is the V5 Workcell? Get started teaching industrial robotics with the V5 Workcell! Regardless of experience or ability level, use the available VEX V5 Workcell STEM Labs in your classes. View article Download VEX Worlds Participation Certificates Download and share this Participation Certificate with your student or team to acknowledge their hard work at the 2021 Live Remote VEX Robotics World Championship earlier this year! View and download certficiate Explore a career with the REC Foundation We've enhanced our support model to support our growing robotics community and we have open positions available! To learn more, visit our careers page or contact H...@roboticseducation.org.   View available positions Tallo: Available for current students and alumni The REC Foundation has partnered with Tallo, a free online platform and app that students (age 13+) can use to showcase their accomplishments, skills, and goals. Encourage students to download Tallo to create a free profile and get discovered by colleges and companies and figure out the next step that’s right for them! Over one million Tallo users get noticed, earn digital badges, and match with scholarships. Get started Coming soon Stay tuned to our social media and these email updates for important information related to program/competition launches and more! The K12 Engineering Podcast | Robotics Competitions After 2021, with Dan Mantz Dallas ISD News Hub | Trustees recognize six outstanding robotics teams ZDNet | Best computer science scholarship 2021: Top picks Copyright © 2021 REC Foundation, All rights reserved. You joined our list when you registered your team and/or registered for an REC Foundation event. Our mailing address is: REC Foundation 1519 Interstate 30 W Greenville, TX 75402 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.