Summer Happenings and Game Hints!
The FIRST Tech Challenge annual Game Kickoff is Saturday, September 12th at 12 noon ET this year and we hope that you will be celebrating at a Kickoff event or party in your area (and if not, join one online - more info as we get closer to the date). In case you are a newcomer to FTC, welcome! Here's a little background information. Each year, FIRST Tech Challenge releases a new game that presents teams with fresh engineering and design challenges. We keep the game secret until our Kickoff in September. The Kickoff happens online, with the release of the game animation and season materials, and also at a growing number of live Kickoff events in your regions . We are really excited to reveal this year's game at Kickoff, which is three months away still, but a lot of other exciting stuff is happening between now and then: Intelitek has released the first New Technology Training Resource , with Part II coming out later this summer, and Part III coming out e...