Now showing on the YouTube FIRST Channel, The Green Machine presents its 2008 entry to the FIRST President’s Circle challenge! This newest video, starring team members Tom S. and Dan P., posted as a response to the “2008/09 President’s Circle Challenge” put forth by FIRSTPresident Paul Gudonis earlier this year. The President’s Circle is a special program within the FIRST organization that seeks “to unleash the power, energy, and creativity of FIRST teams to recruit new teams.” Initially unveiled at the 2006-2007 Championships, it wasn’t long before The Green Machine became involved. The team produced and posted the first video, not only securing a spot in the President’s Circle that inaugural year, but also earned attention by having the video featured in a spot aimed at enticing other teams to post their own videos.
This year’s challenge is to find a way to encourage even more high school students to get involved with math and science via FIRST. All FIRST teams, from Lego League to FIRST Robotics, are invited to create short video commercials, ranging in length from 30 seconds to one minute. All teams’ videos are posted on the FIRST Channel; some will be selected to air during the 2009 Kickoff! And so, Team 1816 is excited to finally have our submission completed! What was the team’s idea for this year? Find out here!