This blog has been sitting in my drafts for several months, finally got a chance to finish it! Better late than never right!! For the past four years I have prepared and taken a team to compete in the First Lego League competition in Auckland. This has always been a great learning experience and a highlight of the students' year but the cost of buying the kit each season is high as well as organising and funding a trip to Auckland and taking a day out of my weekend with my family. So this year I decided to try and bring an event north. In setting up our space at the start of the year I made a connection with Joanna from MTA who runs workshops on using the EV3 and was keen to support my idea. Joanna was involved in RoboCup and recommended we have a go at this format as it is much more accessible with only a $40 entry fee and there is more flexibility around the robots that can be used. Joanna came up and ran a free workshop in May, introducing us to the Dance/Theatre form...