Raghu Edalur

Several 2019/2020 City Shaper scrimmages have been organized – see Local Events page for details.

We are interested in your viewpoint on this.

We spend a lot of time looking at the district definitions, where teams are popping up and then we work to get tournaments close to the teams as much as […]

We are excited to announce changes for Playing At Learning.

We have added several amazing members to our Board of Directors!   Learn more
FIRST HQ has assigned a FIRST AmeriCorps VISTA, Ja […]

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One of the big changes that we did in NorCal for this season was to pilot a process for registering into a tournament way earlier than previous years.  The initial view from my side of the process is that this w […]

We are getting several questions about the FIRST Team Roster (aka TIMS Roster) as well as several coaches uploading a team list that is not a FIRST team roster.

The coach needs to initiate this process via the […]

When we started the very first team from Fremont in FIRST LEGO League as coaches back in 2002, the qualifier that we had to compete in was in Richmond. By our second year as coaches, we had encouraged/supported 18 […]

This is a work in progress – but given how many questions we have received asking about Early Bird Registration, I wanted to share our current thinking plan.

Same as previous years,  there are requirements t […]

Again for the 2016 season, we are using jotform.com to capture team information.  Before starting on the form, please review and collect the information and forms to upload that you will need.   Note if the jo […]

FIRST has a database that people can enter their email address to express interest to form a new FLL team.   Over half of the current California listing are for people looking in NorCal!

If your team is able t […]

For the past several years, FIRST has organized the Global Innovation Award, presented by XPRIZE (GIA) and offers each FIRST LEGO League region an opportunity to nominate one or more Regional Nominees based on a […]

This is a common question from rookie coaches – particularly those from a non-technical background…  How to help the kids learn basic building/programming skills?

As discussed on the FIRST forum under the […]

Playing at Learning has changes in progress on several fronts.

Refresh of all websites – including norcalfll.org, playingatlearning.org.   Take a look and provide feedback!
Adding staff!   We have 2 open p […]

We are recruiting for an AmeriCorps VISTA to work with Playing At Learning in San Jose / SF Bay Area.

Learn more at http://www.playingatlearning.org/vista/

FIRST HQ is recruiting VISTA Members to dedicate t […]

We have informal scrimmages today at The Play Space in San Jose – come on by.  If your team wants to run a few practice matches on the FLL challenge field, you are welcome.  We will be here between 9am and 3pm.