Sunday, December 1, 2013

12/3 'How will robots affect future generations?'


Do Now: Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day:  Robot -
A simplified definition of a robot is that it must be a device with three or more axis of motion (e.g. shoulder, elbow, wrist), an end effector (tool), and that it may be reprogrammed for different tasks. (This disqualifies most of the toy 'robots' sold at stores.)

  • Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words. 
  • Use complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.   
  • Copy and paste the link to the specific Question of the Day? 
  • Include an Inline Link to Websites.
Subscribe to the Robotics Online Newsletter 
Read: How Robots Will Affect Future Generations?

Question of the Day: Did you know that your life is affected virtually every day by robots?  Make a list of 3 ways robots affect your life everyday.
Why do you think it is good that robots are doing the jobs that are unhealthy or impractical for people?
Include an image of a Robot working in a unhealthy or dangerous situation.

More Resources: Robotics Online 
Setting the Safety Standard for Cage-Free Robots
The Effect of Presence on Human-Robot ... - Wilma Bainbridge
Robots to Create More Than a Million Jobs by 2016
The influence of robots on the human society - RUDAR
Effects And Impact Of Military Robots
Will robots ever be just like people? 
Robot's Effect on Society
A Study of HumanRobot Interaction in a Collaborative Task
Impacts of human robots for the current and future generations
effects and impact Of human service robots
Robots Are Not Killing Jobs, Says a Roboticist

Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


Do Now : Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: Template



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  • Use complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.   
  • Copy and paste the link to the specific Question of the Day? 
  • Include an Inline Link to Websites.
Question of the Day: 
Complete the assignments below
Download and Create a Template. Turn your completed template in on Engrade.

Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level

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