Thursday, December 5, 2013

12/6 Robots Create Jobs


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


  • Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words. 
  • Use complete sentences, proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.   
  • Copy and paste the link to the specific Question of the Day? 
  • Include an Inline Link to Websites.
Watch the video: Online Sources. Take the quiz in Engrade.

Check out Mr. Viereck's Robot Magazine

Read: Robots to Create More Than a Million Jobs by 2016

Question of the Day:
  Humans fear that Robots will take over the world.  At least they will take away jobs.  But, maybe they are not so bad.  They could actually save us and replace the dog as man's best friend.  

"In world terms three to five million of jobs would not exist if automation and robotics had not been developed to enable cost effective production of millions of electronic products, from Phones to Playstations." - "Positive Impact of Industrial Robots on Employment" by Metra Martech November 2011

How will Robots help to create jobs in the near future?  List at least 5 ways Robots will make our lives better?

Include an image of a robot working as man's best friend?

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
effects and impact of human service robots

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:


  • Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words. 
  • Use complete sentences, proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.   
  • Copy and paste the link to the specific Question of the Day? 
  • Include an Inline Link to Websites. 
Check out Mr. Viereck's Robot Magazine
Question of the Day: 
Complete the assignments below
Download and Create a Template. Turn your completed template in on Engrade.

Add Navigation to your Template.
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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