5/11 & 5/12 Are Self-Driving Cars Safe?

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Word of the Day:Driverless Car 

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California's Self-Driving Cars Have Gotten Into 4 Accidents Since September

 Question of the Day: Would You Like to Ride in a Car That Drives Itself?

Read the entire article, then tell us …

1. Driving a car: Some people enjoy it, others are simply glad to have the skill that helps them get from place to place. But what if a car could drive itself?
   How much interest do you have in self-driving cars?
2. Would you feel safer or be afraid to share the road with "Driverless cars"?   Would you drive in a car with out a driver?  Why?  Give some facts to support your opinion.
3. What do you think it would be like to drive or be a passenger in a car like those described in the article?
4. How necessary do you think this hands-free feature is for cars? Why?
5. What laws, if any, do you think will emerge when cars with self-driving features become widely available? Explain.
6. Do you think the feature will catch on with additional car manufacturers or will it be a short-lived trend?
7. What do you think the biggest market is for cars that can drive themselves? Why?

Daily Objectives:  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.

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Word of the Day:

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Question of the Day:  Create a 30 second(300 frames) or more animation using Stykz. Include two characters, one object and a background.

1. Export your Animation as a Quicktime movie.
2. Create a new movie in GarageBand.
3. Import your Animation Movie.
4. Add Sound Effects and Music.
5. Share to disk.

Make a second 30 second animation of the

YMCA, Macarena, Gangnam Style, Can't Touch This/Hammer Time or other dance. 
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Movie Dance 

Daily Objectives:  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.

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Do Now : Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and capture it in citelighter, then paraphrase it in your own words.   
Word of the Day:

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Question of the Day: Continue to work on Code Academy

1. Put It All Together: Build a Resume
2. Make a Website
3. Make an Interactive Website 
4. Learn Rails
5. Learn AngularJS

Codecademy resources#1 

CodecademyUK-curriculum

http://www.codecademy.com/en/learn 

Daily Objectives:  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.