Wednesday, December 4, 2013

12/5 Cage Free


Do Now: Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: Cage-Free Robots

  • 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.
Read:  Setting the Safety Standard for Cage-Free Robots

Knightscope K5 And K10 Robotic Security Guards Now at East Orange Campus High School
 
Question of the Day:
Why do you think that Robots were kept in a cage?
List 3 advantages to "cage-free" or "industrial partner" or even "inherently safe" robots.
Why do you think safety is such a big concern when using robots?
List 3 safety concerns when using robots with humans.
Include an image of a robot working safely next to a human?

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: align



  • 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.
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

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

12/4 Robot Future


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

  • 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.
Subscribe to the Robotics Online Newsletter 
Read: How Robots Will Affect Future Generations?

Question of the Day:
What effect do robot's have on the economy?  List 3 ways that robots help the economy?
What are Service Robots?  List 3 jobs you think Service Robots will be able to do?
How do you think robots will effect future generations?  List 3 ways robots will effect us in the future?
Include an image of a Service Robot?

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: Navigation



  • 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.
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

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



  • 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.
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

Friday, November 22, 2013

11/24 Complete All


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

  • Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using 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 all of the assignments for the Second Marking Period.

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: Persistance



  • Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using 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.
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

Thursday, November 21, 2013

11/22 Test Before You Trust


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


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Read: Becoming a Web Critic
Watch: Website Evaluation

Question of the Day: 
Check out the sites Below:
Which ones have information that is true and which ones is the information questionable?  How did you determine this? Use Common Sense Media: Test Before You Trust worksheet.
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: URL, Address, Location



Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Question of the Day: What is the difference between the image
URL, Address, Location?  Explain your answer.

 Complete the assignments below:


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

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

11/21 Becoming a Web Critic


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


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Watch the video: Internet Search. Take the Internet Search quiz in Engrade.

Read: Becoming a Web Critic

Question of the Day:  Is everything you read on the Internet true?
How do you determine which sites are the best ones to use for your research when so many are available?

Check out these websites. Use Common Sense Media: Test Before You Trust worksheet.
  1. All About Explorers
  2. Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division
  3. California’s Velcro Crop Under Challenge
  4. Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
  5. Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
  6. Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
  7. British Stick Insect Foundation
  8. The Jackalope Conspiracy
  9. Buy Dehydrated Water
  10. Wossamotta U.
  11. Dog Island
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: Image Location



Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Question of the Day: Why do you need to know the location of an image to include it on your Webpage?

 Complete the assignments below:

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

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

11/20 Internet Search*


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


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Watch the video: Internet Search. Take the Internet Search quiz in Engrade.

  1. Try FlamingText, Graffiter, or GraffitiCreator
  2. Use CoolText.com to generate a name logo.  Create your logo as a .PNG w/Transparency. Download your name logo. CoolText Tutorial
  3. Use BeFunky.com to edit your head shot.  Download your image. BeFunky.com Tutorial
  4. Use Pixlr.com to erase the background of your head shot. Download your image. Pixlr.com Tutorial
  5. Download Keynote to make yourself a SuperHero. KeynoteSuperHero Tutorial
Question of the Day: 
  1. Post your Super Hero on your Blog.  
  2. What is your Super Hero Name?  
  3. What special Super Power do you have?  
  4. Explain your answer.

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 using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

 Try FlamingText, Graffiter, or GraffitiCreator
 Question of the Day:

  1. Post your Super Hero on your Blog.  
  2. What is your Super Hero Name?  
  3. What special Super Power do you have?  
  4. Explain your answer.
 Complete the assignments below:

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