Technology & robotics dem
- 1. Lawrence Middle School – Lonny Robtison
- 2. General Overview Our Technology & Robotics Classroom
- 3. General Overview Our curriculum is broken down into two units: Web 2.0 (Media Literacy) Robotics, Engineering, & Problem Solving • Digital Portfolio Website • Identifying, Analyzing, & Communicating Solutions to • Technological Timeline Global Issues • Becoming An Expert Project • Constructing & Programing Various Robots • Accidental Discovery Project • Analyzing & Evaluating • Internet Safety / Etiquette Robotic Sensors , Movements & Mathematical Relationships • Generating, Organizing & Analyzing Data • Collaboratively Completing Robotics Tasks
- 4. Web 2.0: Media Literacy Digital Portfolio Websites: • Created Solely by the students using “Google Sites” • This creates a place where they can collect, analyze & evaluate their work forever in the digital “cloud” Technological Timelines: • Using their choice of programs, students created a timeline with researched information and pictures • Students analyzed the evolution of various popular technologies (TV’s, Personal Music Players, Laptops, Desktops, Cell Phones, etc…)
- 5. Web 2.0: Media Literacy Becoming An Expert Project: • Students worked in groups of two or three people • Collaboratively they met the requirements of a rubric to become an expert in various software programs Accidental Discovery Project: • “Failure is a necessary part of success” Students explore the ideals of “never giving up.” • The students complete a research project on inventions that were discovered by accident within a program of their choice
- 6. Web 2.0: Media Literacy Internet Safety / Etiquette : • Students will identify, analyze, and be evaluated on various internet safety related topics: • Digital Etiquette • Information Privacy • Online Safety • Cyber-bullying • Copyrights Generating, Organizing & Analyzing Data: • Students worked in groups of two or three people • Collaboratively they will learn how to generate, gather, organize, and evaluate data.
- 7. Robotics, Engineering, & Problem Solving Identifying, Analyzing, & Communicating Solutions to Global Issues: • Within groups of two or three, students will identify, analyze, & evaluate the methods of global communications • Through their own collaborative research, as a class we will identify, analyze, & generate possible solutions to trending global issues. • Each group will put together a proposal of a possible solution that would solve a particular global issue. This will be presented to the entire class through a program of their choosing.
- 8. Robotics, Engineering, & Problem Solving Constructing & Programing Various Robots: • Within teams of two, students will learn how to document their construction of various robots • After construction is complete, they will learn how to program their to complete certain tasks
- 9. Robotics, Engineering, & Problem Solving Analyzing & Evaluating Robotic Sensors , Movements & Mathematical Relationships: • Through the collaborative use of the robots, the students will identify, analyze, & evaluate: o Basic Movements o Measurements o Math Circumference Gear Ratios Fractional Parts Probability Graphing Data o Analyzing Robotic Sensors Light Ultrasonic Sound Touch
- 10. Robotics, Engineering, & Problem Solving Collaboratively Completing Robotics Tasks: • In groups of two, students will develop and implement a plan based upon a given problem • Design & implement a marketing plan for the robots on their possible benefits to mankind • Identify, construct, analyze, & evaluate green technologies & how they could relate to robotics
- 11. Expanding Our Technological Horizons