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Monthly Archives: July 2015
LinkVEX iQ Curriculum Website
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VSB/Hamber Robotics Page
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July 30, 2015
Finish ball challenge
Work on next weeks group challenge (participation)
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Group Challenge Instructions
You have Thursday and Friday to design your own UNIQUE VEX iQ challenge for next week Tuesday-Friday.
Instructions/Parameters
- Must utilize basic VEX iQ base (which you built on Wednesday)
- You must guide/instruct/teach class through your challenge
- 1 – 1.5 hour for build/competition/challenge.
- Challenge can be individual or team based (or free for all)
- Must provide supporting materials;
- Written instructions or video.
- Your colleagues should be able to utilize your produced material in their own classrooms in order to guide a class through the basic activity.
- Use of video, audio, and visuals is highly recommended.
- Creativity (and student engagement) is appreciated.
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July 29, 2015
Quick recap
- Camtasia // Publisher // Online teacher/classroom space
Introduction to Robotics systems and setting up a classroom.
Build up a VEX iQ base bot.
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Autonomous Weapons: an Open Letter from AI & Robotics Researchers
An open letter against Autonomous Weapons
interesting development, signed by several notable figures (Hawking, Chomsky, Woz, Musk)
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July 28, 2015 in General Interest
Tagged killer robots
July 28, 2015
Recap (Nova Documentary)
Small group discussions and presentation creation.
Review softwares for content creation and robotics programming.
- Make sure to grab your free office 365 (PowerPoint and Publisher)
- Camtasia (check out the software page for link)
Create an engaging sample instructional video utilizing Camtasia (screencasting // quizing)
- Individual assignment, please produce 1 per person.
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July 27, 2015
Introductions
Syllabus Review
Discussions in groups;
- What role do robotics play in BC’s K-12 education system? Consider this question in light of the redevelopment of BC’s curriculum (compare and contrast “old” IRP’s versus the “new” draft IRP’s)
- To what extent should we investigate, incorporate, and focus on autonomous operations in Technical Studies courses and applied skills courses? Would this be done at a cost or loss to developing other skills? Are we preparing students for the workplace/trades or are we providing opportunities of enrichment and interests?
- Should programming and robotics be included as specific areas of instruction at the elementary levels? Adding more to elementary school teachers’ load?
As a group (2-4 people per group) develop a multimedia rich presentation (no longer than 10 minutes) that explores and presents to the class one of these issues in relation to BC curriculum (Applied Skills K-12, ICT K-12, or K-7 elementary).
I would recommend that you work with at least 1 person outside of your main focus area.
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NHK Robotics Documentary (Japanese/ASIMO focus)
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