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NOTES
TIMELINE:
Thursday, June 26
- Class Begins Moodle/Blackboard available login to test your password

Sunday, June 29
DUE:
1) FINAL Unit (Tracy) in PDF form (SMT if needed)
2) WEBSITE (SMT) 250/1000 pts must have all the resources needed for the UNIT online
3) Camp Mystery Puzzle Due (Tracy) (your camp students will be the EXPERTS and solve
their part of the puzzle with knowledge gained in your class)

Thursday, July 3
DUE:
1) Tri-fold Boards (Tracy and SMT, 1 each)
2) Newsletter (Tracy)

Friday, July 4
th
Nothing DUE
- Jason, Shannon and Miranda visit Jacksonville (4pm-8pm)(need address)
- Shannon stays over

Sunday, July 6

Before Meeting (Building open at 2:30pm)
1) Decorate and setup room (tri-folds x2, door sign poster, robot books and robots on
display, door dcor?), get tub ready (fill with water)

2) AIG Camp Meeting 4:00pm-630pm
Pick up laptops (DELL not Mac), cameras, etc
Did you get $30 charger for EV3 battery packs from Toys R Us?
After Meeting
3) Make sure teacher laptop computers connect well with the smartboard
(or whatever video screen) so we can play videos, Powerpoints
4) download MINDSTORMS on laptop computers
5) Build EV3 robots, so kids just add to them (put pieces in labeled bags)
6) Put parts for Underwater Robot in groups
7) Get worksheets, powerpoints, laminated activities READY
8) Make sure terrain boards for Robots are ready (minefield, moon)
9) Check for ALL other materials and resources, adjust if something not working/missing

Monday, July 7 HAVE FUN!!! (can do extra setup during schedule A, only course 1 ppl to see it)
Wed. July 9 AIG DINNER! / $55 check for AIG license
Thursday, July 10 530pm DONE!!!! // Val (Shannons mom) pick her up at Camp Site/ECU/???
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TRI-FOLD BOARDS (TRACY and SMT)

Purpose:
1) as a graphical overview of your lessons
2) an interactive teaching tool which you will use as part of your lesson
3) have all four lessons in your unit

Elements:
1) Title:
To Infinity (Lessons 1 & 2 Tracy) Blue shiny letters
And Beyond (Lessons 3 & 4 SMT) Red shiny letters
*Gray metallic wrapping paper for both backgrounds purple for most other letters on
board for both people
2) Attention Grabbing Graphics: (no specifics, just have pictures!!!)
3) Points to Ponder: (on respective boards) / medium-sized, directly from lesson
L1: Robopocalypse (history of robotics, robot-human interaction affecting society) p.27
- There are many factors that affect how a robot transitions from task to task.
- Humanitys increasing dependence on robots will affect future historical events.
L2: Number Five is ALIVE! NO DISESEMBLE!!! (robotic design and building) p.46
- Every year, robotic design changes and we find new uses for robots. Will there be a
time when robots will complete all physical labor for humans and humans will not be
required to work?
L3: Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto! (robots and the media) p.67
- What challenges and modifications do scientists endure when designing, building,
and programming robots?
- Does the scarcity of robots in everyday life affect the users' expectations and
interpretations about robots stem from the media?
L4: Resistance is Futile (human-robot social interaction, especially artificial intelligence)
p.74
- What are some tasks or missions that humans, are better able to complete than
robots?
- Robots could soon be self-aware and be independent citizens.
4) Teasers:
LITTLE INTERACTIVE: Did you know thought bubbles on both boards,
scattered/random, small size (four to eight pieces per board)
5) Attractive Design Elements: (color-coordinated, theme, pictures, layout, etc.)
Can we use the 4
th
of July Red, White and Blue + Silver + Stars Theme in a big way?
Think: PARTY CITY stores, DOLLAR TREE stores
http://www.partycity.com/product/4th+of+july+decorations.do
LED Balloon Lights, use balloons to decorate, make the robot do something with
balloons?
6) Extension Ideas: ???
Could YOU be: a robot*, roboticist, robot programmer, robot engineer etc.?
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7) THINK RIGORbut not rigor mortis
8) Board Layout (Tracy):
Left flap: L1 points to ponder and activity
Center flap: BIG Interactive Arrange the robots activity (History)
Center flap: BIG Interactive something with design/building activity (Design)
Velcro robot pieces with computer, appendages, wheels, and sensors: build your own
robot!!!!
Right flap: L2 points to ponder and activity

9) Board Layout (SMT):
Left flap: L3 points to ponder and activity
Center flap: BIG Interactive - Can you name these robots activity (Media)
Center flap: BIG Interactive - Does this robot creep you out? activity (Society/Uncanny
Valley)
Right flap: L4 points to ponder and activity / Turing Test (L4)

10) Design Elements:
- All Jewel Tones (Red, Blue, Purple, etc.), no Pastels
- Buzz Lightyear somewhere?
Content Elements:
- More stuff?





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WEBSITE (SMT)
Examples:
http://hotshotpictures.weebly.com/
http://shoppersbeware.weebly.com/
http://rebuildingbridges.weebly.com/

IN PROGRESS: nothing new yet
http://operating-in-the-robotic-matrix.weebly.com/