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