Today's GrokIt:
http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/29/technology/ford-dominos-self-driving-car/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb0Kzb3haK8
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/ubers-self-driving-truck-makes-first-delivery-50000-beers/
http://www.criticallink.com/2017/05/left-hand-turns-challenge-self-driving-cars/
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/business/graphics/2017/04/driverless/series/teaching-a-driverless-car-to-turn-left/
Leave a comment!
dmac
Ticket to Leave:
Which company is testing self-driving cars for delivery?
What is Uber testing?
What can't self-driving cars do well?
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
083017WarmUp
Today's GrokIt:
https://www.wired.com/2017/08/photos-capture-devastating-flooding-houston/
https://www.wired.com/story/what-are-the-odds-of-a-super-storm-like-harvey/
https://patch.com/texas/meyerland/hurricane-harvey-houston-floods-dredge-alligators-snakes-fire-ants
https://www.wired.com/story/why-those-floating-fire-ant-colonies-in-texas-are-such-bad-news/
Leave a comment!
dmac
Ticket to Leave:
Which city is being deluged by rain?
What is the name of the hurricane that is doing this?
What is now floating around in the water?
https://www.wired.com/2017/08/photos-capture-devastating-flooding-houston/
https://www.wired.com/story/what-are-the-odds-of-a-super-storm-like-harvey/
https://patch.com/texas/meyerland/hurricane-harvey-houston-floods-dredge-alligators-snakes-fire-ants
https://www.wired.com/story/why-those-floating-fire-ant-colonies-in-texas-are-such-bad-news/
Leave a comment!
dmac
Ticket to Leave:
Which city is being deluged by rain?
What is the name of the hurricane that is doing this?
What is now floating around in the water?
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
82917WarmUp
Today's GrokIt:
https://hyperloop-one.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_FyOBCVGWE
https://www.wired.com/story/hyperloop-musk-student-competition/
Ticket to Leave:
What's a hyperloop?
Who just won the hyperloop completion?
What was one idea that resonated with you after seeing the video?
Leave a comment!
dmac
https://hyperloop-one.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_FyOBCVGWE
https://www.wired.com/story/hyperloop-musk-student-competition/
Ticket to Leave:
What's a hyperloop?
Who just won the hyperloop completion?
What was one idea that resonated with you after seeing the video?
Leave a comment!
dmac
Monday, August 28, 2017
082817WarmUp
Welcome to another year of GrokIt!
GrokIt originally appeared 7 years ago. While teaching at RHS, I conceived it as the digital equivalent of the Do Now or activator you may be used to other teachers giving to you to start the class.
Interestingly enough, I believe the blog has taken up a much more important role in my classes.
I envision using GrokIt as a hi-tech portal to get you and your energies focused on the class topics of the day by hyperlinking around the net to:
•discover state-of the-art technologies
•bump into some engaging topic
•just enjoy a fun and interesting website.
My hope is to try to kindle a spark of interest in computers and technology.
After all, the World Wide Web and everything in it was created by software developers, computer programmers, web designers, all kinds of techie people of which you are the next generation.
I also want to create a class community, a public forum from which you could express your opinions and see the opinions of others about these topics.
So here's today's GrokIt.
One of my favorite sites is Wired. Check it out @
http://www.wired.com/
Pick one article, read it and leave a comment.
dmac
GrokIt originally appeared 7 years ago. While teaching at RHS, I conceived it as the digital equivalent of the Do Now or activator you may be used to other teachers giving to you to start the class.
Interestingly enough, I believe the blog has taken up a much more important role in my classes.
I envision using GrokIt as a hi-tech portal to get you and your energies focused on the class topics of the day by hyperlinking around the net to:
•discover state-of the-art technologies
•bump into some engaging topic
•just enjoy a fun and interesting website.
My hope is to try to kindle a spark of interest in computers and technology.
After all, the World Wide Web and everything in it was created by software developers, computer programmers, web designers, all kinds of techie people of which you are the next generation.
I also want to create a class community, a public forum from which you could express your opinions and see the opinions of others about these topics.
So here's today's GrokIt.
One of my favorite sites is Wired. Check it out @
http://www.wired.com/
Pick one article, read it and leave a comment.
dmac
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