Gold Sphero: Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
App: An App is an application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device.
Bluetooth: Bluetooth is the standard for the short-range wireless interconnection of mobile phones, computers, and other electronic devices.
If-then statement: An if-then statement is a high-level programming language statement that compares two or more sets of data and tests the results.
Program: To program is to provide (a computer or other machine) with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a particular task.
Robot: A robot is a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer.
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Competencies and Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
1. Empowered Learner
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies
4. Innovative Designer
a. Know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems
b. Select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and calculated risks
c. Develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process
d. Exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems
5. Computational Thinker
c. Break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving
d. Understands how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions
7. Global Collaborator
c. Contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal
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