BIP 3013

COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING

SEMESTER 2 2015/2016
GROUP B
ASSIGNMENT 3
NO.

NAME

MATRIX NUMBER

1.

UMMU SUMAIYAH BT ALIAS

D20151070650

2.

AFIQAH SYAZWANI BT MOHAMMAD FAUZAN

D20151070651

3.

SUHAINA BT IBRAHIM

D20151070663

4.

ANIS NABILA BT ALIAS

D20151071725

LECTURER:
DR. FARAH NATCHIAR BT MOHD. KHAJA
DUE DATE:
3 JUN 2016

Title

: Create Your Robot

Summary : The activity that have been incorporated in this lesson plan is aimed to help
attract and improve the students reading skills. Most of the activities in this lesson plan
involved the uses of computer, online application and websites which can trigger the
students interest and increase their participation throughout the class session. Thus, it will
help to make the learning process occur effectively which will promote a better
understanding among the students on the topic that they will learn. The picture puzzle
activity is design to prepare the students about the topic of the reading comprehension
passage and exercise. This is because students need background supports before jumping
into the comprehension passage and exercises. The passage about the robot might be
unfamiliar to some of the student. Therefore, the puzzle will help to develop relevant
background information for the students to comprehend the passage better which is about
robot. Then the students will be able to relate and recount any event or experiences they
have that related to the robot. For example, maybe some of them have gone to a robot fair
or have seen a movie about robots. Then there is an activity where the students need to
answer the comprehension question using an online website known as Kahoot!.com. The
website will be a new medium that will help to attract the students as it is differ from the
usual method of teaching reading comprehension. The design of the website is rather fun
and colourful which will intrigue the students to participate. The follow-up activity is where
the students need to create a comic strip relating the robot using another online website
which is makebeliefscomix.com. This activity will not only introduce them to the comicmaking website but also will help to develop a creative thinking among the students. This
whole lesson will not only assist the students on acquiring a better reading skills but also will
provide the students with knowledge of online application that can be use in education.
Level : Intermediate
Duration : 90 minutes.

Skill : Reading
Mode : Individual Work, Pairwork, Group Work, Whole Class
Computer hardware : Projector
Computer software/ programme : 1. Pdf
Teaching aids : Reading passage
Notes : The students have to create a comic strip using makesbeliefscomix.com website.
The teacher will assist the students on how to use this online application.
Preparation : The teacher will find a passage online and download it in pdf form. Then, the
teacher will prepare a picture puzzle and a set of question on kahoot!.com online and
provide the students with the link.
Online : 1. Kahoot!.com 2. makesbeliefscomix.com 3. www.flash-gear.com/puzzle/
Offline : 1. Pdf
Follow-ups/variations : The students are needed to create their own comic strip and paste
them in their English exercise book.

STAGES
STAGE 1 : PRE-

1. Picture puzzle
- Students are

www.flashdivided

into

READING
DURATION : 10 to 20

gear.com/puzzle/
-

minutes

groups of 5
They will be given a link of a

(photograph

website which is www.flash-

maker)

gear.com/puzzle/
to solve a picture puzzle of a
-

robot.
Then the students will be
asked on whether they have

puzzle

any

experiences

background

or

information

of

robot and what robots can

STAGE 2 : WHILE

contribute to human.
1. The students are given

5-7

Article of RoboBees

READING

minutes to read a passage entitled

with Laser Eyes Could

DURATION : 5 to 10

RoboBees with Laser Eyes Could

Locate

minutes

Locate

Victims in Pdf form.

Disaster

Victims

Disaster

individually.
2. Then the students will identify the
main ideas, the supporting details
and examples in each of the
paragraph in the passage with the
help of the teacher.
3. The teacher will ask any words
that they do not understand in the
STAGE

POST

reading passage.
1. Comprehension questions
-The students are required to open

Kahoot!.com

READING
the web page and answer multiple
DURATION :7 to 15
minutes

choice questions on Kahoot!.com.

-The teacher will provide the
students with the password to join

Follow-up
DURATION : 5 to 10

the open quiz.

1. They are instructed to describe
their imaginary robot.
2. The teacher will introduce an

minutes
online

application

makebeliefscomix.com

entitled
to

the

students.
3. The teacher will show an example
of the comic strip to the students.

makebeliefscomix.co
m

4. The students will be asked to try

out the online application and
create a comic strip about their
imaginary robot.
5. They are needed to print out the
comic strips that they have done
and paste it in their exercise book.

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'RoboBees' with Laser Eyes Could Locate Disaster Victims

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Mechanical eyes that shoot laser beams could one day help robot bees fly without crashing
into obstacles, researchers say. These laser eyes could also one day help people control
smartphones, tablets, laptops, wearable technology and other mobile devices using only
4gestures, the researchers added. Currently, researchers are developing biologically inspired,
bee-size flying robots dubbed RoboBees. These devices might one day find use in everything
from pollinating crops to locating disaster victims.

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Previous research found that robot bees are capable of flying while tethered and moving
while submerged in water. However, these machines lack depth perception. This is a major
problem, because it means these robots would have a tough time avoiding flying into walls or
landing on flowers. To tackle this challenge, researchers now want to outfit robot bees with a
laser-based version of radar. This technology, known as lidar short for light detection and
ranging emits invisible laser pulses instead of the radio waves used in radar. Sensors
measure how long it takes reflected light to travel, which makes it possible to calculate the
distance, size and shape of objects. And unlike most lasers, these beams are safe for use
around eyes.

"Our technology is very similar to what exists in a Microsoft Kinect that comes with the
Xbox for sensing your movements for a game," Karthik Dantu, a computer scientist at the
University at Buffalo in New York, told Live Science. "These are extremely safe technologies,
similar to ones already used in daily life today."Lidar is currently helping driverless car
prototypes navigate their surroundings. The lidar systems on these vehicles are typically about
the size of camping lanterns."Essentially, it's the same technology that automakers are using
to ensure that driverless cars don't crash into things," Dantu said in a statement. "Only, we
need to shrink that technology so it works on robot bees that are no bigger than a penny."

Computer-vision expert Sanjeev Koppal and sensor expert Huikai Xie, both at the
University of Florida, will develop the tiny sensor that measures reflected light. Meanwhile,
Dantu will create novel perception and navigation algorithms to help RoboBees analyze and
map their environments."Lidar is basically exploiting the 'echo' of a light pulse," Koppal told
Live Science. "You can imagine that the echo of a light pulse that leaves a sensor, bounces off
an object and returns is really fast. Detecting this quickly, but without complex circuitry and
inside a small form factor, is one of the main challenges."

The micro-lidar device will weigh about two-thousandths of an ounce (56 milligrams),
Koppal said. The researchers hope to have working micro-lidar sensors and algorithms in
three years, Dantu said. Scientists at Harvard University will incorporate the technology into
the RoboBees. The researchers suggested that micro lidar will not be limited to robot insects
in the future. Other applications could involve helping people interact with mobile devices
using "natural user interfaces" similar to Microsoft's Kinect, which can detect gestures that
people make."With micro lidar, you can imagine doing natural user interfaces for wearable
technologies like smart clothing and smartwatches," Koppal said.

MAKESBELIEFSCOMIX.COM

ONLINE PUZZLE

KAHOOT!.COM

QUESTIONS: