Learning objective
- To explain that technology can be designed to act like or impersonate living things.
Success criteria
- I can explain
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National curriculum
Computing
Pupils should be taught to:
- Use
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Cross-curricular links
Education for a Connected World
Managing
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: 3, 2, 1 and hand out whiteboards and pens (one each). Ask the children to write down three facts, two opinions and one belief. Ask them to write about online safety in general, searching on the internet, a recent topic they have been learning or allow them to write about anything.
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Extended-mode explainer videos
How to extend your display to view the lesson page and preseantion mode simultaneously. Choose your operating system below to watch the video
If you need further support with extending your display,
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Extended-mode explainer video: For Mac
Extended-mode explainer video: For Windows
Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
Could use slide 3 of the Presentation: What is a bot? for support with ideas on how a class bot could be used in the classroom.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should think about the potential risks of the bot and the ways these could be dealt with.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining what a bot
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Vocabulary definitions
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advantage
A feature that is helpful or useful.
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bot
A computer program, sometimes referred to as a chatbot, that can act like a living thing (e.g. Alexa or Siri).
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 23rd January, 2024
