News Video: Weekly Topics for Discussion
News Video for: 01/15/2024

The weirdest and best of CES 2024

The Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) can be overwhelming with its huge array of new gadgets, all promising to make your life easier and more entertaining. This year’s show featured more products using artificial intelligence – ranging from self-drivng taxicabs to home robots with projectors. There also were many other devices you didn’t know you need such as transparent television screens and electric ski shoes that can cruise at 50 mph.

Class discussion: Do you enjoy seeing all the new electronic products on display at the CES? Would you like to try any of these gadgets? Many of the new devices carry huge price tags. Do you think they could become cheaper in the future? How many of these innovations will fail because they really don’t really fill any need or are simply too expensive? Can you find any examples of “wonderful” new technology that was widely hyped in past before quickly disappearing?

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• Trump’s proposed tariffs would raise costs


• Masked Neo-Nazis march in Columbus


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• AI robot painting making history with Sotheby's auction


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• A huge cavern helps Tokyo prepare for a changing climate


• SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts stuck in space


• Shohei Ohtani: Greatest baseball game by the greatest player?


• Friday the 13th: The psychology behind the superstition


• Vance says school shootings are a 'fact of life’


• California startup makes waves with electric boat for water


• Trained dogs help save lives at Spanish beach


• WHO declares mpox outbreak a global health emergency


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• Biden and Harris greet freed Americans


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Common Core State Standard
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.