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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 02:48 PM
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Answer to education problems - robot teachers being developed in California,
already being studied in classrooms in Korea...Link to NYT article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/science/11robots.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig

No comment.


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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 02:51 PM
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1. "We demand the bots be programed with Texas Texbook Truthiness." - Republicons
Edited on Sun Jul-11-10 02:52 PM by SpiralHawk
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Trillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 02:52 PM
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2. "robot" teachers?
That could be one interpretation of the robot in http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097883/">Millenium.
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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 02:59 PM
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3. Kindergarteners
"I want my MOMMMMMMYYYYYYY". "Hello, I am your new Robot Teacher." Oh, yeah, that will go over REAL good.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 03:00 PM
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4. I suppose that greedy teacher's union is going to have a problem with this! n/t
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 03:27 PM
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5. What really pissed me off is that we are lagging behind South Korea and Japan
in the teaching/learning robot race...and frankly the German model teachng robot scares the shit out of me...


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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 04:15 PM
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6. That is nothing new I had a couple of those back
in the 50s and 60s. The Terminator Model I believe.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 04:30 PM
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8. Sister Marie Fred and her steel yardstick......nt
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 04:27 PM
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7. The applicability to students on the autism spectrum is very interesting
Here's hoping it is effective in the classroom, and helps mitigate my son's teachers' burnout.
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