Robot Teachers
Who would've thought that a 1960's television show would predict the future? That's right, the popular show "The Jetsons" entertained us with their creative ideas for what they believed the future holds, but one of their "predictions" is literally coming true. It started out as a toy teaching assistant, but the realization of a robot teacher is closer than you think. In 1999, an edtech company called Desire2Learn launched this idea and has now practically completed the project. Although there are still a few problems--what computer doesn't have its problems--some schools today are now using a robot teacher. In my opinion, I think it is rather depressing to think that our technology is competing against our own intelligence and, unfortunately, winning the fight. So, what do you think? Do you encourage the idea of this advancement in our technology, or would you rather stay with the norm? For more information regarding the future robot teachers you can visit Robot Teacher.
I think it is a creative, interesting idea. However, I agree that the idea of being taught by a robot teacher is very depressing. It defeats the purpose of having the personal experience at school and having a teacher personally teach you versus a robot.
ReplyDeleteA robot as a teacher is terribly depressing. It takes away from the feeling of personality and personable feeling of an actual teacher. A robot can't understand each individual students and their needs. They are unfeeling and impossible to relate to.
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