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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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PeterDragon
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
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"The Engkey is linked to and controlled remotely by a human teacher outside the classroom, whose face appears on the screen of the robot. The robot links students to teachers located as far away as Australia."
Good LORD, where do I sign up for a gig as a remote control robot teacher?! |
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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| It'll smell better than some teachers out there (Korean teachers included). |
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Easy Rider
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Nice quote from the article -
"Children feel the robot is their friend," said Bum-Jae You, head of the Cognitive Robotics Center at KIST. "Robots are very helpful to enhance the concentration capability of children in class."
Jeez. They can feel a robot is their friend but not a foriegner because foriegners are strange and alien lol... 
Just jesting, just jesting.... |
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tatertot
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Easy Rider wrote: |
Nice quote from the article -
"Children feel the robot is their friend," said Bum-Jae You, head of the Cognitive Robotics Center at KIST. "Robots are very helpful to enhance the concentration capability of children in class."
Jeez. They can feel a robot is their friend but not a foriegner because foriegners are strange and alien lol...
Just jesting, just jesting.... |
That's a funny point However, the novelty of having a "robot" would probably make a lot of students pay attention (at least at first). |
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recessiontime
Joined: 21 Jun 2010
Location: Got avatar privileges nyahahaha
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| it looks cute and friendly unlike real English teachers |
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Easy Rider
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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I'm trying! I'm trying! I have just this weekend bought a Hello Kitty costume for work next week...
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| ...but who will teach English to the robots? |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:22 am Post subject: |
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The Engkey is linked to and controlled remotely by a human teacher outside the classroom, whose face appears on the screen of the robot. The robot links students to teachers located as far away as Australia.
"It may be better to have a telepresence robot from a highly skilled teacher than to have just an average teacher in the classroom," Balch added.
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How exactly will they ensure that the guy on the screen, who could be thousands of miles away, is a "highly skilled teacher?" Teaching English remotely to students who can't smell you or even tell if you're wearing pants sounds like a dream job for the least qualified teachers. |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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Will the bot be dong chimable?" If old engkey cant take a little poop needling now and then the kids will be missing out . Can Engkey play hangman?" What about getting hammered on soju with the boss .
It's those special qualities that make a good waygook teacher. Things a machine will never be able to do. Could a machine make a sex video with a young girl and put it up on the internet with out her knowledge?" I think not!!! |
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spicy
Joined: 25 Oct 2009
Location: Sinchon / Ewha / Hongdae
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| ...but who will teach English to the robots? |
^ one of the best replies in the history of the internet. |
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Wishmaster
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| Wonder what the apologist robots will say about things... |
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Xylox
Joined: 09 Jul 2010
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| Does it come equipped with a mega phone and a some high powered lazers to take care of the bad kids? |
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PeterDragon
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:01 am Post subject: |
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| Does it come equipped with a mega phone and a some high powered lazers to take care of the bad kids? |
If so, then I must STRONGLY reaffirm my desire to do this for a job. (I currently teach online, and yes, I often do so sans pants or sans personal hygiene.) |
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