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partymop
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 Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:43 pm Post subject: Robot (literally) Teachers |
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I laughed at this first, but now I'm slightly depressed. I always thought we'd get replaced by at least a well trained ape, but this is pretty bad. The only thing that comforts me is knowing that these machines will inevitably turn on their masters
http://geekbeat.tv/robots-replace-teachers-at-21-schools-in-south-korea/ |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Bah, we've got the students as a first line of defense. My boys will have that thing sparking and exploding within 10 minutes. |
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thegadfly
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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...the trouble is, it is NOT a robot teacher -- it is a remote-controlled video-chat display, with someone acting as the teacher on the other end. There is no robot taking a teacher's job -- there is an (I imagine) expensive piece of equipment and a cheaper teacher taking a teacher's job...but the actual use of EngKey will also require a human in the room to act as a disciplinarian, because there DOES need to be some kind of classroom supervision, and EngKey will be unable to provide that....
It is a toy, and an interesting idea, but it still has so many bugs in the system that the first adopters of the technology are going to lose a LOT of money...and losing money isn't what many schools in Korea are about.... |
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jrwhite82
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
| Bah, we've got the students as a first line of defense. My boys will have that thing sparking and exploding within 10 minutes. |
Exactly. Children are just incapable of not breaking stuff.
And furthermore, how often does your computer go down in school? At least once a week for me. How often does my VR studio not work. How about almost every time I want to use it. My touch screen decides to only be a screen fairly often for whatever reason. Does anyone elses internet stop working for like 1 minute at random times? I'd love to see this during a remote teaching lesson.... |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| My internet is always there. My computer never breaks down. All the equipment is fairly reliable. Maybe the problem isn't the computer but the person using it. |
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jrwhite82
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| creeper1 wrote: |
| My internet is always there. My computer never breaks down. All the equipment is fairly reliable. Maybe the problem isn't the computer but the person using it. |
I feel honored to have had Creeper1 troll one of my posts.
I can confirm that this happens to my coteachers and homeroom teachers as well. In fact, we were just complaining about it together over coffee on Friday. Maybe it's not the equipment or the user...maybe it's the adminstrators? But I guess I'm just a dumb NET bum who has no idea how to use a computer right?
We have had the repair man out multiple times to replace faulty sound boards, motherboards in our touch screen, fix the VR camera, etc... |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| creeper1 wrote: |
| My internet is always there. My computer never breaks down. All the equipment is fairly reliable. Maybe the problem isn't the computer but the person using it. |
My classroom computer has a floppy disk drive. The machine is older than my students. It freezes up on a daily basis, at least. My kids already know that it's poop or garbage computer. |
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jrwhite82
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| 5 1/4" or 3 1/2"? |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| 3.5". Still, that's not a new computer, and it ran like garbage when I first got there. I cleaned it up as best I could, but there's only so much you can do. |
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jrwhite82
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Well if you could only be more like Creeper1 who is God's gift to ESL and now appartently IT.
Plus he is/has:
1. Extensive experience
2. Innovative
3. Motivated
4. Results-oriented
5. Dynamic
6. Proven track record
7. Team player
8. Fast-paced
9. Problem solver
I saw a laptop with a floppy drive the other day. I couldn't believe it was only about 10 years ago that we stopped using them. It seems like so much longer. I used to love that the 5 1/4" were actually floppy. Anyone remember the old Apple II with cassette tapes?
And I wonder when they are going to change the "save" icon to something besides a floppy disk. Apple just changed their Itunes logo to get rid of the CD. Kids growing up now must wonder, "what is this picture of that means save?" |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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I work in a new school so all the equipment is relatively new. The robots will be new technology so you can bet they will be reliable.
ANother point I would make is that JR White and NYC Girl certainly have no problem with their internet judging by the posts they make on here seemingly everyday (or more like every hour) |
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jrwhite82
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