Social robots offer a preview of tomorrow's classroom

truthist wrote:

Q: What do you think of all that?

truthist wrote:

Social Robot
For Ma?
Pa,
Or teach!
A friend
A spouse
A relative
A neighbor
A sibling?

Cousin Jethro wrote:

I can't wait to see the robot teachers having robot sex with the robot students: robot porn?
There was a film about that in the 60's called, "Sins of the Fleshopoids," I think -- sex with human teachers has been a problem in Florida -- when they saw one of the recent female perps,'bout half the males in the state tried to get back into Middle School (just politically incorrectly joking)

shinningelectr0n wrote:

I have caveats. I see danger lurking here.

Adrian in Tacoma wrote:

<quoted text>You might have something there, consult with Dr Phil and utes might get a made for TV novel...wink

TrilbyKat wrote:

Possibly one day we will have individualized learning environments for each student, maximized for their developmental level, attention span and any special needs and talents. This environment would be capable of being adjusted on a real time basis.
Classroom teachers would be facilitators, observers, advisors - all assisted by machines that would make sure benchmarks were met, work was corrected, subject mastery was achieved and that each student got the attention they needed to learn each subject. Maintaining order would also be the educator's domain.
Core subjects would be interspersed with electives, hands-on learning, physical activities, other group interaction and free choice.
Good educators will always be needed in some capacity - not that teacher's unions only support the good teachers. It's often more about the politics of the situation and people's individual egos, as is so much in life.

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truthist wrote:

<quoted text>Do tell more. I am all ears for you ;)

TrilbyKat wrote:

Possibly one day we will have individualized learning environments for each student, maximized for their developmental level, attention span and any special needs and talents. This environment would be capable of being adjusted on a real time basis.
Classroom teachers would be facilitators, observers, advisors - all assisted by machines that would make sure benchmarks were met, work was corrected, subject mastery was achieved and that each student got the attention they needed to learn each subject. Maintaining order would also be the educator's domain.
Core subjects would be interspersed with electives, hands-on learning, physical activities, other group interaction and free choice.
Good educators will always be needed in some capacity - not that teacher's unions only support the good teachers. It's often more about the politics of the situation and people's individual egos, as is so much in life.

shinningelectr0n wrote:

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You sound like a cornfield;)

shinningelectr0n wrote:

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I can admire the pretty picture you've painted but I still envision a Brave New World subtlety here. Parents already treat public education as their legal right to a free babysitter. They look forward to having 5 days a week of quiet time. Extend this scenario into the future where classrooms are run by android social robots. Will children become emotionally attached to beautiful machines whose attachment causes unforeseen emotional conflicts? This all has the makings of a great prophetic sci-fi social saga that reality may mimic.
Social and political movements have always had a way of melding. Communism, Nationalism, racism, drug culture, religious movements that dictate governments' actions, etc. Assume for the moment that social robotics becomes the greatest, most efficacious teaching method ever devised. Imagine it in place when Hitler's Jugend (Youth) were being indoctrinated, Stalin's Communist League of Youth were being brainwashed or Michael Jackson celebrity-bots were born:)
You're probably thinking of me at this moment as some sort of conspiracy wacko who holds an unrealistic fear of the future. Or cynic. Or pessimist. But, you can't tell much about a plant by looking at the seed ... unless you've been farming all of your life and been reaping what you've sowed.

truthist wrote:

<quoted text>Yep.. corny but..
Summer – Concerto in g-minor
Allegro non molto
Beneath the blazing sun's relentless heat
men and flocks are sweltering,
pines are scorched.
We hear the cuckoo's voice; then sweet songs of the turtle dove and finch are heard.
Soft breezes stir the air….but threatening north wind sweeps them suddenly aside. The shepherd trembles, fearful of violent storm and what may lie ahead.
Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
His limbs are now awakened from their repose by fear of lightning's flash and thunder's roar, as gnats and flies buzz furiously around.
Presto
Alas, his worst fears were justified, as the heavens roar and great hailstones beat down upon the proudly standing corn.
http://www.baroque-music-club.com/vivaldiseas...