Robot Teachers Invading Classrooms
February 23, 2010
Robot teachers have been in the movies – how far off could it be for real? It looks like things may now be progressing faster than anyone thought.
According to South Korea’s etnews, plans have been announced to invest in a "R-Learning" program that promises to put robotic teaching assistants in up to 400 pre-schools by 2012. Plans include expansion to a full 8,000 pre-schools and kindergartens the following year.
Robots wouldn’t be in charge of the class (yet), but they would be used to do things like recite stories, and could let parents check in on the classroom and send messages to their children. If that trial program proves to be successful, robots could then be expanded to elementary schools, and the Korea Institute of Science & Technology is apparently already eyeing international possibilities. So will the robots be allowed into the unions?
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BKGtH | February 23, 2010 at 4:17 am
crazy…
what’s going on with our educational system…
http://bkgth.blogspot.com/2010/02/schools-spying-on-kids-at-home.html
now the government and school districts are invading students homes…
what happens when we vote for robot politicians…oh wait we already do that!