Saturday, August 9, 2008

mechanical man

Children seemed to love it but teachers were "less inclined" to allow the robot to take the whole class.

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Sue Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood, said: "Robots can't teach. The only effective teaching is by breathing, living teachers who can look a pupil in the eye and respond to them."

on a scheme to use robots to teach phonics to small children, Guardian Education

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