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Should Robots Replace Teachers?

Edsurge

Last week brought one of those surprising new gadget announcements from a tech giant, with Amazon unveiling a home robot it calls Astro, a rolling contraption about the size of a small dog with a screen for a head and a cup holder so it can bring its owner a drink. He’s the author of the book, “Should Robots Replace Teachers?”

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Education Robot Maker Roybi Boosts Kids Speech Recognition Technology With Acquisition

Edsurge

Roybi, the maker of a pill-shaped robot to teach language and math skills to young children, has acquired additional technology to power its educational features. based company has acquired the KidSense artificial intelligence engine developed by Kadho. This Roybi promo video shows how kids interact with the robot.

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AI Tools Like ChatGPT May Reshape Teaching Materials — And Possibly Substitute Teach

Edsurge

This virtual version of Ada Lovelace is an example of technology known as generative AI, which is composed of algorithms that can essentially produce new content from raw information. It’s almost like the teacher is programming the robot to do their job for them.” He’s not the only person thinking this way.

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Ten jobs that are safe from robots

The Hechinger Report

Yes, the robots are definitely coming for the jobs of America’s 3.5 Robots may also be coming for radiologists, whose expertise diagnosing diseases through X-rays and MRIs is facing stiff competition from artificial intelligence. million cashiers. Just ask the retail workers who’ve already been displaced by automated checkout machines.

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A Very Useful Guide to Virtual Classroom Collaboration

The CoolCatTeacher

Adept at building effective processes and obtaining reliable, accurate information for business decision-making. For example, a veterinarian I invited years ago still recalls the experience fondly and is open to participating again. Even as a STEM teacher, showing them real-world applications like Amazon's robotics fascinates them.

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7 Reasons Advancement Courses Has Excellent Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

Advancement Courses Information. For example, after receiving student and parent feedback, I adjusted my final project. Another thing I learned is even though the course focused on grades six through 12; I work with information technology for kindergarten through 12th grade. A Research Focus. 5 Ways Schools Use. Technology.

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How a Holden Caulfield Chatbot Helped My Students Develop AI Literacy

Edsurge

New information felt inaccurate, but old information felt useless. Some students followed my rubric, but never seemed to think of HoldenAI as anything more than a robot in a school assignment. But first I reminded him that this was only a robot, programmed by another person, and that everything it said was made up.

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