A Robot In Every Korean Kindergarten By 2013? 136
kkleiner writes "Elementary school children in Korea in the cities of Masan and Daegu are among the first to be exposed to EngKey, a robotic teacher. The arrival of EngKey to Masan and Daegu is just a small step in the mechanization of Korean classrooms: the Education Ministry wants all 8400 kindergartens in the nation to have robotic instructors by the end of 2013. Plans are already under way to place 830 bots in preschools by year's end. EngKey can hold scripted conversations with students to help them improve their language skills, or a modified version can act as a telepresence tool to allow distant teachers to interact with children."
Would the grade sheet say ... (Score:3, Funny)
All Korean classrooms? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This basically means (Score:4, Funny)
Nah. By starting out in Korean classrooms you can more or less guarantee that none of them will be named Sarah Connor.
Re:Begs the question (Score:3, Funny)
Why a Machintosh you silly git...
Re:Excuse me? (Score:4, Funny)
Scripted conversations are better compared to normal human conversations in helping young children develop language skills? What a joke.
Yes. It will of great value when the children enter the help desk and telemarketing sector.