Will the computer replace the human teacher?

[ms_ann_thrope]

The thought just came to me so I don't really have a fully developed opinion yet.

 

[blackleggings]

The thought just came to me so I don't really have a fully developed opinion yet.

I hope not.

 

[phrodeau]

Can a computer teach you how to make a three-cushion billiard shot?

 

[cj200267]

The thought just came to me so I don't really have a fully developed opinion yet.

The last time I visited a classroom, it looks like it already has.

 

[cj200267]

The thought just came to me so I don't really have a fully developed opinion yet.

Actually, my middle grader is going to be expected to either get a laptop or a tablet for next year.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

The last time I visited a classroom, it looks like it already has.

What is/will a classroom (be)?

 

[Sean Renaud]

In many cases yes computers will and should replace human teachers. Teachers are obsolete for pretty much anything K-5 and probably most of K-12 could be taught quicker and more efficiently via computer.

 

[cj200267]

What is/will a classroom (be)?

Don't know when but sometime in the near future it's going to be a 40" monitor with everyone's Skype picture.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

In many cases yes computers will and should replace human teachers. Teachers are obsolete for pretty much anything K-5 and probably most of K-12 could be taught quicker and more efficiently via computer.

I have a computer right here. Why would I need to ride a school bus for 45 minutes, one way, to go to a huge, unsafe, expensive building somewhere else?

 

[Sean Renaud]

I have a computer right here. Why would I need to ride a school bus for 45 minutes, one way, to go to a huge, unsafe, expensive building somewhere else?

Exactly. To say nothing of the fact that it's easier to handle multiple questions over the internet than in real life, you can cram more people into the same conversation, you can turn in your work as you finish it and ask questions whenever you like, you can call in your parents for help.

The only real downside is (if you like standardized testing) that at some point you do have to pull the kids into a physical room where you know it's them doing the work and not their parents or friends. But that aside yeah there is no good reason to go in physically.

 

[lovecraft68]

The big problem is kids already seem to have an issue socializing. Every conversation is by text and facebook.

You take away school there is no social interaction whatsoever, unless the parents take them to places and that's hard these days because mom and dad don't want to miss the latest post on their FB pages.

 

[Sean Renaud]

The big problem is kids already seem to have an issue socializing. Every conversation is by text and facebook.

You take away school there is no social interaction whatsoever, unless the parents take them to places and that's hard these days because mom and dad don't want to miss the latest post on their FB pages.

First. Bullshit. Kids have no more problem socializing than they ever did, as you point out they text and use facebook. They probably know an socialize with more people than any of us every did.

Besides with tablets and Iphones there is no reason you have to stay home to get your lastest FB comment anyhow.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

First. Bullshit. Kids have no more problem socializing than they ever did, as you point out they text and use facebook. They probably know an socialize with more people than any of us every did.

Besides with tablets and Iphones there is no reason you have to stay home to get your lastest FB comment anyhow.

Kids don't need to learn how to socialize, they need to learn to work collaboratively in a diverse group. You can't do that in an online class.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

The thought just came to me so I don't really have a fully developed opinion yet.

A computer can't do more than be a piece of furniture. It takes a human to program a computer to do something.

That being said a computer program can not identify where a kid is making a mistake in language skills and assess how they can fix it.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Kids don't need to learn how to socialize, they need to learn to work collaboratively in a diverse group. You can't do that in an online class.

Hundreds of thousands of gamers beg to differ. Not only can we learn quite effectively how to collaborate in a diverse group but we can develop some mean number crunching skills damn near on the fly as well.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

A computer can't do more than be a piece of furniture. It takes a human to program a computer to do something.

That being said a computer program can not identify where a kid is making a mistake in language skills and assess how they can fix it.

I think your perception of current technology is trapped in the 90's.

 

[lovecraft68]

First. Bullshit. Kids have no more problem socializing than they ever did, as you point out they text and use facebook. They probably know an socialize with more people than any of us every did.

Besides with tablets and Iphones there is no reason you have to stay home to get your lastest FB comment anyhow.

The fact you think texting and FB is sufficient socialization for a kid speaks volumes.

For adults its whatever, we grew up hanging out and playing with other kids. Most we did was talk on the phone.

Kids starting out now are being introduced to social media before they are fully integrated into "real" social situations.

Also the online situation creates the problem of who is watching these kids to make sure they are paying attention to the class and not texting on their phone or sleeping?

Are they going to do the classes at night so the parents can watch them?

 

[sethp]

The thought just came to me so I don't really have a fully developed opinion yet.

The teacher will replace the human computer.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I think your perception of current technology is trapped in the 90's.

Show me the program.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Show me the program.

A quick search of Amazon reveals 399 pages of education software. The University of Illinois was using Plato way back in the 70's to teach online courses. I think we're closer than you imagine.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

The teacher will replace the human computer.

Not on your positronic brain it will.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

A quick search of Amazon reveals 399 pages of education software. The University of Illinois was using Plato way back in the 70's to teach online courses. I think we're closer than you imagine.

OK. The problem here is that you didn't read my post. Computer programs exist, what I said was there was no program that can tell a kid what's wrong with their writing or why they missed a text dependent question.

No such program exists.

 

[Sean Renaud]

The fact you think texting and FB is sufficient socialization for a kid speaks volumes.

For adults its whatever, we grew up hanging out and playing with other kids. Most we did was talk on the phone.

Kids starting out now are being introduced to social media before they are fully integrated into "real" social situations.

Also the online situation creates the problem of who is watching these kids to make sure they are paying attention to the class and not texting on their phone or sleeping?

Are they going to do the classes at night so the parents can watch them?

I didn't say it was sufficient. Merely that they have a wider and broader group of friends than most of us ever did.

Who cares how we grew up? That entirely immaterial.

Since you put it in quotes apparently realize that there is no such animal as a real social situation so you can jsut move along from a point that even you don't believe.

Who cares if the kids are paying attention, texting on their phones or sleeping? Either they pass the tests at the end of they don't. If they DO pass the tests then it shouldn't matter if they were playing Pokemon while texting their girlfriends and if they can't pass the test it doesn't matter if they are hanging on your ever word.

There is no reason NOT to do the classes at night, or just constantly. It's not like you couldn't have three or four teachers who working in shifts keep the class room open 24/7. Not that the parents should really need to watch them as already mentioned we're looking for the resutls not how they got there.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The big problem is kids already seem to have an issue socializing. Every conversation is by text and facebook.

You take away school there is no social interaction whatsoever, unless the parents take them to places and that's hard these days because mom and dad don't want to miss the latest post on their FB pages.

God knows the quality of peer interaction is UP.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

OK. The problem here is that you didn't read my post. Computer programs exist, what I said was there was no program that can tell a kid what's wrong with their writing or why they missed a text dependent question.

No such program exists.

Writing like cursive?