From engaging companion robots to comfy headsets, gadgets at the CES show in Las Vegas reflect the ever-changing technology landscape in K-12 education.
Schools that were once tiptoeing toward adoption started sprinting at the start of the pandemic. Distance learning has declined somewhat, but the debate about technology is thriving.
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How close are we to realizing technology that can reimagine how learning is accomplished? Monitor’s K-12 education reporter visited the recent CES show to find out what gadgets on display and what educators need. I checked if it matches the .
Teachers are not only concerned with when and how to adopt digital learning methods. We also focus on innovations in artificial intelligence. Last week, the New York City Department of Education blocked the district’s network and device access to his ChatGPT, a new AI-enabled program.
And if strolling through CES Jan. 5-8 is any indication, chaos, big and small, is on the way. Roybi Inc. debuted the RoybiVerse. RoybiVerse describes it as an “intelligent edutainment metaverse.” His CEO of Roybi, Elnaz Sarraf, said in his email:
Despite concerns about tools like ChatGPT writing student essays, Lindy Hockenbary, a teacher-turned-educational technology consultant, says there is room for hope. “This is destroying the current state of formal education,” she says. “But another part of what makes education truly transformative is its ability to support individualized learning.”
I can’t help but smile back at my buddy.
He’s sitting on the convention floor at CES, the massive tech conference formerly known as the Consumer Electronic Show, in Las Vegas. His white body spins, his head spins, but it’s his emotional face that melts his heart.The robot smiles, frowns, blinks, tears. I will wash it away. Digitally of course.
His Paris-based creator, Blue Frog Robotics, calls him an “emotional companion” who can solve problems facing the education system.
why i wrote this
How close are we to realizing technology that can reimagine how learning is accomplished? Monitor’s K-12 education reporter visited the recent CES show to find out what gadgets on display and what educators need. I checked if it matches the .
For example, Buddy can sit at a desk and become the avatar of a child who is quarantined or hospitalized, providing a more natural classroom experience. Last year, the French Ministry of Education ordered about 2,000 artificial intelligence-enhanced robots for that purpose, said Maud Verret, the Paris-based company’s chief marketing officer.
“There’s a big need, and it’s the same everywhere,” says Verraes about using robots to give children a virtual presence in the classroom.
