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Soka Education in Practice - 1 views

  • People are shaped by people. There is no genuine education without earnest life-to-life interaction and inspiration."2 The teacher's depth of character is crucial in this equation. "The level of culture that teachers have attained in the depths of their lives through their own personal effort is conveyed from one human being to another, from teacher to student
    • Michiko Perry
       
      I would like to add Lu Xun's word, "It is a joy to nurture others, even though one knows doing so means growing weaker and frailer, one drop of blood at a time" (Ikeda, 2008).
  • The key element in Soka education is the quality of the relationship between teacher and student--the teacher's sense of care for the student, their efforts to appreciate and develop the unique character and potential of each learner.
  • Ikeda's efforts to personally interact with students of the Soka schools are an example of the spirit of this approach.
    • Michiko Perry
       
      I also received a message from Dr. Ikeda when I wrote him about my resolution to be a teacher in the US at the beginning of the course of UMW.
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    Actually, teacher-student relationship is perceived much more important in Asian countries. This emphasis on teacher-students relationship in education has been observed more than thousands years of history. This deep rooted history would not be replaced easily because of emergence of technology. I like to introduce Dr. Ikeda, whom I respect and admire as my mentor...
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Should Computers Replace Teachers? - For & Against - 2 views

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    Survey on "Should Computers Replace Teachers?"
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    Good place to hear students' voice that teachers have to hear why they support the idea of replacing teachers with technology or not. Do they need teachers or not? By reflecting on their voices, we are able to have a good insight how to grow as a teacher.
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My eCoach: Resistant Teachers can be a Real Challenge for Professional Developers - 2 views

  • This is what the job is all about. Grit your teeth and keep smiling! When that one teacher you thought you could never reach comes to you with a project their students created with technology, it will be worth it.
  • We need to build a team onsite to support teachers in their classroom. Every teacher has to have a way of voicing their opinion on how technology works with their curriculum
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    The article explains how to support resistant teachers for technology integration.
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    I think this is where a lot of positive communication is required to support all teachers. Creating such an environment is important to succeed implementing technology in school for students. My experience said that they are not always veteran teachers. Relatively young teachers also view technology integration negatively. (I think they said it is overrated and technology does not bring much difference.)
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Intellectual, Social, and Moral Development: Why Technology Cannot Replace Teachers. | ... - 1 views

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    "This article argues that as student use of computers increases, teachers will be more indispensable than ever to guide the intellectual, social, and moral development of children."
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    Too bad that I cannot access whole article ...
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Why Use Technology? - 7 views

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    "If we removed all of the computers from schools tomorrow, would it make a big difference in the knowledge and skills students demonstrated upon graduation? Probably not. What if we removed all of the computers from businesses tomorrow? Most businesses would find it nearly impossible to continue."
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    Why some teachers are afraid that someday technology will replace their job while we never really heard or thought that technology will replace business world ... "How can these new tools contribute to a more powerful educational experience?" "These educators are searching for a paradigm shift, not just a way to squeeze technological tools between the existing bricks of yesterday's educational practices. Modern technological tools allow educators to fulfill age-old dreams. We can individualize instruction. We can create simulations through which students can discover important relationships and construct new knowledge. We can even put the reins into the hands of students and watch as these tools take them to destinations they envision."
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Education World® : Technology in the Classroom : Same Time, This Year - 4 views

  • to help educators get past the fear that technology is replacing teachers. It won't happen!
    • Michiko Perry
       
      I read this article for some kind of answer for my topic. But all I found is this description. But it indicates that it is a issue impeding technology integration in classroom and it is important to obtain their understanding as well.
  • Yogi's words about baseball work for technology integration too. 'The future,' he said, 'ain't what it used to be
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    This article analyzes the issues surrounding technology integration in education and offers insightful solutions to start.
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Technology 'can never replace teachers' - 4 views

  • technology has the potential to personalise education, as pupils are able to conceive their own way of learning by using it,
    • Michiko Perry
       
      We all want to learn from a teacher who can teach. If we have technology, we can use it to reach and learn from those teachers. Information technology was developped to connect to people, not to disconnect from people.
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    "... there is some resistance to the use of technology in schools." "However, he said it is mostly technological resistance as opposed to ideological resistance, as technology is no replacement to good teaching."
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Are you concerned that technology could make educators obsolete? | Edutopia - 2 views

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    The Edutopia Poll
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    How do you think? You can participate the survey. Other people's comments are insightful.
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Technology and modern methods can't replace student-teacher interaction - 15 views

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    "The study, published in the June issue of American Surgeon, points to a powerful but often overlooked tool for influencing student attitudes about surgical training."
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    Although this is about the students in medical school, this article strongly suggests the importance of positive teacher-student relationship in education, which is irreplaceable with technology. As Dr. Coffman repeated in her textbook (2009), technology is a tool, a very effective tool. Yet, a tool cannot become a teacher. By using technology as an effective tool, teachers can support students to engage in learning. Coffman, T. (2009). Engaging students through inquiry-oriented learning and technology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
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Robots | Livescience.com - 0 views

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    Images of many robots for science purposes.
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    ... I think when a robot replace a teacher, all the other professions would have been replaced by robots anyway. But, fortunately or unfortunately, I don't think it will happen so soon. It is still within a sc-fi movie. Also, I think when such time comes, it is not us but students who make a decision from whom they like to learn at school ... I hope they choose a right teacher.
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Robots Could Replace Teachers | LiveScience - 4 views

  • And social robots have a potentially growing role in these future learning environments
  • The premise for the new thinking: We humans are born immature and naturally curious, and become creatures capable of highly complex cultural achievements
  • new principles for human learning, new educational theories and designs for learning environments that better match how we learn best,
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  • During those years and up to puberty, our brains exhibit "neural plasticity" — it's easier to learn languages, including foreign languages. It's almost magical how we learn a foreign language, what becomes our native tongue, in the first two or three years we're alive, Meltzoff said
  • our learning is also highly social
  • Imitation is a key component to our learning
  • for kids, the learning packed into every day can amount to traveling to a foreign country
  • In this case, they are "visiting" adult culture and learning how to act like the people in our culture,  becoming more like us.
  • If you roll all these human learning features into the field of robotics, there is a somewhat natural overlap — robots are well-suited to imitate us, learn from us, socialize with us and eventually teach us, the researchers say.
  • figure out how to combine the passion and curiosity for learning that children display with formal schooling. There is no reason why curiosity and passion can’t be fanned at school where there are dedicated professionals, teachers, trying to help children learn
  • Still, children clearly learn best from other people and playgroups of peers, Meltzoff said, and he doesn't see children in the future being taught entirely by robots.
  • By developing a very sophisticated computational model of a child's mind, we can help improve that child's performance," Sejnowski said
    • Michiko Perry
       
      If kids learn better behavior from a social robot, I like it! Good idea. Many kids learn bad behavior from other human being such as drug abuse. And they cannot control it! I think it is human who are urging us for the use of a robot in this case. For example, I may feel much safer than hiring a stranger for a baby sitting.
  • In the future, robots will only be used to teach certain skills, such as acquiring a foreign or new language, possibly in playgroups with children or to individual adults. But robot teachers can be cost-effective compared to the expense of paying a human teacher, Meltzoff told LiveScience.
  • Actually, we already have a robot teaching our kids - children's television, which, annoying as it is to adults, gives any child with access a fundamental shared basis for real human teachers to build on: Sesame Street, Dirty Jobs, etc.
  • Actually, we already have a robot teaching our kids - children's television, which, annoying as it is to adults, gives any child with access a fundamental shared basis for real human teachers to build on
    • Michiko Perry
       
      I think she got a point.
  • Sesame Street, Dirty J
  • TEACHERS NOT ONLY TEACH SUBJECTS BUT ALSO MORALS AND ETHICS. NO ROBOT CAN TEACH THESE THINGS IF CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT BY TEACHERS WHO HAVE NO SENSE OF MORALS AND ETHICS THEY WILL GROW UP TO BE ROBOTS NOT HUMANS
    • Michiko Perry
       
      It is absolutely true. We have to strive to be a human being that is irreplaceable by anything. It's a challenge. Just sitting and nothing does not make a human being; many may think it is better to use a robot instead...
  • I would applaud any system that worked well for many students and eliminated behavior problems, and made education alot more fun for the students. The more fun the activites used to teach a lesson are, and the more the students enjoy such activities, the less resistance students would give to learn. But there always has to be instructors there.
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    The article introduces Meltzoff's essay and explores the possibility of robot teachers. If we really use a robot teachers, what area is the most suitable to use for educating children? This kind of detail knowledge is much helpful than broad and often ambiguous idea that often cause confusion and even fear. (Too much sci-fi movie?) "The essay, published in the July 17 issue of the journal Science, outlines new insights into how humans learn now and could learn in the future, based on various studies including some that document the amazing amount of brain development that happens in infants and later on in childhood." "The essay is the first published article as part of a collaboration between the TDLC and the LIFE Center, both of which are funded under multimillion-dollar grants from the National Science Foundation. Meltzoff's other co-authors on the essay are Patricia Kuhl of the University of Washington and Javier Movellan of the TDLC."
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Freaky Robot Is a Real Einstein | LiveScience - 2 views

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    The video clip shows a brief introduction of the robot. The emotional expressions of the robot will be seen. The robot has learned to smile and make facial expressions through a process of self-guided learning. It said that they already plan to deply the robot to the high school for further research.
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    I think students will love it. Many researchers will attend the robot anyway. That is really good learning experience for students there. I believe that technology integration is actually really exciting. We are living in the interesting time now and not only we are watching it happenining it, but also participating it.
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