Comments on: Should computers replace teachers?

By: rcariane

rcariane — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:41:18 +0000

for me computers shouldn't replace teachers but just help and guide teachers for their work. sometimes it's not just about the information and facts, it's about the life experiences, values and attitude we learn from our teacher. and also inspiration..

By: Poot

Poot — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:41:09 +0000

How the hell am I supposed to have sex with a computer!!!? Damnit!

By: jcdenton100

jcdenton100 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:38:30 +0000

But thats an athletics class.

By: jcdenton100

jcdenton100 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:36:35 +0000

I have done a computer class before and its nothing compared to the real thing. I think that teachers are way better then learning from computers.

By: Julia848

Julia848 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:21:58 +0000

teachers not only teach the subjects but they also teach all kind of life lessons. Also, you learn to get over stage fright and you will need person to person contact for job interviews.

By: misty

misty — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:31:29 +0000

hmm up until that point i viewed you as intelligent

By: LordTiberivs

LordTiberivs — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:08:03 +0000

Most of the "everything" you find on the internet is uncontrolled, unverifiable content. If you think the computer can just rattle off most things it finds on the internet, than most of what it says is going to be nonsense.

Also, quiet does not equal a good teacher. It usually means a teacher who will be spoken over by the children all day.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:17:57 +0000

I think they should because you can find everything on the internet now days plus we would`t have to listen to some stupid teacher some of them are pretty cool but the computer would be quiet …

By: Brandon Snider

Brandon Snider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:58:21 +0000

Computers are a very good tool, but there are many things a computer can't do. Yes a computer can replace my horribly bad math teacher from last year, but there is no way a computer can replace the *few* really good teachers left in the world.

By: LordTiberivs

LordTiberivs — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:04:59 +0000

Computers are not yet at the point where they can adaptively run a class room. There is no neural network program sophisticated enough to deal with every question a student may ask. This comes with two problems right off the top of my head.

1) Students will be limited in their ability to phrase questions to the computeacher. The machine will only be able to listen to and react upon specific commands or queries. So unless every student can phrase a question in a similar or pre-programmed fashion, the machine has just gotten confused.

2) The machine will be much more easy to distract or derail than a human teacher. It doesn't get impatient, which to a small extent is important with human teachers. It empowers us to keep a lesson moving forward. The machine will continually take queries and answer them because it's primary job will be instruction and answering misunderstandings. A group of students could tie the machine up for lessons on end in that fashion. No amount of programming is going to allow the machine to stop answering questions, there will always be a phrase or set of words that cause the machine to tangent worse than a human.