{"id":49003,"date":"2015-02-13T17:07:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T22:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=49003"},"modified":"2015-02-16T14:22:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T19:22:03","slug":"ibm-wants-to-put-watson-in-hands-of-every-teacher-mcenery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/02\/13\/ibm-wants-to-put-watson-in-hands-of-every-teacher-mcenery\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM wants to put Watson in hands of every teacher [McEnery]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crainsnewyork.com\/article\/20150212\/TECHNOLOGY\/150219948\/ibm-wants-to-put-watson-in-the-hands-of-every-teacher\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49004\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IBM-Watson-Teachers-Hands-2-13-15.jpg\" alt=\"IBM-Watson-Teachers-Hands-2-13-15\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IBM-Watson-Teachers-Hands-2-13-15.jpg 681w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IBM-Watson-Teachers-Hands-2-13-15-131x150.jpg 131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crainsnewyork.com\/article\/20150212\/TECHNOLOGY\/150219948\/ibm-wants-to-put-watson-in-the-hands-of-every-teacher\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IBM wants to put Watson in hands of every teacher<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from crainsnewyork.com by Thornton McEnery<br \/>\n<em>IBM&#8217;s Watson team is in the early stages of developing a mobile app that will help educators use artificial intelligence to create lesson plans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Are you a public-school teacher in need of a lesson plan but faced with the crushing ennui of having to find something fresh in your dreary curriculum?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There&#8217;s an app for that! Well, almost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">IBM&#8217;s Watson team is in the early stages of developing a mobile app that will leverage &#8220;thinking computer&#8221; technology to put a digital teacher&#8217;s assistant in the palms of educators everywhere. Watson&#8217;s artificial intelligence is designed to synthesize volumes of data when asked a question like &#8220;Watson, can you help me with a lesson plan on the Civil War?&#8221; IBM is working with educators to collect and collate vetted content.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Addendum on 2\/16\/15:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"byline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/02\/16\/cognitoys-toyfair-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CogniToys&#8217; huggable dinosaur is connected to IBM&#8217;s supercomputer<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from\u00a0engadget.com b<span class=\"byline-container\"><span class=\"by\">y<\/span> Daniel Cooper <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; IBM wants to put Watson in hands of every teacher &#8212; from crainsnewyork.com by Thornton McEnery IBM&#8217;s Watson team is in the early stages of developing a mobile app that will help educators use artificial intelligence to create lesson plans. 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