{"id":49320,"date":"2015-03-10T13:01:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=49320"},"modified":"2015-03-17T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:44:46","slug":"looking-at-these-2-toys-do-we-really-believe-that-the-expectations-of-todays-children-will-be-the-same-as-previous-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/03\/10\/looking-at-these-2-toys-do-we-really-believe-that-the-expectations-of-todays-children-will-be-the-same-as-previous-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking at these 2 toys, do we really believe that the expectations of today&#8217;s children will be the same as previous generations?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49336\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cognitoy-ElementalPath-March20151.jpg\" alt=\"Cognitoy-ElementalPath-March2015\" width=\"529\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cognitoy-ElementalPath-March20151.jpg 529w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cognitoy-ElementalPath-March20151-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49330\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CognitoyFramed-March20151.jpg\" alt=\"CognitoyFramed-March2015\" width=\"406\" height=\"1463\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CognitoyFramed-March20151.jpg 406w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CognitoyFramed-March20151-42x150.jpg 42w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CognitoyFramed-March20151-284x1024.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Given the above&#8230;what are the ramifications of that in our\/your work?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/522717158\/cognitoys-internet-connected-smart-toys-that-learn\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kickstarter campaign:<\/strong> <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/522717158\/cognitoys-internet-connected-smart-toys-that-learn\" target=\"_blank\">CogniToys: Internet-connected Smart Toys that Learn and Grow<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>2,003 backers |\u00a0 $243,021 pledged of $50,000 goal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elementalpath.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Elementalpath.com<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elementalpath.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IBM Watson<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A somewhat-related resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/dataconomy.com\/alchemyapi-now-a-part-of-ibm-watson-following-acquisition\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AlchemyAPI Now a Part of IBM Watson, following acquisition<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>A related addendum on 3\/11\/15<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Look at the different expectations of the generations found in this article:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clomedia.com\/blogs\/1-ask-a-gen-y\/post\/what-is-work-to-a-millennial\" target=\"_blank\">What is work to a Millennial?<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; from clomedia.com by Ladan Nikravan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>A related addendum on 3\/17\/15:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/automaton\/robotics\/artificial-intelligence\/mit-dragonbot-evolving-to-better-teach-kids\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MIT&#8217;s DragonBot Evolving to Better Teach Kids<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from spectrum.ieee.org by Evan Ackerman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Excerpt:<\/em><br \/>\nThe overall goal for DragonBot (which, as far as I can tell, is a common platform used for many different projects) is to develop\u00a0\u201cpersonalized learning companions\u201d for children. In other words, MIT is finding ways in which robots like DragonBot can effectively help kids learn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">DragonBot isn\u2019t intended to work like that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/522717158\/cognitoys-internet-connected-smart-toys-that-learn\" target=\"_blank\">IBM Watson-based dinosaur robot<\/a>; it\u2019s not a primary source of knowledge, and it\u2019s not actively teaching a whole bunch of new facts to kids who use it. Rather, DragonBot is intended to help with the process of learning <em>itself<\/em>, encouraging kids to be interactively engaged in whatever they happen to be learning about.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; From DSC: Given the above&#8230;what are the ramifications of that in our\/your work? &nbsp; &nbsp; Also see: Kickstarter campaign: CogniToys: Internet-connected Smart Toys that Learn and Grow 2,003 backers |\u00a0 $243,021 pledged of $50,000 goal Elementalpath.com IBM Watson A somewhat-related resource: AlchemyAPI Now a Part of IBM Watson, following acquisition &nbsp; &nbsp; A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,435,356,72,298,286,210,141,177,3,391,547,180,482,124,69,405,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-analytics","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-daniel-s-christian","category-data-related-items","category-digital-learning","category-emerging-technologies","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-expectations","category-higher-education","category-human-computer-interaction-hci","category-ibm","category-innovation","category-intelligent-systems","category-intelligent-tutoring","category-personalizedcustomized-learning","category-play","category-student-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49320"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49433,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49320\/revisions\/49433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}