What? Teachers Don't Want to Give Their Kids Robotics? That's Not Smart, Colleagues!

Interesting article about a disappointing phenomenon :( :( :(  from TEACHER/Education Week

"Study: Teachers Are Wary of Using Robots in Class, Despite Seeing Benefits

Educational robotics have become increasingly reliable, affordable, and appealing, educators in the field believe—yet they still have qualms about using them for instruction, says a new European study that looks at teachers' attitudes and perceptions of robots in the classroom.


For the study, which was recently published in IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, a team of researchers from NCCR Robotics and the European research unit LSRO, EPFL surveyed a small group of teachers in Switzerland who had completed training sessions in 2013 and 2014 for the Thymio educational robot. Thymio is a small programmable robot on wheels that lights up in different... "

Read the full article at its source:  http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2016/07/many_teachers_are_wary_of_using_robots_in_class_study_shows.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news2-RM