Thursday, March 7, 2013

Robot Brings Virtual Student Back Into the Classroom

<p>Third-grader Miranda Garcia has missed the majority of the school year because of an illness, but can now attend through an unlikely tool: a robot.</p><p>"It's good and it helps me a lot when I am too sick to go to school. I feel a part of the class," Garcia told ABC affiliate KSAT 12.</p><p>Garcia, who attends Foster Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, suffers from a severe immune disorder which has allowed her to attend only two weeks of school. Her teacher would conduct a home-bound visit two to three times a week to update Garcia on school work.</p><p>The San Antonio Independent School district developed this pilot program to allow the robot to act as a temporary replacement for Garcia who is missing daily classroom activities, and to allow her the class time she was originally missing.</p><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/03/robot-brings-virtual-student-back-into-the-classroom/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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