STORY WRITING: A thirty one year old school teacher uses Alexa to impart lesson to kids of farmers and laborers employed in the vicinity. Alexa naturally piques his interest and he believes that it could be a great teacher for his restless young students. Taking a cue from the above prompt, weave an interesting story around it in about 200 250 words. You may draw or use relevant picture cutouts to substantiate your story.
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Answer:
This is a real story
Explanation:
The bell rings at Amravati Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) Warud school and everybody gets ready to pack up and go home, except the newest teacher. In fact, she hasn’t even left the classroom since ‘joining’ in early 2018, and has become quite a favourite with students who love the fact that she answers all their questions, belts out nursery rhymes on demand and never scolds anyone.Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant, isn’t just a bot in a box in the small Marathi medium primary school, about 170 km from Nagpur. Here, the device is neatly fitted inside a mannequin dressed in smart clothes and rimmed glasses. Her voice comes through speakers connected via Bluetooth, and has changed the way students in this Marathi medium school are learning. Giving the device shape and form was the idea of Amol Bhoyar, one of the only two teachers at the school that has 36 students on the roll. The entire contraption — fashionable clothes, eyewear and speakers — set him back by Rs 16,000, with Amazon Echo Dot retailing at Rs 4,500. Cheap internet connectivity, via Jio, ensures she is always online during school hours.AMC isn’t the only school to bring a voice assistant into the classroom. Bengaluru-based edtech startup Learning Matters has developed its own take on Alexa — her name is Tara, and she is currently being used in two schools in Tamil Nadu. Gowri Mahesh, who co-founded the firm along with Saras Ramamoorthy and Ramamoorthy G, says, “We are focused on improving learning outcomes in Tier 2 and 3 cities. That means improving the quality of teaching as well. Since smartphones are often not allowed in schools, we went with voice-based technologyOne of the schools Tara has made her mark in is Sri Kanchi Sankara Vidhyalaya in Thiruvidaimarudur near Thanjavur. Its headmistress Padma V says, “The difference between teachers and the machine is that she corrects them in a very soft tone. The kids are able to hear the correct pronunciation but without feeling judged for getting something wrong.”
Mumbai-based Ramkrishna Aramhence Marg Municipal Marathi School has utilized a voice assistant to help their students ace conversational English. The teacher behind the idea, Pooja Sankhe came up with it when she started asking questions to her Echo Dot device at home. After considering a stuffed rabbit and a Shin Chan doll, it was a stroll through the mall when she saw a mannequin and it all clicked — it would be the perfect form to place the device inside.
Most of our students are from nearby slum areas, and they have been so excited that a robot is in their classroom. They often bring accessories to spice up her look
Most of our students are from nearby slum areas, and they have been so excited that a robot is in their classroom. They often bring accessories to spice up her look
Pooja, teacher, Ramkrishna Aramhence Marg Municipal Marathi School, Mumbai