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A new technology called the Facial Action Coding Sytem enables computers to identify human emotions. This use of technolgy could benifit students in a classroom. In a classroom, the Facial Action Coding System could also help the teacher in many ways.

Dr. Paul Eckman has been able to detect six different emotions, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. First a computer will do a 3-D computer model of the persons face, making sure all fourty-four major muscles move like human muscles. Next, a psychologist will look over the face and determine all the emotions. Basically it can be determine how someone is feeling just by their face, even if they are trying to hide emotions.

One way this could benifit in the class room is with the lesson plan. As said in the article, " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Some students get embaressed if they do not understand the material, so they will not raise their hand for help. With this technology the teacher would know they are confused and be able help them later on one on one. Also, if a teacher sees that a student is starting to get bored, they could start calling on them more to wake them up, and to keep them focused. If the teacher sees everyone is getting bored, they may change up the learning method they are using to teach them.

Another benifit to the Facial Action Coding System is really knowing how someone feels. Some students have a complicated home life and may need to talk about it, but do not know how. For example, say a student comes in class and acts as if they are fine infront of everyone, but once class starts they always appear to be sad. The teacher may realize this and try to talk to them and figure out what is making them feel this way. By doing this they could make that student day, and even make them feel better about themselves.

On the other hand, I could see why some would say they are against using this kind of technology to read student emtional expressions. For example, what if something goes wrong with the computer and they read the expressions wrong. For that reason some people may not trust what a computer says. Also, some student parents may not want their student to be apart of this technolgy.

Overall, the Facial Action Coding System could benifit in many positive ways to students in a classroom. This new technology could very much help out in classrooms. Every classroom should try it!

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