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Imagine a student is doing a digital activity in class on a computer and she is bored out of her mind. Her head starts to nod forward and it becomes harder for her to keep her eyes open. Suddenly the screen changes all on it's own and gives her a different, more interactive problem to tackle. Feeling intrigued and more awake, she starts to work again. This method of engaging students could be made possible with the use of the Facial Action Coding System.

It's a technology that detects human emotions by reading them using all 44 of the major muscles in the face. It then calculates the emotion by associating the movement of the muscle with a specific emotion. This could be useful in classrooms because of it's ability to read student's facial expressions and then calculate their emotions.

Although you'd be able to read the faces of students who are excited or engaged, this technology would be more useful on the other end of the spectrum. FACS (Facial Action Coding System) could be used to help point out which students are bored, tired, or struggling. Adjustments could be made to learning plans and lessons in order to more effectively engage students of all ages and types, and help them learn better.

In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, one of the main developers of this technology, Dr. Huang, further explains how this could be useful in classroms, as well as other aspects of life. He states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto 1). This could greatly increase a student's ability to learn.

While it might seem that this technology wouldn't make a great impact on education systems, it could significantly improve the learning environment in a classroom. The technology can effectively engage all students in a new and advanced manner, using something everyone has - facial muscles.

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