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Using emotion detecting computers for the classroom setting? A new technology called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is claimed to help computers identify the different emotions of humans. Researchers have used this technology on Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" to detect what she is possibly feeling. I don't believe this technology could accurately read someone's emotions without tapping into someone's brain waves.

Sleep study technicians use electrodes to detect how well someone sleeps, and what happens while they sleep. So why wouldn't this form of technology have to use the same principles to figure out what someone's true emotion is? Some people have a naturally "blank" face, so if you're using technology that uses someone's facial muscles, is it going to detect that the person is bored?

The article gives a set of instructions of which muscles to move to make it look like someone is genuinely happy. As far as this technology knows, a student could be just pretending to be bored so that the lesson could be modified as if a teacher would modify it so that the student could get engaged more.

If a teacher is having a student do the assignments online, how can the technology tell the difference between concentration, or boredom? It would be like a teacher having to tell the difference between a student who isn't feeling well compared to someone who is just faking it. You can't really know what someone is feeling without actually being in that perosn's mind.

Someone who could be tired from not getting enough sleep the night before, could also be confused with someone who is angry or bored. How is a computer technology going to be able to the tell the difference without actually detecting the different brain waves? It seems almost impossible to tell how someone is feeling without having them tell you directly.

If schools used this type of technology to help teachers figure out what students are feeling during assignments, I feel like it would be distracting. Even if a student didn't know the technology was there. To me, the idea of being on a computer to do school work is distracting in itself.

I feel like the concept is a good idea, but I also believe that it definitely needs some modifications. I don't think it would be a good idea to have it in a school setting, but maybe in a psychologist/psychiatrist setting possibly. I also feel that there should be more emotions than just six. There is a much wider variety of emotions than just happy, sad, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. In conclusion, this technology shouldn't be used in school. It could be distracting, and it might not always pick up the right emotion and change the lesson due to a misunderstanding of the technology.

Score: 4