Wouldn't it be remarkable if in the future, computers could read you facial expression and tell exactly how you feel? In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile," We now know it's possible, and thanks to the latest innovation in the technology world to Proffesor Thomas Hauang it could be sooner than we think. This new software, known as the Facial Action Coding System, is able to read your emotional expressions which is shown to be very promising to the educational system. Reading the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is vauble becasue it could regonize if a student is bored or confused, it could also modify the lesson in order for the student to learn better.

First, this technology could be used to tell if student are confused, bored, happy etc. Shown in the article in the 6th paragraph the author states, "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huand predicts." And prefaces by stating, "If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be diffrent." If applied in the educational sence this could mean that the computer could see the students is confused and be able to spend more time trying to help that student comprehend the material. The computer could also modify the lesson.

Additionally, If that doesn't work then it could always modify the lesson in a way the student could get a better meaning of it. In the article the author states, "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." The computer is able modify the lesson so the student. maybe even the whole class, could be sable to get a better under standing of the subject at hand. Also the author states, "Most human communication is nonverbal"

Using this sort of software in schools would do wonders not only for the edicational system but bussniess, the entertanment industry, and even the medical industry. It's fantastic to live in one of the most innovative and technologicly advanced periods of our time and because of things like this, the future only seems brighter.