Comments on: A virtual chat with President Lincoln http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/09/13/a-chat-with-president-lincoln/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nik Peachey http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/09/13/a-chat-with-president-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-59021 Nik Peachey Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:22:22 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3058#comment-59021 Hi Glad you enjoyed my posting on AI for use with EFL ESL students. I've actually written up a lesson plan for history students which will be published on http://www.educationworld.com/ some time in October, which involves them creating historical figures for projects. As for Second Life. It is possible to have AI Chat bots in Second Life based on technology from http://alice.pandorabots.com/. I started eveloping this for a business course I was working on for a school in SL. Things went a bit belly up though so it never got finished. Anyway. Thaanks for the link to my article. Best Nik Peachey Hi Glad you enjoyed my posting on AI for use with EFL ESL students. I’ve actually written up a lesson plan for history students which will be published on http://www.educationworld.com/ some time in October, which involves them creating historical figures for projects.

As for Second Life. It is possible to have AI Chat bots in Second Life based on technology from http://alice.pandorabots.com/.
I started eveloping this for a business course I was working on for a school in SL. Things went a bit belly up though so it never got finished.

Anyway. Thaanks for the link to my article.

Best

Nik Peachey

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/09/13/a-chat-with-president-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-58929 Wesley Fryer Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:49:40 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3058#comment-58929 My understanding is that when a user (student or otherwise) creates an account on the site and clicks "teach" then s/he is able to train / teach / the virtual personality how to respond to different texts and cues. I haven't tried this myself yet. Sorry the captcha can be difficult. <a href="http://recaptcha.net/learnmore.html" rel="nofollow">The captcha system I am using here is for a good cause</a>, however, and you can click the refresh button the captcha window to get a new set of words. I sometimes have to do that myself to post successfully. My understanding is that when a user (student or otherwise) creates an account on the site and clicks “teach” then s/he is able to train / teach / the virtual personality how to respond to different texts and cues. I haven’t tried this myself yet.

Sorry the captcha can be difficult. The captcha system I am using here is for a good cause, however, and you can click the refresh button the captcha window to get a new set of words. I sometimes have to do that myself to post successfully.

]]> By: Gary S. Stager, Ph.D. http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/09/13/a-chat-with-president-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-58926 Gary S. Stager, Ph.D. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:45:59 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3058#comment-58926 This would be a lot more interesting and educational if students had built the system. As I understand it, it is little more than a game of Eliza - a carnival stunt. Does it really matter if Abraham Lincoln was "sad" about the civil war? How does that contribute to understanding complex events? PS: The captcha is beyond annoying and difficult to read. This would be a lot more interesting and educational if students had built the system. As I understand it, it is little more than a game of Eliza – a carnival stunt.

Does it really matter if Abraham Lincoln was “sad” about the civil war? How does that contribute to understanding complex events?

PS: The captcha is beyond annoying and difficult to read.

]]> By: Hannah Grace http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/09/13/a-chat-with-president-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-58839 Hannah Grace Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:34:58 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3058#comment-58839 I love this idea. I did not like history very much in elementary and high school. If I would have had something like this, I would have actually liked history. Textbooks are boring sometimes. It is neat to be able to interact with people from history (or at least someone portraying them). It would be great to have a conversation with someone I was learning about. I would remember it a lot better. I think this would be good for most students. I believe interaction is an important part of learning. I love this idea. I did not like history very much in elementary and high school. If I would have had something like this, I would have actually liked history. Textbooks are boring sometimes. It is neat to be able to interact with people from history (or at least someone portraying them). It would be great to have a conversation with someone I was learning about. I would remember it a lot better. I think this would be good for most students. I believe interaction is an important part of learning.

]]> By: Take Re-enacting to Another Level « Diana’s Blog http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/09/13/a-chat-with-president-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-58770 Take Re-enacting to Another Level « Diana’s Blog Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:13:50 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3058#comment-58770 [...] Fryer had the opportunity to chat with Abe and learn some about the civil war.  While participating with the virsona community, your students will be engaged in an educating opportunity by pushing the teach button.  This is definitely taking history to another level.  Check out more at http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/09/13/a-chat-with-president-lincoln/ [...] [...] Fryer had the opportunity to chat with Abe and learn some about the civil war.  While participating with the virsona community, your students will be engaged in an educating opportunity by pushing the teach button.  This is definitely taking history to another level.  Check out more at http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/09/13/a-chat-with-president-lincoln/ [...]

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