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L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
09/26/2022
Call center technology could remove accents
New artificial intelligence technology for call centers can essentially remove foreign accents on phone calls. It's a controversial idea, creating a new debate around accents: On the one hand, this could help protect workers from discrimination. On the other hand, skeptics argue it could actually exacerbate existing problems with discrimination. Some call center workers also are being trained in both using and understanding different English accents.■Class discussion: Do you ever judge people by the way they talk? Could a program that automatically changes accents actually help us better understand each other? What about programs that could quickly translate one language into another? If artificial intelligence technology can change the way a person looks and sounds, how can tell what is real online? Would making us all sound or appear similar in the online world make discrimination worse in the physical world?