/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/robot-dragon-is-an-excellent-teacherResearch team: Cynthia Breazeal (far left), David DeSteno (right) and Paul Harris (far right) with the dragon robot. (Via Northwestern University. Photo by Christopher Huang.)Teachers are always looking for new, exciting and innovative ways to make .en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/robot-dragon-is-an-excellent-teacherWed, 02 Nov 2011 21:09:08 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a6e14320-c803-433b-a4fa-83f1a879d9cdDAB0<p>This approach makes sense.&nbsp; Adults are the most scary thing that children encounter in life.&nbsp; They have no idetic fear of animals until they are injured or scared by one.&nbsp; So a soft fuzzy talking dragon would easily fall into their comfort zone and would be different enough from their normal life to draw their attention.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good find E.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=12841&AppID=45&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">