((PKG)) HI TECH - CLO-BOT / ROBOT GOES TO SCHOOL ((Banner: Robotics)) ((Reporter: Carolyn Presutti)) ((Camera: Adam Greenbaum)) ((Producers: Elizabeth Cherneff, Martin Secrest)) ((Map: Baltimore, Maryland)) ((Main characters: 2 females; 1 male)) ((NATS: Reporter: Tell me your name. Cloe: Cloe. Reporter: Tell me how old you are. Cloe: 11)) ((Popup Banner: Homebound by surgery, Cloe attends school virtually with a device from Double Robotics)) ((NATS)) ((Rob Gray, Cloe’s Father)) At it’s heart, it’s incredibly convenient. Once we found out it was basically an I-Pad on a segway, it was like that makes a lot of sense. ((NATS: Student: Cloe, you look tired. Teacher: Cloe, what was something your group had? Cloe: They bring like special tools for the data.)) ((Mary Fucella, Fifth Grade Teacher)) Yeah, it was just like having another student in the classroom, yes. It’s really nice and they help her out like the same way that they would help out another student. ((NATS: Reporter: And how’s it been for you?)) ((Mary Fucella, Fifth Grade Teacher)) I’ve enjoyed it. I also feel like it’s a learning experience too, to be able to interact with someone that’s at home but then feeling like they’re still in the classroom. I think is so important. ((NATS: Mary Fucella: What’s the first thing that we do? Raise your hand and tell me.)) ((Mary Fucella, Fifth Grade Teacher)) I mean I feel like it’s wonderful because I know I’ve always heard of a lot of students that had to be on home teaching and then them missing a lot of curriculum and then also missing the socialization with their friends. And now for her, to be able to rest at home but then also be able to be in the classroom, is wonderful. ((Cloe, Student)) Like I said, I think it means that it was a small step for him but when he tells like other people, they’ll think, ‘Oh my God, it’s so cool!’ ((NATS: Cloe: I think I know the answer. I’ll try it and I get it right. I’m like, ‘Oh, personal victory. Whoa.’ ((NATS))