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Can We Use Virtual Assistants for Learning?
I am a great fan of virtual assistants. As an Apple user for my whole life, I used to talk and learn about Siri a lot, such as what questions I can ask, or what Siri can do Siri is my favorite virtual assistant; however, I am also interested in other ones such as Google Assistant, Alexa, and Cortana
One day, there was one thing that came into my mind: “Is it possible to use virtual assistants for learning?” - I thought it would be very cool if we would. However, I’m also wondering which virtual assistant is the best for learning So I put a lot of effort and research into it and made sure that it was as accurate as possible
Can we use virtual assistants for learning?

Disadvantages:
Students will use virtual assistants for fun, such as activating them all the time and asking them questions that might not be related to school It would be loud in the classroom (depending on the volume of the voice of a virtual assistant). The virtual assistants would be speaking at the same time as the teacher or students
Advantages:
People can use virtual assistants to help them manage and organize their time, such as setting a reminder for homework or setting alarms to manage their time This way, they can finish their homework faster and prevent struggling with deadlines. Students who are struggling with languages can use virtual assistants for them to have quick answers and translations of the words they don’t know.
I think that it is best if using virtual assistants would be optional for students However, they would benefit in completing tasks faster and we don’t have to groan about having too much homework.
