AI Is Taking Hold in K-12 Schools – Here Are some Ways It Can Improve Teaching

AI is taking hold in K-12 schools – here are some ways it can improve teaching

Artificial intelligence can bring a host of benefits, such as individualized learning, but can also encourage kids to shortcut learning. Jonathan Kirn via Getty ImagesGenerative AI platforms have sent shock waves through the K-12 education sector since the public release of ChatGPT nearly three years ago. The technology is taking hold under the belief that students and teachers need to be proficient in these powerful tools, even though many conc…

AI is taking hold in K-12 schools - here are some ways it can improve teaching

The following article is from the American version of The Conversation web site. The main thrust of the information and conclusions probably apply equally in the UK.

AI in Schools: Will ChatGPT Help or Hurt Black Students?

This new school year, Jordan Clayton-Taylor, a Chicago high school English teacher, said she’s going old-school. When it comes time to write an essay, her students will have to close the Chromebooks and use pen and paper instead.  It’s a preemptive strike of sorts: Clayton-Taylor is instituting the policy after realizing last year that students were copying and pasting prompts into ChatGPT, then turning in the result as though it were their own …

AI is taking hold in K-12 schools – here are some ways it can improve teaching - The Times Weekly

By Michael G. Kozak, Drexel University Artificial intelligence can bring a host of benefits, such as individualized learning, but can also encourage kids to shortcut learning. Jonathan Kirn via Getty Images Generative AI platforms have sent shock waves through the K-12 education sector since the public release of ChatGPT nearly three years ago. The technology is taking hold under the belief that students and teachers need to be proficient in the…