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Should Chatbots Tutor? Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son

ED Surge

A video demo of the latest version of ChatGPT tutoring a student that went viral on YouTube has brought fresh attention to this question. The kind of math that we saw on there,” Meyer said, referring to the demo, “was an operational problem well summarized in a single diagram that results in a single number.

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

ED Surge

. — Deepak Cheenath That puts CoCo’s strategies to keep students engaged or motivated to learn at complete odds with what many edtech companies have been trying to do to teach literacy or STEM — mimic online games like Robolox or Minecraft that children spend hours immersed in outside of school. Screenshot of the CoCo demo video.

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Powerful Edtech for Adult Learners: Three Product Demos

Digital Promise

A recent report from SRI found that not only do educators see great potential for edtech, but learners also really like using edtech tools. Watch the webinar below to learn about three edtech products designed specifically for the adult learner: Cell-Ed offers mobile skills training for language, literacy, and workforce development.

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An Education Chatbot Company Collapsed. Where Did the Student Data Go?

ED Surge

Some edtech experts contacted by EdSurge say that the implosion of the cutting-edge AI tool offers lessons for other schools and colleges working to make use of generative AI. This is the well-known hard part of edtech.” He said he is waiting for the district to share more information about what happened. “I

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Los Angeles School District Launched a Splashy AI Chatbot. What Exactly Does It Do?

ED Surge

EdSurge recently sat down with the developers of the tool, custom-made for the district by Boston-based AI company AllHere, for a demo, to try to find out. And we also talked with edtech experts to try to better understand this new tool and how it compares to other approaches for using AI in education.

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Guest Post: The Missing Piece: What Most Edtech Companies Need & Only a Few Have

Digital Promise

Have you ever checked out the website for an edtech product only to close your computer knowing less about the product than when you started? This common experience illuminates how challenging it can be for educational technology (edtech) companies to communicate what they do and why it is important. The Missing Piece: Logic Models.

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AI Coach Platform: When Edtech Concepts Become Practical Classroom Realities (eSchool News)

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AI Coach Platform: When Edtech Concepts Become Practical Classroom Realities. Kevin Hogan: So, really cool demo of the new AI coach. One other thing that popped into my head during the demo was the use of video. Listen to the conversation above (beginning at 6:25) or find the podcast episode at eSchool News. Have a listen.

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