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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 book is called “ Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing). ” A lot of folks probably saw the recent OpenAI demo of me and my son.

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

ED Surge

A statement issued by the school district said “several educational technology companies are interested in acquiring” AllHere to continue its work, though nothing concrete has been announced. 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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Effective Tech Integration Strategies: From District to Classroom

ED Surge

Recently, EdSurge spoke with three educational leaders from Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 in Illinois about their experiences with and strategies for using technology to enrich classroom environments. Caitlin Smith, the director of technology, has been in the K-12 educational technology space for 10 years.

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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.

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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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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

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Educators at both schools and colleges were already struggling to keep up with ChatGPT and other AI tools during this academic year, but a fresh round of announcements last month by major AI companies may require even greater adjustments by educators to preserve academic integrity and to accurately assess student learning, teaching experts say.

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