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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). ” What was your biggest worry then, and how did the testing go? It could be used to cheat.

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Should Educators Put Disclosures on Teaching Materials When They Use AI?

ED Surge

If students are required to make clear when and how they’re using AI tools, should educators be too? When Marc Watkins heads back into the classroom this fall to teach a digital media studies course, he plans to make clear to students how he’s now using AI behind the scenes in preparing for classes.

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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

ED Surge

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

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Could the Bridge Across the Digital Divide Be Paved With TV Signals?

ED Surge

Although digital technologies hold great promise in the realm of education, access remains limited for many communities worldwide. One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. IEI teacher dashboard "Nothing changes."

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

Digital Promise

This common experience illuminates how challenging it can be for educational technology (edtech) companies to communicate what they do and why it is important. Most importantly, educators wonder, “What will this tool actually do for my students?”. In edtech, the closest thing to a blueprint or a lesson plan is a product roadmap.

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Coding outside the lines: CoderDojos get kids psyched about programming by turning them loose

The Hechinger Report

According to Kyle Silberbauer, an engineering manager at LogMeIn who leads the Dojo that his company hosts, “the families and the volunteers who want that clear lesson plan that directs kids from step to step don’t stick around.”. Who wants to do the first demo?”. Still, not everybody loves the unstructured approach.

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As More AI Tools Emerge in Education, so Does Concern Among Teachers About Being Replaced

ED Surge

When ChatGPT and other new generative AI tools emerged in late 2022, the major concern for educators was cheating. And it's not just educators who are worried, this is becoming an education policy issue. Teachers in K-12 schools are also beginning to push for similar protections against AI replacing educators.

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