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

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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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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2024

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Part of that involved the question of whether schools should ban smartphones one of the biggest policy debates of the year in K-12 education. Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son Should AI chatbots be used as tutors? What If Myths, Metaphors and Riddles Are the Key to Reshaping K-12 Education?

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

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And he says K-12 teachers frequently use materials from a range of sources including curriculum and textbooks from their schools and districts, resources they’ve gotten from colleagues or found on websites, and materials they’ve purchased from marketplaces such as Teachers Pay Teachers.

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

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Teachers in K-12 schools are also beginning to push for similar protections against AI replacing educators. The National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers union, recently put out a policy statement on the use of AI in education that stressed that human educators should “remain at the center of education.”

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The Critical Power Skills Needed for the AI Era

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Make It Fun and Refreshing for Students The great part about implementing Power Skills into K-12 education is that they are exciting and engaging for students to learn and practice. However, their presence is sorely lacking in K-12 education. But the time for introducing them has never been better.

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

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It will actually create more opportunities and free our teachers and counselors from bureaucracy and allow them to do the social, interactive activity that builds on the promise of public education.” So what, specifically, does the system do? That’s the part of the system leaders are referring to when they say it can “accelerate” learning.

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Effective Tech Integration Strategies: From District to Classroom

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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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