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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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New Year, New Adventures

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Many of the initiatives I am about to briefly discuss are not new to the field of education, but they are to NMHS. Professional Learning Communities (PLC''s): The district will be moving to this research-based model as our main means of professional development. I am in the early stages of research in this area so stay tuned.

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2024

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What New Research Says About Fostering a Sense of Belonging in Classrooms There are key junctures in education that are especially important for helping students feel they belong in school or college. Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son Should AI chatbots be used as tutors? Should Chatbots Tutor?

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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.” James Wiley, a vice president at the education market research firm ListEdTech. So what, specifically, does the system do?

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

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Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, recently posted a video demo of him using a prototype of his organization’s chatbot Khanmigo, which has these features, to tutor his teenage son. The technology shown in the demo is not yet available, and is at least six months to a year away, according to Khan.

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

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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. Are they taking appropriate technical steps to make sure that data is secure and there won’t be a breach or something intentional by an employee?”

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Whatever Happened to Building a Metaverse for Education?

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For instance, she praised Apple’s recent product release of the Apple Vision Pro, which she says solves an important challenge of the technology by allowing users to opt to see a view of the outside world even while wearing the headset. And for education, we need more. We need interactivity.

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