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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. Every teacher knows that.

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

ED Surge

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. 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. The tools are coming fast, though.

Education 143
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Could the Bridge Across the Digital Divide Be Paved With TV Signals?

ED Surge

Now, we're ready to help teachers seamlessly create lesson plans and send them out to all students — even those who don't have broadband. IEI learner dashboard demo Where does datacasting fit on the road to universal broadband? And the best part is nothing changes for the teacher. 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

Like these society-transforming innovations, when they first emerge, new approaches to teaching and learning often make us wonder, “What is it?” When schools interview a candidate for a teaching position, they ask for a lesson plan that makes clear what the teacher is doing in a demo lesson and why.

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

The Hechinger Report

Rather than teach a specific programming curriculum, the overarching goal of CoderDojo is to spark a passion for coding. They called it a dojo (the term for a Japanese martial-arts training center) to indicate it was a place for learning but distinct from a school with grades, tests, and regimented teaching.

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

ED Surge

And even the bill’s leaders say they can imagine positive uses for AI in teaching, and the bill wouldn’t stop colleges from using generative AI to help with tasks like grading or creating educational materials. The technology shown in the demo is not yet available, and is at least six months to a year away, according to Khan.

Education 145