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EdTech has been a hot button topic for some time now, and the focus on generative AI in 2023 has only amplified interest in EdTech. Proponents see a plethora of ways that AI can improve education outcomes. AI’s potential for transforming education is real, but so are the dangers—so we must move forward with care and intentionality. It is with an eye toward care and intentionality that members of W2050’s Senior Fellows committee on education and work met to discuss how AI could—and how it should—impact education in 2024 and beyond.
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The evolving capabilities of artificial intelligence require new approaches to instruction. Here, two leaders from the innovative Ulster BOCES share their expertise on AI's potential role in the classrooms of today and tomorrow.
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The International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) cultivates. integrity in academic communities throughout the world to promote ethical institutions and societies. ICAI offers assessment services, resources, and consultations to its member institutions, and facilitates critical conversations about integrity.
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"Educators are having a very different experience with
generative artificial intelligence (AI) since the 2022-23 school
year came to a close. K-12 schools have now had the opportunity
to take a breath and regroup to determine how to get a grip on the
explosion of generative AI in the classroom – after the education
sector was caught off guard when ChatGPT burst abruptly onto the scene during the last school year. To understand how teachers are currently interacting with and
receiving support on this technology, the Center for Democracy &
Technology (CDT) conducted a nationally representative survey of
middle and high school teachers in November and December 2023.
This research builds on previous CDT findings that highlighted how
schools were failing to enact and/or share policies and procedures
on generative AI and how, as a result, teachers lacked clarity and
guidance, were more distrustful of students, and reported that
students were getting in trouble due to this technology. "
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Books Book: AI Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley, and The New World Order Book: Architects of Intelligence: The truth about AI from the people building it Book: Artificial Intelligence: A Guide f…
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"Well, it’s January! And that means it’s the time when I put out a new edition of my Teacher’s Guide to Tech. This is now the TENTH edition of the guide, and as always, because it keeps improving, I’m gonna say this is the best edition yet.:
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This post is loaded with some simple ways to integrate AI in the classroom. It's easier than you think, and it doesn't require expensive equipment or software. AI or Artifical Intelligence is ready for its closeup! Are you and your students ready to become "AI experimenters."
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"The phrase “artificial Intelligence” was coined by pointy-heads at MIT in 1955. Back then, it referred to an obscure field of computer science devoted to then-hypothetical programs that could engage in tasks that “require high-level mental processes such as: perceptual learning, memory organization, and critical reasoning.” Fast-forward to 2023: While AI has been a murmur in tech circles for the last few years, those conversations really get loud until the commercial release of products like Chat GPT and DALL-e. Now everyone is talking about AI, everywhere you go—hyping it, demonizing it, fearing it—but most of all, misunderstanding it. This is partly because it’s a complex subject—we don’t even agree on what “intelligence” is, let alone “artificial intelligence”—but another reason so many are getting AI wrong essentially comes down to that familiar villain capitalism. With the explosion in popular interest, advertisers and marketers are using terms like “AI,” “AI-powered,” and “artificial intelligence” as a selling point so much, they’re beginning to lose what little meaning they once had. When you read that something is “AI-powered,” don’t believe the hype.
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The recent revelations that ChatGPT can be used by students to write convincing essays and explanations is a frightening prospect for any teacher. With many exams and assignments now carried out online, there is ample opportunity for using AI writers.
While ChatGPT might seem at first glimpse like a gift to students, it is actually a sign that they need to up their game. Students will need to increase their synthesis of evidence, demonstrate critical thinking and show creativity just to stay ahead of AI during their studies and future employment.
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AI Text Classifier is a new tool from Open AI, the makers of ChatGPT, that will detect whether or not a passage of text has been written with ChatGPT and similar AI writing tools. To use AI Text Classifier you do need to have registered for a free account on Open AI. Once you have an account you can use AI Text Classifier. To use AI Text Classifier you simply have to paste a block of writing (at least 1,000 characters, roughly 175 words) into the text field and click the submit button. AI Text Classifier will then rank the writing as very unlikely, unlikely, unclear if it is, possibly, or likely written by AI. For the record, AI Text Classifier classified my article about detecting writing created by AI as very unlikely to have been written by AI.
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I love educational technology. When technologies were first available online, I was an early adopter, and often got brutally criticized by administrators and colleagues in my K-6 settings for having students use the internet for research, use web tools, create webpages in wikis, and work virtually with schools in other states and countries (for example, see their work from 2008 at http://weewebwonders.pbworks.com/). Now, similar work is often seen as innovative by colleagues. Boy, have times thankfully changed, but I have not. I still am an early adopter of technologies in that I believe many can benefit students in their learning.
As many in education know, commentary about ChatGPT is appearing on the news, social media, and the internet. As I always do, I am exploring its use in my classes (elementary-level gifted education). This post describes its use in education from the perspectives of ChatGPT, itself, and from a handful of educators. Later, I describe and show the work of my students. I conclude with tools for detecting machine-generated text, and provide a parting shot.
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Date & Time: Thursday, May 16th at 4 pm ET The landscape of educational technology has transformed dramatically in the last year, exploding with the rise of AI tools for teachers. From streamlining student feedback to creating interactive content tools, AI-powered platforms have become essential for educators. As classrooms increasingly integrate digital tools, understanding these AI tools is crucial for teachers.
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Offered by Google. Google AI Essentials is a self-paced course designed to help people across roles and industries get essential AI skills ... Enroll for free.
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"In this course, you’ll learn about generative AI, which is a type of AI that creates new content, such as text, images, or other media. You’ll explore how to use generative AI tools to assist your teaching practice by saving time on everyday tasks, personalizing instruction to meet student needs, and enhancing lessons and activities in creative ways. Gemini and ChatGPT are examples of generative AI tools that are used with conversational prompts; in other words, you ask the AI tool for something, and it responds to your request. Throughout this course, you’ll discover proven strategies for working with AI tools and practice using these tools to plan and update lessons, prepare instructional materials, manage behind-the-scenes administrative tasks, and lots more!"
In November of 2022, a Silicon Valley company launched an invention that could complete students’ homework for them. Available only to subscribers at first, by the spring of 2023 OpenAI’s ChatGPT-3.5 was available to millions of students. As of January 2023, anyone with . . .
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Join us as we explore whether AI will replace the need for kids to develop their coding skills, or whether it will simply change what coding looks like in the future.
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Absorbing media and assimilating it into your existing knowledge is a challenge, and this is a concern when the media is full of big, scary headlines about artificial intelligence (AI) taking over the world, stealing jobs, and being sentient. As teachers and parents, you don’t need to know all the details about AI to answer young people’s questions, but you can avoid accidentally introducing alternate conceptions. This article offers some top tips to help you point those inquisitive minds in the right direction.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for decades; however, with the introduction of generative AI, such as ChatGPT, there has been a newfound focus on how technology tools can impact the educational landscape. The AI revolution in industry is upon us and is beginning to establish itself as a permanent part of educational practice as evidenced by Lucarillo, Nagel, Hardman, and others. Therefore, it is crucial to equip teachers with the skills to use AI in ways that ensure a high-quality education for the students in classrooms across the globe.
The urgency to upskill teachers is highlighted by the gap in skills that already exists in classrooms today, underscoring the digital divide. Just as in any content area, students come to classrooms with varying readiness levels and educational needs; using AI is no different. For example, there are preschoolers who play games on an iPad with empowered intelligent tutors. My prereading granddaughter uses AI predictive text programs, dictation technology, and iconography to text me from her mother's phone and to locate videos and programs she wants to watch. Some children, like her, have access, while there are many others who have no exposure or use of AI. Educators are encountering students at different AI literacy levels, and this divide will continue to grow. Therefore, teachers need to build the skillsets to increase their AI literacy and integration to develop more digital equity, serving students who are at a low readiness level, as well as those who are using AI as a writing partner.
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"The tech world is now gushing over a different kind of virtual assistant: chatbots. These A.I.-powered bots, such as ChatGPT and the new ChatGPT Plus from the San Francisco company OpenAI, can improvise answers to questions typed into a chat box with alacrity. People have used ChatGPT to handle complex tasks like coding software, drafting business proposals and writing fiction.
And ChatGPT, which uses A.I. to guess what word comes next, is rapidly improving. A few months ago, it couldn’t write a proper haiku; now it can do so with gusto. On Tuesday, OpenAI unveiled its next-generation A.I. engine, GPT-4, which powers ChatGPT."
A study shows that a majority of teachers are using ChatGPT to complete everyday tasks. Take notes from these teachers to make your life easier, too.
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"This free course is intended for teachers who want to know more about ChatGPT, use it in their practice, looking for inspiration/examples of its power or those trying to improve their use of this AI chatbot."
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"When Open AI launched ChatGPT in November, it broke the internet. Tech enthusiasts across the globe marveled at the AI’s ability to hold complex conversations, write fiction, analyze data, compose music and so much more. As the internet’s perennial dominant force, young people quickly took notice of the technology, and among the myriad of applications quickly realized the shortcut it provided to complete course assignments. Specifically, experiments showed ChatGPT can curate college admissions essays and graduate-level scientific abstracts, the latter of which recently fooled a third of professors into thinking they were student-generated. ChatGPT’s more sinister abilities, like enabling students to cheat, sent initial shockwaves through the education sector, generating the majority of the education headlines we have seen around this powerful new technology. Some school districts have even jumped to ban the technology. However, before the education sector succumbs to the fear of this new technology, I want to flip the script a bit and invite stakeholders instead to embrace the opportunity. The fact is, ChatGPT is not going away any time soon, especially with Microsoft lining up a $10 Billion investment to enhance the AI’s capabilities."
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