From personalized instruction to removing the blank page for kids who've never had a way to show what's in their heads, this is where AI actually earns its place in the classroom, and why that matters most for the kids with the least.
Cheating, plagiarism, screen time, equity, privacy: the fears about AI in schools are real, but most of them aren't new. AI didn't break education, it just shone a spotlight on problems that were already there.
A room full of educators went quiet when I suggested assignments shouldn't have a word count. That reaction is the real subject of this post: the "well, this is how we've always done it" mindset that's slowing AI adoption in the classroom, and why it's worth pushing past, carefully.
A while back I wrote a post titled "Should We Still Teach Kids To Code?". The answer was yes. A lot has happened since then, and "vibe coding" is now all the rage. So, does that change my recommendation?
Adobe's Mala Sharma has posted thoughts in AI in education and the White House’s Pledge to America’s Youth.
I hear this question almost daily now: "With AI here, should we teach kids to code?" I was reminded of the following from our book, Captain Code , that teaches coding to kids. The intro asks kids "Why learn to code?".
AI was all over Adobe MAX this year, from the opening keynote, to Sneaks, to oh so any presentations and sessions. This post summarizes some of the big AI news from MAX 2023 .
Last week I posted an introduction to using ChatGPT to generate SQL statements . One reader asked me about data visualization, and, yes, that is indeed possible with ChatGPT, too. Or rather, NOW it is possible by using the new ChatGPT Code Interpreter. As I write this, Code Interpreter is available...
ChatGPT is all the rage right now, and understandably so. Feeding it prompts and watching it spit out quality articles, recipes, travel itineraries, code examples, and more is fun and addictive. Yep, it's a rabbit hole, and one we're all getting a kick out of. One of ChatGPT's many neat tricks is...
I've been experimenting with meaningful ways to use Generative AI in the classroom. Here's one recent project that would be a really fun one for introductions during back-to-school (which is mere months away, sorry!). I had the opportunity to visit 4th and 5th graders in TX and NY, and gave the...