AI and the Imperative of Agency
AI and the Imperative of Agency (November 7, 2023)
With easy access to AI, students and teachers need greater independence and core skills to navigate the changing world. Students need to be able to adapt to unknown situations and respond with agility, creativity, confidence, and skill. It’s no longer possible for a teacher to give a student content that will set them up for their future career. Teachers more urgently need to create learning environments and critical thinking assignments that provide agency and the skills for students to be self-directed and responsible learners.
In this webinar, a panel of teachers and students from the following schools explored the use of AI in the classroom including ethics, curriculum, specific tools, and assessment - and how agency for both teachers and students is required for success:
- Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC
- Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT
- Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH
- Avenues Online
Resources
Teaching Tomorrow: Unleashing The Power of AI in Education (NEASC Forum webinar, September 2023)
- AI Resources for educators from "Teaching Tomorrow"
ARTICLES, BOOKS, BLOGS
Using AI as a Tutor (One Useful Thing, 2023)
https://www.oneusefulthing.org/i/127669714/using-ai-as-a-tutor
Working list of conversations we need to have about AI in education, "Ethics, Equity, & Justice x AI Discussion Topics, Resources and Queries."
Academic Honesty and Integrity with AI (continuum)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RHS0m9hlztGChR2RLEJn2CggxlTxLY5i/view
Eric Hudson’s blog, Learning on Purpose
https://erichudson.substack.com
High School AI Literacy unit (slides)
How much is too much? Drawing the line on AI-assistance. (The Sentient Syllabus Project, January 2023)
https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much
"Assistance from an AI system is too much when it interferes with the educational objectives or the assessment of a submitted work."
Mentoring the Machines (John Vervaeke and Shawn Coyne, Story Grid Publishing, December 2023)
https://www.mentoringthemachines.com
QFT is Question Formulation Technique (QFT) - Right Question Institute
https://rightquestion.org/what-is-the-qft
MOST POPULAR TOOLS USED BY WEBINAR ATTENDEES
ChatGBT by OpenAI
https://chat.openai.com
Bard - a conversational AI tool by Google
https://bard.google.com
Diffit for Teachers
https://beta.diffit.me
Magic School - AI tool for educators
https://www.magicschool.ai
Curipod - AI assisted lesson planning
https://curipod.com
Canva - Magic Design free AI tool
https://www.canva.com/magic-design
OTHER RECOMMENDED TOOLS
Bing Chat
https://bing.com/chat
Claude by Anthropic - AI assistant
https://claude.ai
YouTube Summary - ChatGPT & Claude
https://glasp.co/youtube-summary
Copyleaks - AI-based text analysis for AI content and plagiarism detection
https://copyleaks.com
DALL·E2 by OpenAI - AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language.
https://openai.com/dall-e-2
Eduaide.ai - AI assisted teaching tools
https://www.eduaide.ai
Elicit AI
https://elicit.com
Goblin Tools - A collection of small, simple, single-task tools, mostly designed to help neurodivergent people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult.
https://goblin.tools
Khanmigo, Khan Academy's AI-powered guide and tutor.
https://www.khanacademy.org/khan-labs
Otter.ai for education - real-time captions and notes
https://otter.ai/education
Poe.com - AI chat
https://poe.com
Quizlet Magic Notes - enhances class notes and creates study materials
https://quizlet.com/notes/upload
Sherpa Labs - Voice-enabled assignments
https://sherpalabs.co
Spiritual Data - AI chatbot
https://spiritualdata.org