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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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A new law requires K-12 schools to add media literacy to curriculum for English language arts, science, math and history-social studies. "Media literacy can help change that, advocates believe, by teaching students how to recognize reliable news sources and the crucial role that media plays in a democracy. " “The increase in Holocaust denial, climate change denial, conspiracy theories getting a foothold, and now AI … all this shows how important media literacy is for our democracy right now,” said Jennifer Ormsby, library services manager for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. “The 2016 election was a real eye-opener for everyone on the potential harms and dangers of fake news.”
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Coding has become an automatable skill and will not be the ticket for high-paying jobs we’ve made it out to be.
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Are you a fan of Shark Tank? On this show, hopeful entrepreneurs present their product or service, which they believe could be the “next big thing”, to a panel of Sharks—successful CEO’s and business icons. The goal is to get this panel of Sharks to buy a piece of their company to either boost sales or help grow their company.
While some ideas may seem like a great fit for a specific market, some end up being total flops. With shows like this and entrepreneurs like Gary V, entrepreneurship has been creeping more into the mainstream conversation. And thanks to social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, we see entrepreneurship being pushed as a lifestyle and not just something relegated to the uber wealthy. But what if we introduced entrepreneurship to our students and taught the power of ownership in creating ones future to our own classrooms?
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An important part of learning and teaching is the art of reflection. As teachers, we need to be reflective in our practice so that we can continue to grow, be prepared to meet our students’ needs, and evaluate our own skills and growth. It is important that we model this same practice for our students so that they can develop their own reflective practices and build skills of metacognition in preparation for their future. Metacognition enables students to reflect on who they are, what they know, what they want to know, and how they can get to that point. I’m not an expert but this is a topic that I’ve become more interested in so I started to look into multiple resources to learn more.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a revolutionary change taking place right under our noses that promises to transform a myriad of sectors including education. It not only seeks to augment traditional human-to-human classroom interactions, but also challenges education in a broader sense.
IoT invokes opposing emotions. While technology evangelists are placing their bets on IoT, integrated objects, and an automated world, others are not too thrilled with the development, considering the privacy threats that it poses and finances that it demands.
The HolonIQ Global Executive Panel reports strong early adoption of artificial intelligence, emerging capability building, but still many barriers.
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Parental engagement in any subject is key to academic success - some studies show a probability increase of more than 50% for children who are supported by parents in their learning to achieve top grades versus children who receive little or no support.
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In 2018, our YouTube audience spent over 20 million hours watching TED-Ed Animations. Our most-viewed videos of 2018 include of a handful of monumental myths, an epic battle of tape vs. glue, a menagerie of the animal kingdom’s most competitive cannibals, and more. Behold our top 10 most popular videos of 2018:
Bots in Education
The best way right now to incorporate bots into the classroom is to help students learn how to create their own. Since they can be a very simple program, it’s easy to begin. Here’s one great resource. And if you just want to see how they might have a bigger impact on what happens every day in your school, you should check out this article.
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Technology is everywhere, and one of the most promising new technologies of the age is artificial intelligence and its sister technology machine learning. AI and machine learning work together to make it easier than ever before to process large amounts of data. It's the same thing that Netflix uses to provide personalized recommendations based on the viewing data of every single user on the site.
Now, this might not sound like it has much to do with the field of education, but if you'll bear with us then we think you might just be surprised. In fact, AI and education go together like chalk and a chalkboard, and the rising new technology might just be what we need to overhaul the education system and to make sure that every pupil is given the best possible shot at academic success.
Here are just three of the main ways that artificial intelligence is set to come along and change the way we look at education.
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As ‘AI’ is heralded as the next big ‘revolution’ in almost every industry you can imagine - from healthcare and manufacturing, to government and e-commerce - it’s hard to separate hype from genuine potential. But amidst this excitement, comparatively little attention has been paid to how AI could affect education.
We can think about the impact of AI on our education system in two main ways:
1. Artificial intelligence in the workplace will lead to automation of many jobs, affecting the types of employment that young people can expect to find in the future. In turn, this affects the skills, knowledge and attitudes that our education system should prioritise.
2. Artificial intelligence in the education system will be used as a tool by learners and educators to improve the effectiveness of our education system."
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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.
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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"Over the last week, millions of people have tried the new AIchat release from OpenAI, built on an upgrade to GPT3 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer). The tool uses a neural network to generate responses from data sources from the internet. OpenAI, supported by Microsoft, also built and released the currently free DALL-E – AI-generated art. By creating an easy user interface, the ChatGPT likely has many educators wondering about the future of learning. This platform, based on GPT3 models, will be rapidly improved when next-generation GPT4 models emerge in the next 1-2 years – meaning, it’s only going to get better."
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Here is my annual list of best education videos.
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"For teachers and parents, education podcasts can offer some brilliant expert insight. Here’s a list of our favourite education podcasts for inspiring, sharing, teaching and more.
Podcasts have become a hugely popular format for anyone with some spare time and a keen interest in just about anything. When it comes to the topic of education, there’s no shortage of podcast shows available online but finding the best education podcasts worthy of your time can be tricky.
To help find your perfect podcast, here’s a list of Twinkl’s top education podcasts handpicked by the teachers who work here."
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Truth Decay — the diminishing role that facts, data, and analysis play in political and civil discourse — appears to result, in part, from an increasingly complex information ecosystem. Technology, in particular, offers continual access to information of varying quality and credibility, information that can blur the line between fact-based evidence and opinion. Not everyone is equipped with the skills necessary to navigate such uncertain terrain. The purpose of this report is to describe the field of media literacy (ML) education and the ways in which ML education can counter Truth Decay by changing how participants consume, create, and share information. One limitation of this research base arises from the variety of ways that literature defines and measures ML outcomes; while a multiplicity of viewpoints can be beneficial, it also presents challenges in terms of aggregating findings across studies. Despite this, the authors describe existing evidence that ML could be a useful tool for combating Truth Decay. They also provide an inventory of ML offerings available to the public. Finally, the authors make suggestions for moving forward, with the specific recommendation that professionals in ML and related fields strengthen their communication and collaboration, considering where there are opportunities for a common approach to researching ML. The authors recommend that policymakers and practitioners increase participation from diverse constituencies in scaling ML efforts
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"In a recent book, developmental psychologists and teachers discuss the best approaches to math education in the early grades."
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One of the greatest ironies is that mathematics, at its core, relies heavily on a foundation of doubt. So, this self-examination of our collective practices, biases, and neglect, is something that has been come to us by our own pursuit of mathematics.
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Each year, EdSurge asks thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs to reflect on the state of education technology, and share their thoughts on where it’s headed. We’re continuing that tradition again this year, but with an added twist: Writers from 2017 were asked to nominate who they would like to hear from this time around. And the EdSurge editorial team also reached out to a few new voices to get their thoughts.
A few major themes and recurring threads have popped up this year. We heard from a number of instructors, experts and even CEOs in the higher-ed space on why one of the biggest challenges facing students and educators today—and into the future—has to do with digital literacy, authenticity and teaching students of all ages about getting the facts straight in an increasingly digital world.
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There is a lot of talk these days about robots replacing humans in the workforce, but those conversations remain largely abstract. For students in school today, however, the issue is urgent, research shows. What if the job they aspire to today is no longer an option when it comes time to graduate? How can they train for jobs that don’t even exist yet?
On the other side of that equation are educators, who often draw from their own learning experiences in K-12 and higher education to inform their instruction. What responsibility do they have in preparing today’s students for a future none of them can really envision?
EdSurge recently sat down with Karen Cator, the CEO of Digital Promise, to get her take. Cator is a former director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology who has been championing digital learning since long before the term “digital learning” was being thrown around—back when she was still a classroom teacher in Alaska. Of all the issues and trends in edtech these days, she says automation is one of the most pressing—and one that all educators should be thinking about.
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"See how augmented and virtual reality help students retain material and where experts see mixed reality tech is going in education."
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League of Legends, DOTA 2, Heroes of the Storm and—of course—Fortnite.
You may recognize these as titles of popular video games, even if you aren’t strictly a “gamer.” The reality is that video games and the communities, organizations and players surrounding them have become big business—some worth potentially millions of dollars.
These aren’t just games anymore; they have emerged, along with other massive titles such as Overwatch, as a phenomenon it seems everyone is racing to catch up with. Playing these games competitively, known as esports, is on the verge of becoming not only a force in the business and entertainment world, but a factor in the classroom as schools start esports leagues and curriculum springs up around gaming culture. So what do educators need to know about it?
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