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Using AI for Learning
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Generative AI has the potential to dramatically improve how people learn, acquire new skills, and get work done.
Some forms of AI and Machine Learning already support the tools students already use for learning. AI and Machine Learning power some of the adaptive tools students use for skills practice in math and language arts. AI can also support students through grammar suggestions in Google Docs, or predictive text suggestions through email.
Generative AI offers even greater potential for supporting student learning. Students may be able to use generative AI tools to get just-in-time help on assignments. Generative AI could help students practice skills by generating question sets or writing prompts or give students feedback on their writing to support revision. Generative AI could even surface videos or resources to help students learn certain skills or topics.
AI and Student Learning
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Aiding Creativity: Students could use generative AI to spark creativity across diverse subjects, including writing, visual arts, and music composition.
Collaboration: During collaborative group projects, students could collectively leverage generative AI tools as a means to brainstorm ideas, support their research efforts, and identify relationships among various findings.
Communication: AI can offer students real-time translation, personalized language exercises, and interactive dialogue simulations.
Content Creation and Enhancement: AI can help generate personalized study materials, summaries, quizzes, and visual aids, and help students review content. » Tutoring: AI technologies have the potential to make available one-to-one tutoring and support for every student with access to the technology, making personalized learning more accessible to a broader range of students. AI-powered virtual teaching assistants could provide non-stop support, answer questions, help with homework, and supplement classroom instruction.
Critical Analysis and Discernment: While AI usage by our youngest learners is not appropriate, it is important to teach them to critically analyze and discern AI-generated materials accessed and presented by their teacher. This approach fosters early development in critical thinking, enabling young students to distinguish between potentially inaccurate AI-created content and human generated information, but also allows young students to learn how AI works.
Academic Integrity
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Much has been written about the possibility of students using Generative AI tools like ChatGPT on assignments. The first step in helping students make informed choices about how and when they use AI is to have an open and honest dialogue to help them understand when using these tools is okay and when it is not.
Since the release of ChatGPT, there have been numerous tools released that claim to be able to detect if text was generated by AI. Copyleaks, an AI-based plagiarism and AI content detection tool, is a resource currently provided to staff at JHHS. These types of tools are provided to teachers as part of their digital toolbox to help them evaluate the potential for content to be AI created or plagiarized. These tools are not intended to be a deciding factor in determining the authenticity of the student work, but they should be used to help develop the stance and help navigate conversations regarding the proper citation of AI generated content and how AI generated content shouldn't be passed as being the work of the student. These types of tools may be a useful tool in a teacher’s toolbox, but it should be one part of a larger strategy to help students understand when it is acceptable to be used. If you are designing assignments or assessments that include a writing component, consider how you can best support students to ensure that they are able to demonstrate mastery of concepts.
FAQs
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What is AI?
AI refers to machines or computer systems capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. AI works through algorithms and data processing, enabling machines to learn, analyze, and make autonomous decisions.
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What are different types of AI?
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Machine Learning is based on teaching a system to analyze data, learn from it, and make informed decisions or predictions.
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In Generative AI such as ChatGPT, the system adheres to underlying patterns while creating something new. So, it not only recognizes patterns but can also generate new content that mimics the data on which it was trained.
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Deep Learning is a special kind of machine learning that uses many layers to learn complex things. It processes data in a way that is inspired by the human brain.
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What are Pros and Cons of AI in Education?
AI has the ability to revolutionize schooling. It can be used to customize learning techniques, offer comments, and automate tasks. However, there also are a few challenges related to the use of AI in education, that cause bias views, privacy concerns, and task displacement.
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What are Ethical Considerations using AI in the Classroom?
Ethical considerations of using AI in the classroom include issues related to data privacy, bias and fairness in algorithms, accuracy and bias in output, and equitable access to AI technologies.
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Can AI Replace Teachers?
While AI can support all kinds of creative thinking and design or provide basic information, it cannot replace the role of a teacher in building relationships, providing emotional support, fostering critical thinking, and adapting instruction to meet the unique needs of each student.
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How Does AI help Teachers in Education?
Creating and supplementing content: Through AI-powered platforms, teachers can curate a range of educational resources. With Generative AI in particular, teachers are able to create lessons, activities, assessments, prompts for discussion, and presentations simply by providing a short prompt with keywords.