AI + Education Insights
Women in AI+ED - Member Spotlight: K-12
Highlighting the grassroots work happening every day across the globe to advance responsible AI adoption and training in education.
Teen Suicide & the Dark Side of AI
A teen's suicide following interactions with an AI chatbot reveals the dangers and urgent need for safeguards on AI.
Stanford’s AI-Assisted Tutoring Study
A new study from Stanford released today suggests that AI-assisted tutoring, when designed to support rather than replace human tutors, can have a moderately positive impact on student learning outcomes.
Summer 2024 GenAI Developments
From big releases from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Apple to new research that indicates the increasing need for AI literacy, we've pulled together a timeline of important AI and education moments from the Summer of 2024.
Google Notebook LM Demo & Review
Product demo and review of Google's Notebook LM - a new free, AI-powered research assistant that helps users organize, analyze, and create outputs from their research materials.
Developing AI Guidance for Schools and Districts
Our team enjoys working with districts and schools worldwide to develop their AI guidance and create responsible frameworks for AI adoption across their communities. To help you get started, check out our Guide to Developing an AI Policy.
Common Sense Media Releases GenAI K-12 Education Report
Common Sense Media's new white paper on "Generative AI in K–12 Education: Challenges and Opportunities" takes a deep dive into the complexities of AI adoption in education.
AI in Education: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg
Most of the attention on the impact of AI in education has focused solely on academic integrity and cheating. While concerns about AI-assisted cheating and plagiarism are certainly valid, they represent only one of the many potential impacts of AI on our education system.
Updated Framework: How to Use AI Responsibly EVERY Time
The EVERY framework describes the key steps to harness the capabilities of GenAI while lowering unintended consequences by keeping ethics, human oversight, and transparency at the forefront.
Updated Course: Essential Guide To AI for Educators
We have released an updated version of our free course, "An Essential Guide to AI for Educators." Ready to start your AI journey or know someone who could benefit? Enroll in the course now!
Claude's Artifacts Feature
Anthropic released its new artifacts feature for Claude, enabling educators to easily generate engaging, interactive learning materials from chat prompts without coding skills. Update available across free and premium plans and mobile apps.
AWS's GenAI Ad Reignites Concerns Over AI Misinformation
An AWS commercial for their GenAI tool, Q, made misleading claims about AI's ability to predict the future, highlighting a critical need for improved AI literacy.
ChatGPT Hallucinations Teach Educators Valuable AI Lessons
Trying to train people on technology that isn’t 100% ready for prime time comes with its share of surprises. AI hallucinations provide critical teaching moments.
AI For Education Milestone Achieved: 3 Trainings in 1 Day
What a journey it’s been scaling AI for Education over the past 16 months. Training Milestone: 4 GenAI trainings across the country in one day.
ChatGPT Usage Varies Widely by Job and Gender
A recent study by researchers at the Universities of Chicago and Copenhagen reveals some fascinating insights about ChatGPT adoption across various professions, including a considerable gender gap in adoption. Here are the highlights, and what it looks like for education.
Impact of GenAI on Learning
A recent study from Wharton found that students who use AI tutors with no safeguards may begin to over-rely on the tools and perform worse when access is removed.
Chicago Public Schools AI Guidance
Last week, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has announced the release of its groundbreaking AI Guidebook, developed in partnership between the Office of Teaching and Learning, the Department of Information and Technology Services (ITS) and AI for Education.
Training at The College Board’s Annual AP Conference
Our "Introduction to Generative for Educators" workshop yesterday at the The College Board Advanced Placement Annual Conference.
Houston ISD Partnership
Today has been a lot of fun. Not only did we train an amazing group of engaged HISD teachers on GenAI, we got to show off the AI Guidebook we partnered with HISD to create. It has been a pleasure to partner with the HISD team on the soon-to-be-released AI Guidebook, training approach, forthcoming student curriculum, and PLC model.
Train-the-Trainer at Catawba County Schools
This week, we wrapped up a two-day AI Literacy “Train the Trainer” with Catawba County Schools, kicking off a 3-year Digital Learning Initiative Impact grant awarded by the North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction.