Weekly Reflection #6
This week (Week 9) we had guest speaker Cari Wilson who spoke on AI technology implemented in schools. She brought up interesting points, such as the fact that all schools and educators will have to grapple with the fact that kids are exposed to technology and AI from a young age. This could either be amazing for kids to grow and learn with technology or it could be harmful and I think it’s our Job as educators to try and understand and implement safe areas for kids to experiment with and understand the use of AI in the classroom setting as well as their home room setting. I thought it was also important to note that she said teachers will never be replaced by AI and for the most part I agree. I do however think that our roles as teacher will most likely gradually shift into something like a an adult who guide social emotional learning more than academics which can be modeled through the alpha schools that are starting in the US (link below). It will be interesting to see whether school systems such as Alpha will produce well rounded students.