Is AI The Future Of Teaching?
This week, I had a fun time exploring the AI tool for teachers called “Magic School.” I was amazed with the number of tools that are available to use on this website. I tried out a few of them: Youtube question Generator, Teacher Joke Generator, Lesson Plan Generator, and the Social Story Generator.
For all of these tools, you enter information on the grade level, outcome, and subject and they create detailed activities/stories/lesson plans for you to use in the classroom! the more specific content you add, the more specific plan the AI tool creates for you.
Here is a couple of screen shots of the teacher joke generator! This was a fun tool to play around with, although I have to admit some of the jokes are pretty cringey!
This website has so many neat tools to try out! I think it can definitely aid with student learning in many ways. There is a tool that allows you to differentiate pieces of text to different reading levels while still providing the same main ideas. There is also a tool that allows you to insert text and have it translate it into different languages. This is a great way to communicate effectively with families who do not speak english.
Although AI can be an effective addition to educational technology, it still needs to be examined critically. When signing up for magic school, it gave a reminder to use the 80/20 rule. Meaning that if you are using AI to complete tasks for you, it is important that you still take the time to review and edit the final product to ensure it is correct and personalized to your classroom and your students. AI is a new and exciting addition to education that I am excited to continue using and learning about, but it is not something I want to become dependent on in order to do my job.
Hey Stephanie,
I think a lot of people like this AI tool and so far I think it is one of the best. I think it is amazing how it allows you to change the text into a different language to help aid the students. I also like how many different options it has to help teachers with their classroom and overall lessons. I also like the fact that you mentioned you don’t want to become dependent on it and I completely agree with you. I think it would take away the basis of the job and how hard all these teachers have worked to get to where they are, Or else the AI tools could teach students themselves if they were perfect and we do not want that.
Hey Stephanie,
I agree 100% with your statement about 80/20 when it comes to AI. I used the tool called Diffit and although it did produce some great discussion prompts, it also provided some information and testable material that I did not agree with. I think 80/20 is a solid ratio about how one can go about this. As you said, AI is an exciting tool, however I also find it can be slightly scary.
Do you think AI could takeover in the teaching world in the future in regards to lesson planning? Or do you think others also realize that it is very hit and miss?
Evan