Joanne Jacobs
AI can make human tutors more effective, but can it help kids directly?
AI tutoring has struggled to work, but a new study shows it can help human tutors be more effective.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 32 min
Learning is hard, and cheating is easier than ever: What can teachers do?
Teachers can't turn every student into an eager learner, but they can make it harder to cheat.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 42 min
'Terrible awful no good very bad' advice for teachers
Chicago teachers are getting very bad advice on how to teach with AI.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 22 min
AI is winning the war on cheating
A majority of students use AI to help write papers, and AI detection tools remain unreliable.
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 182 min
The rise of MEI: merit, excellence and intelligence
Will MEI -- merit, excellence and intelligence -- replace DEI?
Joanne Jacobs
May 261 min
Training (and restraining) an AI writing coach
A new AI writing coach will work from a student's notes, turning ideas into sentences.
Joanne Jacobs
May 12 min
To stop bullying, bring back consequences -- and to hell with 'root causes'
AI-powered “nudification” apps are letting teenage boys turn real photos of their clothed classmates into "deepfake" porn to be shared...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 261 min
Principals' problems: 'Hate' transcript is AI hoax, but drag queen at the prom is real
Eric Eiswert was suspended as principal of a Baltimore County high school when an audio transcript was released apparently showing him...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 62 min
Sprechen sie ... Don't bother, AI will parlez vous for you
Learning a foreign language may soon be as obsolete as learning how to churn butter, writes Louise Matsakis in The Atlantic. Total...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 302 min
Japan uses more adult diapers than baby diapers
A Japanese company will stop making diapers for babies and shift production to adult diapers, reports the BBC. Adult diapers have been a...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 82 min
Top marks for low expectations: 'Rate your teacher' surveys could backfire
Asking students to rate their teachers is a dubious way to evaluate teachers' competence, writes Vladimir Kogan, a Ohio State political...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 22 min
AI tutoring is ready for prime time
Artificial intelligence is generating laughs -- but not much respect -- due to the implosion of Google's Gemini tool. (It's not just the...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 242 min
Artificial stupidity: Google's Gemini colors history
Google's new artificial intelligence tool, Gemini, isn't allowed to generate images of people any more until programmers worked the bugs...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 212 min
To spot 'fake news,' students need to know things
It's Media Literacy Monday in journalism class at Cupertino's Monta Vista High School, and Silicon Valley students are analyzing...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 10, 20231 min
Snorble wants to be your toddler's friend: Are AI toys good for kids?
AI playmates for toddlers will be in stores next year, writes Alyssa Rosenberg, who visited New York City's Toy Fair, in the Washington...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 24, 20232 min
AI tutors will help motivated students, but . . .
"Motivated learners" will be able to "substitute AI for human tutors and teachers," predict Sean Geraghty and Mike Goldstein, co-leaders...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 23, 20232 min
AI will change testing: Can it grade essays?
Number 2 pencils and fill-in-the-bubble are out, writes Matteo Wong in The Atlantic. Standardized tests are going digital. In a few...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 5, 20232 min
Let AI do it: High schoolers don't need to write essays any more
"Good-bye and good riddance" to teaching students to write essays, writes Daniel Herman in The Atlantic. Herman, who teaches English at a...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 5, 20232 min
No tests, inflated grades and now AI is writing admissions essays (instead of Mom)
Colleges are trying to figure out whether to ban chatbots or see AI as a way to level the playing field for students who don't have Mom...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20231 min
Chatbot 'Ed' will tell LA parents how their kids are doing in school
An interactive, multilingual chatbot named "Ed" will tell parents about their child's grades, test results and attendance" and serve as a...
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