From customer service chatbots to personalized shopping recommendations, artificial intelligence has become an integral part of our daily lives. Mainstream generation AI tools that allow you to create original content have grown dramatically in popularity. Many educators are beginning to explore these tools to streamline administrative tasks, from creating parental emails to analyzing assessment data and directing differentiation.
However, some educators view AI as only a tool to view efficiency and student use as fraud. in ISTE+ASCDI believe that this narrow view is missing out on the opportunity to use the generated AI as a catalyst for true educational transformation. At this moment we need more than increased efficiency and academic integrity policies. We need to rethink our education model. Ours Principles of change learning Provides evidence-based guidelines that support how AI enhances and deepens the learning experience.
These principles form the basis of generation We are leading to preparing over 200,000 educators to use generator AI for transformational learning. At the recent convening of Generationai, ISTE+ASCD Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Joseph South shared five key frames to steer this transformation thoughtfully. Many of the guidelines questions below are taken directly from Dr. South and his descriptions of these five frames. I think these should shape conversations about AI in education. Each frame presents both challenges and opportunities that educators must consider carefully.
Fairness/Fairness
How can we guarantee that those who are farther from opportunities will benefit as much as those with more access, power and privilege?
Focusing on equity and equity requires thoughtful response to the situation and background of all students in the school. But we also need to address teacher preparation to succeed. Students with teachers learning about new technologies and teaching methods have an advantage over those with teachers who continue to teach in traditional ways.
Students must be allowed to reflect on the impact of technology on daily life and develop the skills needed for their future careers. An educational experience limited to the old approach prevents students from accessing the valuable opportunities that Ai-enhanced instruction can offer.
value
Addressing equity guarantees adequate access to AI opportunities, but we need to consider how basic educational values align with these new tools. How can you guarantee that your value leads the job, rather than the “default” value of the technology itself?
Early in my career as a teacher, I was asked to write an educational philosophy. I initially struggled to clarify my beliefs about teaching and learning, but one principle remained clear. Students must be at the heart of every decision they make in the classroom. The same can be said when considering technology tools to use with students. Are your values and philosophy of education represented in the tools you choose? For me, I had to make sure that the tools I chose would help students become more creative, unlock new learning paths and significantly strengthen their experiences. This careful integrity between values and tools becomes especially important as we integrate AI into classroom practices.
Quality beyond efficiency
The efficiency AI brings to classrooms for both educators and students is a game changer. But doing things faster – something we probably should have given up a long time ago – is useless to us and our students. Not only do ineffective methods become more efficient, they need to focus on meaningful changes. How can you prioritize effectiveness beyond speed?
As busy educators, we’re going to autopilot what we already know and go to autopilot rather than think hard. Should I’m doing it. If AI can vent unlimited numbers of true questions, students really need to consider that there is a 50/50 chance to guess the correct answer. This is more about probability than evidence of learning. Does this mean that AI will create more meaningful evaluation items with or without enhanced tools? We must push ourselves to not only work faster, but to get better. AI tools can improve crafting, but they cannot request it. It is with us.
Professional learning
The deployment of technology is easy. This is not the case for educators to prepare them for effective use. As technology changes weekly (and sometimes daily), how can we ensure that our staff are prepared and confident to lead and learn with our students?
Today’s AI professional development often narrows certain tools and platforms, missing out on a wider opportunity to build lasting digital capabilities. These tools change rapidly, sometimes daily, and quickly make tool-specific training obsolete.
Instead, we need to focus on building the skills teachers and students need to prepare for the next thing in life by nurturing authentic learning and student agency. In a generational community of practice, we didn’t spend time on specific tools. Rather, participants engaged in conversations about future work, differences in learning about AI and learning with AI, the implications of using AI with personal instruction, academic integrity considerations, and the risk of misinformation. Once this essential foundation is laid, the tool comes later.
Transformational learning
Ultimately, using transformational technology for progressive improvements is like driving a rocket ship down the highway. you can Do that, but Should Are you doing that? This is why we focused our investigation into the power of AI in education on principles of change learning. We must focus our conversations on the student experience.
Participants were grateful that AI tools were not attacked when discussing AI in education. “It’s exciting to learn more about both opportunities and risks, and we can really leverage our network of national leaders to see what’s out there and how we can improve our practices,” said Antoneri Mezia, headmaster of Boston.
As we continue our 15-month journey with a diverse group of educators, we are building more than just another professional development program. It creates AI-driven education models that focus on meaningful transformation. Educators are not only learning AI, but are rethinking American classrooms.
Celine Perea, a teacher from Colorado, shared her excitement with us. “This cannot express great opportunities and experiences. I have learned a lot and have created incredible connections with educators around the country. I look forward to diving deep into this job. Let’s go!”
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