S8 E8: Is A.I. the teaching assistant we've all been waiting for?

What a great conversation about the new book, The Artificial Intelligence Playbook: Time-Saving Tools for Teachers that Make Learning More Engaging! Jenn got to talk to all three of the authors: Meghan Hargrave, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey and learned so much.

We discussed everything from what AI is and isn't, to the reasons leaders should address teachers' emotions around AI, to whether AI is going to take over our jobs! (Spoiler alert, the authors quoted Ethan Mollick who says, "AI won't take your job, but someone who uses AI will!" ... so listen to this podcast to be the person who knows how to use AI!)

There are, however, things to be careful of — like students using AI for plagiarism — so we discussed some great ideas to address this. 

We also got into some concrete examples of the ways AI can help teachers with the important work they're doing:

1. managing content
2. fostering student engagement
3. meeting students’ instructional needs
4. assessing student learning
5. providing effective feedback, and 
6. lifelong learning for educators

The authors share examples of prompts you can feed into AI and some of the tips they have for making sure you get the best possible answers from AI.

Since our listeners are mostly ed leaders, they also shared that on Corwin's website there's a school leader's guide to the book. There's also a study guide for teachers and a boot camp with self-paced modules on the website. The authors are all over social media. You can't miss them.

If you've been shy about diving into AI, this conversation and this book are two great places to start!

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