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Building AI: When student creators meet artificial intelligence, sparks fly
06/17/2019
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Coding & robotics
Gati Aher already has some ideas about how artificial intelligence could improve her after-school job.
It’s a small business with a heavy focus on marketing, where some employees spend hours each day…
Mike Walsh discusses AI, 5G networks and our relationship with tech
06/17/2019
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Digital & media literacy
When you want to know what the future holds for your students, Mike Walsh is the go-to guy.
Walsh is the CEO of the very appropriately named consultancy Tomorrow, but his description of his role is more…
Teaching kids what AI is (and isn’t)
05/02/2019
Topics: Artificial intelligence
Today’s students are the first generation to grow up in a world with artificial intelligence. But many don’t realize it.
Designed to blend seamlessly with other technologies, AI operates invisibly…
WHAT WORKS: Chatbots and virtual reality
12/19/2018
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Virtual reality
Kids teaching kids — with chatbots
The client: A second grade classroom learning about nutrition.
The developers: Eighth grade computer science students exploring how artificial intelligence works.
The product: A chatbot capable of dispensing…
3 unplugged activities for teaching about AI
02/04/2020
Topics: Artificial intelligence
Today’s students will live and work side by side with artificial intelligence. But will they understand it?
What kids know about AI often comes from movies like Wall-E and Big Hero 6, in which they see robots thinking, feeling and learning autonomously. But while…
Preparing students for jobs that don't exist
11/22/2019
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Education leadership, STEM & STEAM
Imagine a world where parents can genetically design and modify their own children.
Think it’s far-fetched? The cost of sequencing our personal genome is dropping, and genome editing technologies are growing more accessible. It could become a reality within the next decade or so.
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