Operation Education: School district teaches students on all levels about Artificial Inte
Career Academy Network has also launched an AI/Machine Learning Pathway to prepare high school students for real-world workforce applications that will likely become part of any future opportunities no matter their career goals. (WSBT Photo)
Schools are scrambling to find ways to use artificial intelligence while at the same time teaching students about it.
AI is evolving at such a rapid pace that research on its impact on education is lagging.
Tonight, Operation Education is digging deeper into how Career Academy Network of Public Schools is teaching students how to use Artificial Intelligence in appropriate and responsible ways.
The network, which serves students from kindergarten through 12th grade, is using AI in the classroom and behind the scenes.
Operation Education covered the ways teachers are using AI to create lesson plans, communicate with families, analyze data, and engage with students.
Meanwhile, teachers are also teaching students about AI and the ways it can be used to expand knowledge.
“They’re finding it with or without us,” said David Ebersol, the Director of Career and Technical Education for CANOPS.
Ebersol is also a father of an elementary school student who has used AI platforms in class.
“It’s just like if they found a reciprocating saw in the shop and they just assumed they know how to use it because they’ve used a hand saw. It’s not the same tool and we need the proper training for them to use that advanced dangerous tool,” said Ebersol, ‘I would rather my daughter have the experiences in a controlled environment versus just the Wild West of finding things on the internet or from her friends.”
“I’m trying to teach these students that how can we take this and make the world a better place, and more ways than one,” said Spencer Noah, the lead AI and mathematics instructor at Career Academy High School.
Noah says that includes teaching ethical and responsible AI use.
Career Academy Network of Public Schools created ethical and responsible use guidance for students by grade level. (WSBT Photo)
Operation Education is showing you how Career Academy Network is preparing students from elementary school through high school for a future and a future workforce that uses AI.
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