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Artificial Intelligence and Pathways for Educators

In the months and years to come AI systems (like ChatGPT) will only become more powerful and our students will undoubtedly be accessing them on their home networks and cell phones. Thus, schools are facing the distinct challenge of trying to teach children to be productive citizens in a complex technological society. This means that schools need to construct a framework for understanding what artificial intelligence is, what it can and cannot do, and how instruction will equip students with skills needed to thrive in an AI-driven society. For all its advances, AI cannot match humans in some very significant ways because it lacks the unique qualities that make us human. So, identifying and leveraging these human qualities in our schools are key steps in shaping purposeful and productive instructional environments. And learning to work with, not against, AI technologies is the pathway forward for our students.