Interesting topic and I feel as old as time because I have been absent in the dawn of this new technology. I have seen technology advanced from land line telephones to compact, mobile telephones which have more memory and more powerful systems than the large desktop computers I was introduced to in my college years. I believe AI as a tool should have its own course of introduction and instruction for students to learn & master its capabilities. However, i believe students should not be able to use AI during the courses in which it is meant to empower their mind and introduced them to such activities as creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking and examination.
Thank you so much for sharing your perspective, it’s powerful to hear from someone who’s witnessed such a sweeping arc of technological change firsthand. I appreciate your point about protecting the learning spaces where students are developing foundational skills like creativity and critical thinking. There’s a delicate balance to strike: empowering students with the tools of the future while ensuring those tools don’t short-circuit the deeper learning process. I’m curious, what do you think that balance might look like in practice?
I think the balance would need to look like a science or critical thinking class where students learn in the classroom setting the history, parameters and restraints of AI along with study of AI influence on the various arenas affected by AI. In the "Lab session" students would use their learned knowledge and apply AI in a controlled environment and test their hypothesis.and be allow to use critical thinking to analyze the various situations so they are prepared to be more productive snd successful in the real world and utilizing AI to its highest capacity and perhaps assist in its future development. However, I am not an educator in our public or private school systems nor do I pretend to know the in and outs of such systems and this is only my opinion.
Interesting topic and I feel as old as time because I have been absent in the dawn of this new technology. I have seen technology advanced from land line telephones to compact, mobile telephones which have more memory and more powerful systems than the large desktop computers I was introduced to in my college years. I believe AI as a tool should have its own course of introduction and instruction for students to learn & master its capabilities. However, i believe students should not be able to use AI during the courses in which it is meant to empower their mind and introduced them to such activities as creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking and examination.
Thank you so much for sharing your perspective, it’s powerful to hear from someone who’s witnessed such a sweeping arc of technological change firsthand. I appreciate your point about protecting the learning spaces where students are developing foundational skills like creativity and critical thinking. There’s a delicate balance to strike: empowering students with the tools of the future while ensuring those tools don’t short-circuit the deeper learning process. I’m curious, what do you think that balance might look like in practice?
I think the balance would need to look like a science or critical thinking class where students learn in the classroom setting the history, parameters and restraints of AI along with study of AI influence on the various arenas affected by AI. In the "Lab session" students would use their learned knowledge and apply AI in a controlled environment and test their hypothesis.and be allow to use critical thinking to analyze the various situations so they are prepared to be more productive snd successful in the real world and utilizing AI to its highest capacity and perhaps assist in its future development. However, I am not an educator in our public or private school systems nor do I pretend to know the in and outs of such systems and this is only my opinion.