Until recently, modern technologies in schools were mostly associated with interactive whiteboards, projectors or e-textbooks. But now, AI tools are becoming increasingly important.<\/p>
The opinions within the school community vary. Alongside voices showing enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, there are also skeptical remarks \u2014 and these seem to dominate. The discussion is particularly lively because, while AI opens up completely new possibilities for education, it also raises questions about new tasks for teachers and students, and about the future of schools in a world dominated by technology.<\/p>
AI tools help prepare documentation or plan lessons. They generate tests and control questions, assist in tailoring materials to different difficulty levels, and develop presentations and graphics. Teachers also notice that AI can be used for organizing information, creating summaries or analyzing.<\/p>
In a nutshell: AI tools enable to work more efficiently and engage students more in classroom activities.<\/p>
Artificial intelligence is used in language learning. But its tools also help prepare interesting and engaging exercises to be used during lessons. A German language teacher says, “I use AI when we discuss a movie and I have to create questions and tasks that relate to it. AI also gives me ideas for warm-up exercises and sends links to short videos that introduce the vocabulary material.”<\/p>
The more efficient vocabulary learning is an undeniable perk. Artificial intelligence allows to generate flashcards and conduct simulated conversations. Furthermore, it organizes the learning process by creating personalized plans.<\/p>
“Young people often turn to AI when they’re out of ideas or want to improve the style of their expressions,” recalls a high school educator. “Artificial intelligence also inspires, providing solutions that can be used repeatedly.” Another teacher adds: “Thanks to AI, students can review material, which makes learning more efficient. I’ll add that some have laptops, so it’s even more streamlined because they can paste the content of the note and arrange tasks.”<\/p>
These are just a few of the many benefits of technology that show learning can be faster, more interesting and less stressful, leading to the use of AI in education potentially having a positive impact on youth wellbeing. However, the dangers associated with using artificial intelligence tools can’t be ignored. Educators point out that students often rely on technology, which can lead to a decrease in intrinsic motivation. A limited empathy and a lack of full understanding of emotions by AI are also risks.<\/p>
You can also hear from teachers that AI might sap students’ creativity, extend the time spent in front of screens, and limit human interaction. The most common fears are that students will submit work written by ChatGPT. And verifying whether assignments were written by AI is definitely harder than we think.<\/p>
It’s also hard to ignore that the development of AI is causing fear of marginalizing the roles of teachers. If artificial intelligence takes over some of their duties, could it possibly replace them entirely?<\/p>
In the context of technological concerns among educators, it’s worth citing the findings from the study “Fears and Threats Associated with AI in Education: One Phenomenon, Different Perspectives”<\/em> (K. Patkowski, M. Zieli\u0144ski). This study highlights that the most common threats include lack of data privacy protection, algorithmic biases (errors stemming from training models on unreliable data), the risk of reinforcing cultural stereotypes, and the absence of clear ethical standards in using AI in and out of the classroom.<\/p> We can’t forget about the formal difficulties either. Schools today simply aren’t prepared to implement AI. Integrating artificial intelligence technology would involve financial burdens that many institutions can’t afford. Moreover, there are no trainings or practical guidelines for teachers. In such a situation, it’s hard to maintain calmness and openness. Some are taking matters into their own hands \u2014 reading articles, participating in webinars, and testing through trial and error. Others, however, repeat that they already have so many duties that they don’t need more innovations.<\/p> Despite differing attitudes towards AI, the educational community mostly agrees on one thing \u2014 without training and proper institutional support, AI will remain something unknown and frightening. The future of technology in education largely depends on whether schools will get the tools, and their staff \u2014 the knowledge to use these tools effectively. Clear procedures and enhancing the digital skills of the educational staff seem crucial to reduce fears and leverage the potential of AI as a teaching assistant.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In today’s discussions on education, you can’t ignore the topic of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":454,"featured_media":14260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[797,820,863,800],"tags":[955],"popular":[],"difficulty-level":[36],"ppma_author":[860],"class_list":["post-14274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai-in-industries","category-ai-in-practice","category-education-and-science","category-topic-of-the-month","tag-ai-threats","difficulty-level-easy"],"acf":[],"authors":[{"term_id":860,"user_id":454,"is_guest":0,"slug":"katarzynalukawska","display_name":"Katarzyna \u0141ukawska","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/710515f698ca5d66836d810e169474f496a7aa2be7219746d2c7b82f1aca12db?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"Katarzyna","last_name":"\u0141ukawska","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":"Jestem polonistk\u0105 z pasj\u0105 do nowych technologii, liderk\u0105 projekt\u00f3w, kt\u00f3ra z powodzeniem \u0142\u0105czy humanistyczn\u0105 wra\u017cliwo\u015b\u0107 z cyfrowym podej\u015bciem. Rozwijam si\u0119 w obszarze AI, szukaj\u0105c wyzwa\u0144 \u0142\u0105cz\u0105cych edukacj\u0119, innowacj\u0119 i biznes. "}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14275,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14274\/revisions\/14275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14274"},{"taxonomy":"popular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/popular?post=14274"},{"taxonomy":"difficulty-level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/difficulty-level?post=14274"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haimagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=14274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Practical tips for teachers<\/strong><\/h4>
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