These are all interesting. The proliferation of AI applications, however, are making it really difficult for anyone to feel like they have a handle on what are the most useful. Further, due to issues with how our school allows permissions for various sites and tools, we do not have access to Google Labs on our school account - to take advantage of even playing around with them requires going through your personal account. While none of this is especially difficult, it does raise the bar for rolling them out to students and teachers during professional development. The lack of coordination and speed with which new AI platforms are being released is a little overwhelming. I am curious to see how things play out over the course of the year and whether any major player becomes the dominant tool in the edtech market. Simplicity and ease of use will have to be at the top of the list if schools are ever to truly embrace using AI in classrooms. At the moment, it feels like everything is piecemeal and it's hard to get a sense of what is worth spending the time learning how to use.
I think edu is getting the short end of the stick with each release and that's being made very clear with many of these new announcements. I ,too, wonder if and when things settle down enough and stabalize so that educators can get a handle on things.
These are all interesting. The proliferation of AI applications, however, are making it really difficult for anyone to feel like they have a handle on what are the most useful. Further, due to issues with how our school allows permissions for various sites and tools, we do not have access to Google Labs on our school account - to take advantage of even playing around with them requires going through your personal account. While none of this is especially difficult, it does raise the bar for rolling them out to students and teachers during professional development. The lack of coordination and speed with which new AI platforms are being released is a little overwhelming. I am curious to see how things play out over the course of the year and whether any major player becomes the dominant tool in the edtech market. Simplicity and ease of use will have to be at the top of the list if schools are ever to truly embrace using AI in classrooms. At the moment, it feels like everything is piecemeal and it's hard to get a sense of what is worth spending the time learning how to use.
I think edu is getting the short end of the stick with each release and that's being made very clear with many of these new announcements. I ,too, wonder if and when things settle down enough and stabalize so that educators can get a handle on things.