How is AI being incorporated into schools? — Ben Farrell // New England Innovation Academy
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Ben Farrell
New England Innovation Academy
- Part 1Is your school’s curriculum right for your child? — Ben Farrell // New England Innovation Academy
- Part 2 How is AI being incorporated into schools? — Ben Farrell // New England Innovation Academy
Show Notes
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01:20NEIAs integration of AINEIA has integrated AI into its curriculum at the request of the students, teaching them how to use it ethically and responsibly. While students leverage AI for things like grammar assistance, teachers use it to differentiate a lesson for students of different levels in the same class.
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06:06Development of policies around AI usageUnlike some other schools, NEIA has embraced AI usage for its teachers and students. Focused on building thoughtful, ethical, and moral ways of AI, NEIAs AI policy is dynamic and treats AI as a living, integral part of the educational process.
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08:28How AI is enabling student innovationA NEIA 11th-grade team developed a multilingual generative AI health chatbot that provides up-to-date, verified medical information. This demonstrates the value of encouraging students to explore their passions through AI and the impactful solutions that can emerge from it.
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12:21Empowering students with AIAI offers us the ability to create solutions that can immediately affect change locally, domestically, and internationally. In this age, the job of educators is to equip students with the skills necessary to leverage AI in powerful, creative, and positive ways.
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"Were using AI to differentiate in the classroom. Teachers put in what theyre doing and get some focused, wonderful, different programs for kids of different levels within the same class." - Ben Farrell
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"We must prepare our kids for AI because its going to be a part of their lives. And if we don't allow students to use it ethically, and with some morality behind it, that's when things can go sideways." - Ben Farrell
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"Our kids are the ones who are going to change the world. And we have to help get them ready by providing tools like AI in schools, with guidelines, and being brave enough to get out of their way." - Ben Farrell
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"We have to believe enough in our kids to believe that they're going to use AI in powerful and positive ways. And part of our job is to help them get there." - Ben Farrell
- Part 1Is your school’s curriculum right for your child? — Ben Farrell // New England Innovation Academy
- Part 2 How is AI being incorporated into schools? — Ben Farrell // New England Innovation Academy
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Part 1Is your school’s curriculum right for your child? — Ben Farrell // New England Innovation Academy
Parents today have a plethora of educational options for their children, ranging from private schools to personalized AI tutors. It's an opportune time for parents to explore alternative, more holistic approaches to education that align with their children's needs, interests, and aspirations. Today, Ben discusses how to figure out which school's curriculum is right for your child.
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Part 2How is AI being incorporated into schools? — Ben Farrell // New England Innovation Academy
Many future careers will involve the use of AI technologies, so it only makes sense that AI should be incorporated into schools. However, even at the high school level, students are building things like multilingual health chatbots, indicating the value of equipping students with practical AI skills early on. Today, Ben discusses how AI is being incorporated into schools.
