How Are We Preparing Students for the Artificial Intelligence New Normal?

This week at school we've been brainstorming and discussing qualities we want to see in our graduates as they leave our school and enter the wider world of college and work. Today among many other questions, I was thinking about automation and the ways we need students to develop computational thinking skills so they can effectively utilize mind-blowingly powerful AI's (artificial intelligence bots) to collaborate with others and solve problems. As I gaze into the palantir afforded me as a co-host of "The EdTech Situation Room" each week with Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach), this is part of the future I see for our students, our society, and ourselves in the coming decades. This 98 second video, which I titled "EdTech Situation Room Promo Trailer," is the result of my thinking about this question tonight. Spoiler: The video offers more questions than answers, and as an answer suggests you need to follow @edtechSR on Twitter and subscribe to our weekly webshow and podcast on YouTube and on edtechSR.com! This question of what an emerging "artificial intelligence first" rather than "mobile first" worldview (which Google announced at Google IO 2017) should mean for schools is something I discussed on The EdTech Situation Room back on May 17, 2017, with Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Ben Wilkoff (@bhwilkoff).