What Every Educator Needs to Know About Artificial Intelligence

Experts think artificial intelligence could help people do all sorts of things over the next couple of decades: power self-driving cars, cure cancer, and yes, transform K-12 education. Artificial Intelligence has always been part of our collective imagination. There is, of course, a ton of hype. Experts think this new type of "machine learning" could help people do all sorts of things over the next couple of decades: power self-driving cars, cure cancer, cope with global warming, and yes, transform K-12 education and the jobs students are preparing for. It's too early to say how much of that promise will end up bearing out. But it's a good idea for educators to get familiar with AI, whether they are the chief technology officer of a large urban district or a 1st grade teacher in a rural community.