How AI will disrupt the classroom

K-12 educators are deep in the midst of rethinking the design of the classroom and the responsibilities of the teacher within it. The internet brought a rush of new educational resources and technologies, like high-quality, free instructional videos from Khan Academy (which has 2.9 million YouTube subscribers) and crowdsourced lesson plans from nonprofit websites like ReadWriteThink and Teacher.org. Deciding on the best way to integrate these resources into schools has become another factor in the perpetual discussion about how to improve American public school education. As these new technologies made their way into schools, the phrase "blended learning" was coined to describe education environments where the traditional teacher-led classroom is augmented by digital media and online resources. As schools reconfigure their classrooms around blended learning, the role of the teacher is transitioning from "the sage on the stage" to the "guide on the side."