Sesame Workshop and IBM team up to test a new A.I.-powered teaching method

Can A.I. help build better educational apps for kids? That's a question Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind the popular children's TV program "Sesame Street" and others, aims to answer. The company has teamed up with IBM to create the first vocabulary learning app powered by IBM's A.I., which adapts itself the child's current reading level and vocabulary range, then continues to intelligently adjust as the child's vocabulary skills improve. IBM and Sesame Workshop announced last year that the two companies would work together on a line of cognitive apps, games and educational toys. This new app is the first result of that three-year partnership. The companies have now just completed a pilot trial for the app, where it was introduced to over 150 students in Georgia's Gwinnett County Public Schools.