Ph.D. candidate @PennGSE | 2024 NAEd/Spencer Diss Fellow | organizer @GETUPgrads | thinking/worrying about how edtech is reshaping classroom teaching
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ALT A.I. companies are heavily marketing themselves to schools, which spend tens of billions of dollars annually on technology. But AllHere’s sudden breakdown illustrates some of the risks of investing taxpayer dollars in artificial intelligence, a technology with enormous potential but little track record, especially when it comes to children. There are many complicated issues at play, including privacy of student data and the accuracy of any information offered via chatbots. And A.I. may also run counter to another growing interest for education leaders and parents — reducing children’s screen time. Natalie Milman, professor of educational technology at George Washington University, said she often advises schools to take a “wait and see” approach to purchasing new technology. While A.I. is worthy of use and testing, she said, she warned about schools “talking nebulously about this glorified tool. It has limitations, and we need to ensure we are being critical of what it can do, and its
ALT Faded photo of graduate workers rallying in front of college hall. Over the photo, the text reads: WE WON OUR UNION! 1807-97 95% VOTE YES! GET-UP and UAW logos are centered on the bottom.
ALT A blue and yellow graphic that reads "WE'RE VOTING UNION YES" with the GET-UP and UAW logos and the names and departments of around 250 Penn graduate workers.
ALT A blue and yellow graphic that reads "WE'RE VOTING UNION YES" with the GET-UP and UAW logos and the names and departments of around 250 Penn graduate workers.
ALT Pictured is a filing from the National Labor Relations Board website showing a petition for certification of a labor organization as the representative of a collective bargaining unit. The employer is the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. there are 4,500 employees in the proposed bargaining unit made up of All graduate students who provide research or instructional services, including but not limited to Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows, Research Assistants, Research Fellows, Pre-Doctoral Trainees, Student Workers, and Educational Fellowship Recipients, regardless of funding sources. Excluded: All other employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.
