AI for Educators Blueprint by Noah Johnson Ed.D., Vivian Mitchell MPH 2023

2023.10.13: bk.cyb/ai/edu/
Noah Johnson Ed.D., Vivian Mitchell MPH 2023`Educators Blueprint:

. a brief review of the book:

Noah Johnson Ed.D., Vivian Mitchell MPH 2023`

The AI for Educators Blueprint: 

81 Ways to Skyrocket Student Success, Reclaim Hours in Your Day, 

& Revolutionize Your Classroom Safely and Equitably

(ChatGPT Prompt Guide + AI Integration Framework) 

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5-star/good work by a doctor of education:

. AI will be great for "personalized learning,

immediate feedback, heightened student engagement,

and support for diverse learning needs".

. each student can have constant access to a

"personal academic advisor" and a "mentor".

. personalized learning, where the students'

"unique needs and interests are addressed",

"fosters emotional growth by building confidence

and autonomy in students".

. there are many AI services mentioned

with advice on how to use them.

. the Carnegie Learning AI service

"delivers up to a 200% improvement on tests".

. Century Tech claims to have provided at times

"a 10x or 1000% national grade improvement".

. ALEKS (Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces)

"won the EdTech Breakthrough Award 

for Best STEM Solution in HigherEd in 2022".

. the text is generously referenced

and includes hyperlinks in the ebook.

. it's true that today's AI could never replace human teachers

but not for the reasons the authors give.

. today's AI is very limited by the automatic way it learns.

. if instead we did the hard work of actually encoding

everything that a human should know about

being a teacher of children

then our AI could easily replace a human.

. the main problem with this encoding today

is that humans don't actually know how to teach;

they look at a new situation and then ask the Spirit

to create a custom solution to this new problem.

. to replicate that, our AI has to recognize

when a situation is not covered by its program

and then get on the phone for some human advice!

. the authors claim that human activities that are

not easy to program include: 

"mentor, inspire, understand unique learning styles,

and create inclusive environments"; and, 

be "essential pillars in shaping students'

social, emotional, and intellectual growth"; and,

"shape personalities, form characters, 

build resilience, and ignite imaginations"

--with "nuanced interactions" and "deep understanding".

. this is actually true only for very young children;

for instance, it could be that the rapid learning by infants

entails some telepathy with a living human mind;

or that there are behaviors of a parent's face and eyes

or the feel of their flesh and pumping heart

that could not be economically duplicated by a machine.

. but kids in grade school should be teachable by robots

when the robot has the same "command presence" as a human

such as the ability to break up fights 

and physically enforce commands.

. many teachers are not experts in child psychology

and when we can encode that domain,

an AI with the ability to phone for discipline enforcement

could easily produce better character in students

than the majority of humans.