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A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Can’t Be Done.

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Earlier this month, Sal Khan, leader of the nonprofit Khan Academy, told the New York Times : “We’re at the cusp of using A.I. Khan Academy has been one of the first organizations to use ChatGPT to try to develop such a tutor, which it calls Khanmigo, that is currently in a pilot phase in a series of schools.

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Video Assignments Are the New Term Paper. How Does That Change Teaching and Learning?

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And new kinds of educational institutions have emerged, like the nonprofit Khan Academy , with its thousands of free educational videos on a wide range of subjects. For example, telepresence robots could give remote students more options for expression in class when they can’t be there in person.

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20 Best TED Talks on AI

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How AI Could Save (not Destroy) Education , by Sal Khan Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, presents a groundbreaking perspective on AI in education. It raises vital questions about whether AI will be our savior in solving global issues or if we’re heading towards a robotic takeover. With over 2.7

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Selling the Future of Ed-Tech (& Shaping Our Imaginations)

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I think it's one of the most important and most horrifying trends in ed-tech — one that extends beyond test-proctoring software, even though, since the pandemic and the move online, test-proctoring software has been the focus of a lot of discussions. On the other hand, robots will still administer students multiple choice tests.

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How Khan Academy’s Founder Designs a Brick and Mortar School for Kids

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After some 10,000 online tutorials in 10 years, Sal Khan still starts most days at his office desk in Silicon Valley, recording himself solving math problems for his Khan Academy YouTube channel. Most Fridays, the lunch option includes a Socratic dialogue with Khan himself on a wide range of issues, ideas and trends.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Coding in the Classroom

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Khan Academy and Code Conquest each have some good ideas for this. Over the last two to three years, teaching coding has evolved to include broader topics and developing trends in technology. Check out these blog posts from CoderZ and Self-Taught for more information. What are the best resources for teaching coding?

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One Day, AI Will Make Teaching Obsolete. As Educators, We Have a Different Role to Play.

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However, after listening to a TED Talk featuring Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy , demonstrating the use of AI tutors in his school, I realized that my days of teaching traditional math content and language arts skills are numbered. Robot teachers are more likely to recycle and reinforce the status quo than change it.