The Relay Graduate School of Education, a pretend graduate school started by pretend teachers, has come up with a great new training idea--practice with pretend students. But not just any pretend students-- AI pretend students. Because if it has AI in it, it must be extra cool and shiny. Except that once again, the actual product promises so much more than it actually delivers.
During my last couple of years in the classroom before the pandemic (during which I retired) my high school began a program in which teachers chose to spend a free period observing another teacher's class. I recall how rich and instructive this experience was for me, even though I had over thirty years of teaching! This is a program from which ANY teacher could benefit. Of course these days the teacher shortage has made actual free periods virtually non-existent!
During my last couple of years in the classroom before the pandemic (during which I retired) my high school began a program in which teachers chose to spend a free period observing another teacher's class. I recall how rich and instructive this experience was for me, even though I had over thirty years of teaching! This is a program from which ANY teacher could benefit. Of course these days the teacher shortage has made actual free periods virtually non-existent!