Over the years I have disagreed with pretty much everything that Thomas Arnett and the Christensen Institute have had to say about education (you can use the search function for the main blog to see), but Arnett's recent piece has some points worth thinking about.
We had our online end of year diagnostic testing and thanks to the embedded AI in the browser, which the diagnostic cannot operate without, many of our so called lower performing students were at the top of the class in only 30 minutes of testing.
I am very proud of those students who figured out what AI is good for outside of those sciences that use LLM's when they have a ton of data and/or varibles, like cancer research.
The administration punished these same students for it.
What an interesting pov. I love potential disruptor thoughts like this. Shifting the narrative in this way actually supports my observations about my coaching business. I work with students and young professionals, and the one thing I can't do is take them through a pre-planned program. I've only found breakthroughs when having genuine conversations with each on their terms, meeting them where they are. They still want the gold star but now the context has shifted from being "I am good" to "I am valuable." Finding and tapping into their source of value ties directly into a desire for respect and social status.
I think this is why those in the edTech world and in AI development/marketing in general are so intent on anthropomorphizing the tech. If the user thinks it is a person, then they will perhaps engage longer and more.
Out of the mouths of .... Well done! Some really potent points made by the edtechbro.
We had our online end of year diagnostic testing and thanks to the embedded AI in the browser, which the diagnostic cannot operate without, many of our so called lower performing students were at the top of the class in only 30 minutes of testing.
I am very proud of those students who figured out what AI is good for outside of those sciences that use LLM's when they have a ton of data and/or varibles, like cancer research.
The administration punished these same students for it.
So far, this event sums up online LLM's for me.
What an interesting pov. I love potential disruptor thoughts like this. Shifting the narrative in this way actually supports my observations about my coaching business. I work with students and young professionals, and the one thing I can't do is take them through a pre-planned program. I've only found breakthroughs when having genuine conversations with each on their terms, meeting them where they are. They still want the gold star but now the context has shifted from being "I am good" to "I am valuable." Finding and tapping into their source of value ties directly into a desire for respect and social status.
I think this is why those in the edTech world and in AI development/marketing in general are so intent on anthropomorphizing the tech. If the user thinks it is a person, then they will perhaps engage longer and more.