Finally, AI is here, and it’s going to change the landscape of education in classrooms around the world. Students will be able to engage technology in ways that would have Socrates rattle in his sandals. AI is everything that teachers have been waiting for — but isn’t that what they said in the 80s about the first computers in the classrooms, that they would forever change teaching? Then the Internet was to provide global educational access. Broadband created the connected classrooms, followed by every child having a laptop, and now an AI bot agent for every student. All this will surely erase the digital divide. However, after all this, Johnny still can’t seem to read. AI is considered a game changer by being a kind of personalized tutor, a digital know-it-all. Now that is something special, but Johnny still can’t seem to read. If Johnny can’t read, then maybe he might not be able to spell correctly, still having problems writing letters, and in some cases, Johnny might have a hard time staying focused, or he’s simply hungry, but teachers are told by tech companies that AI is here to solve all of Johnny’s problems. AI is everything that teachers have been waiting for — but isn’t that what they said in the 80s about the first computers in the classrooms, that they would forever change teaching? Since I’m an early adopter and researcher of everything ed tech and have implemented digital tools in the classrooms for all of my 27 years of…
