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  • wtgW Offline
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    A new charter school in Arizona is making headlines not just because of its short daily regimen—there won't be any teachers, as artificial intelligence will be doing the instructional lifting. Gizmodo reports that on Monday, the state's Board for Charter Schools greenlit an application from Unbound Academy to open an online school in which students in fourth- through eighth-grade will receive just two hours of core instruction from an AI-driven "2hr Learning" model. The school will open in the fall 2025, with a max of 200 students.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/artificial-intelligence/at-this-school-students-will-be-taught-by-ai-not-teachers/ar-AA1weKve

    The Gizmodo article that's referenced in the previous Newser link:

    https://gizmodo.com/arizona-schools-curriculum-will-be-taught-by-ai-no-teachers-2000540905?utm_placement=newsletter

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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      Steve Miller
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      Hmmm.

      Doesn’t sound like a great idea but I suppose someone has to be the guinea pig.

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      • MikM Offline
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        Soon we'll be able to eliminate all human interaction. Won't that be great? Right? Right?

        “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
        ― Douglas Adams

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          I think the socialization is a pretty important part of school. These poor kids are going to be terrors.

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          • ShiroKuroS Offline
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            This has got to be one of the worst AI use cases I’ve seen so far. Good grief.

            Neither of those articles mention it but I can’t imagine parents being ok with this. And since it’s a charter school, I can’t imagine people lining up to enroll their kids.

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            • MikM Offline
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              How to keep order and attention in the class?

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              “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
              ― Douglas Adams

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              • ShiroKuroS Offline
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                ShiroKuro
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                #7

                @Mik Indeed!!

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                • RontunerR Online
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                  I bet some students would do VERY well... I was part of an experimental program in middle school which essentially left us to our own devices with 'modules' to study, test and complete. A few of us accelerated way past what was expected, which put us in advanced track studies in high school, which got advanced placement credits for college.

                  And yes, many floated and didn't do that well. The program didn't last too long.

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                  • MikM Offline
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                    I was too, ironically in psychology class. The problem was that the tests were the same year after year and everyone had the answers. No one learned much of anything other than by osmosis and everyone got an A.

                    “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
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                      Maybe because we were the first group through?

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                      • RontunerR Rontuner

                        I bet some students would do VERY well... I was part of an experimental program in middle school which essentially left us to our own devices with 'modules' to study, test and complete. A few of us accelerated way past what was expected, which put us in advanced track studies in high school, which got advanced placement credits for college.

                        And yes, many floated and didn't do that well. The program didn't last too long.

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                        ShiroKuro
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                        @Rontuner said in AI school instruction:

                        essentially left us to our own devices with 'modules' to study, test and complete.

                        that's interesting Ron, what kinds of interactions did you have with teachers? What happened when someone didn't understand something? Who explained it? Or, how was the lack of understanding overcome?

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                          Teachers were in the room... and gave us the test when the module was completed and told us if we could progress to the next on. A few of us were in 'racing' mode, so I have no idea about those that got left behind.

                          Great for self-starters and those that can easily learn from printed materials. Science was the most chaotic; I imagine it was impossible for the teacher to keep track of all of the experiments happening at the same time. One involved heat expansion and we used a flame to heat up a metal ring attached to a thin handle - it would then fit over a metal ball that was just too big to fit through at room temp. Too bad, the rod screwed into the ball and ring and could be unscrewed when hot and then leave tracks around the nylon carpet until it cooled.

                          Or, a magnetism unit used an electromagnet that plugged into a desktop low voltage power source. With a little bending, one student got it to plug into the wall socket at the back of the room.... it hummed, so he pulled a metal desk closer... the magnet grabbed it before bursting into flame!

                          Yeah, makes sense it didn't last a long time!

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                            Teachers were in the room... and gave us the test when the module was completed and told us if we could progress to the next on. A few of us were in 'racing' mode, so I have no idea about those that got left behind.

                            Great for self-starters and those that can easily learn from printed materials. Science was the most chaotic; I imagine it was impossible for the teacher to keep track of all of the experiments happening at the same time. One involved heat expansion and we used a flame to heat up a metal ring attached to a thin handle - it would then fit over a metal ball that was just too big to fit through at room temp. Too bad, the rod screwed into the ball and ring and could be unscrewed when hot and then leave tracks around the nylon carpet until it cooled.

                            Or, a magnetism unit used an electromagnet that plugged into a desktop low voltage power source. With a little bending, one student got it to plug into the wall socket at the back of the room.... it hummed, so he pulled a metal desk closer... the magnet grabbed it before bursting into flame!

                            Yeah, makes sense it didn't last a long time!

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                            @Rontuner said in AI school instruction:

                            makes sense it didn't last a long time!

                            😆

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