WEST MONROE, La. (KNOE) – President Trump signed an executive order to bring Artificial Intelligence to K-12 classrooms.
On April 23, the White House published a statement explaining how the executive order will promote AI literacy and proficiency among Americans by adding AI to education, providing comprehensive training for educators and more.
A cyber professional and CEO of HiTech, Richard Raue says the use of AI can be good or bad. He says it is a tool that can advance education, if used properly.
He says, “All phones are pretty much AI capable, so simply asking Google a question or Microsoft or anyone, all those tools are backed with AI and all the questions and answers. Think of all the children that have access to phones, they can do whatever they want to with it to a certain extent but what we’ve done over the last 30 years, just like we will do with AI, we’ve made errors and learn from them, and put guardrails in place, just as we will with AI to ensure our technology is safe and proficient.”
A local Band Director at Riser Middle School, Charles Longino says he uses AI in the classroom to critique students performance skills and it offers suggestions for music that will target certain performance areas. He says it could be helpful for other subjects and lessen the pressure on teachers.
He says, “It could ask them specific questions about missing steps and the student would have to resubmit that and then it could teach them, saying they missed a step and help them by showing them how to rework the problem properly.”
Cyber professional Richard Raue says with AI likely being implemented in schools, the next focus would be to evaluate funding for its use and create safety barriers for students.
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