Month: October 2023
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AI and the joy of early adopters
What will schools be like when AI is embedded into our lives? Much like they are now or perhaps something radically transformed? Perhaps we can see clues to the future by looking into the past? I was interested to hear Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, describing these days as being as “exciting… like the 90s are…
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Can AI become a school tutor?
One of the most dramatic claims for the “new” AI is that it will be able to act as tutors (or counsellors) for students. A recent manual for higher education by UNESCO suggests that AI could become a “personal tutor… providing personalised feedback based on information provided by students or teachers.” Some secondary schools are…
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About this blog
This is the blog of Neil Ingram and reflects a variety of my interests over the years. As a biology teacher, university academic, examiner and author. I have been deeply interested in the use of IT in schools when Windows 3.0 came out in May 1990. About ten years ago, I was invited to be…