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In a nod to the desire of educators to feel more comfortable using ai in teaching and learning, Common Sense Media and Openai have launched “Chatgpt foundations for K-12 educators”, a free course designed to help teachers Understand and implement the basic concepts of ai in their classroom.
Free for all school educators and districts, the course of one hour and eight moons provides educators with essential knowledge about ai and approaches to guarantee the safety and privacy of students.
“Schools throughout the country are dealing with new opportunities and challenges as the ai restarts education, with our research that shows that seven out of 10 students are already using tools such as Chatgpt for their school work,” said Robbie Tney, Senior Director of ai programs in comment sense. “With this course, we are adopting a proactive approach to support and educate teachers in the first line and prepare for this transformation.”
The course has been tested in almost a dozen school districts, including the Secondary School of Fria Union School and the Challenger School, with early promising results. It covers essential issues that include foundations of ai, data privacy considerations, ethical use guidelines and ideas on how to incorporate ai in the daily work of educators.
“We are in the early stages of the adoption of ai in K-12, and will take us all educators, technologists and organizations, working together to ensure that this technology allows teachers and improves learning results for students,” Leah Belsky, VP and General Manager of Education in OpenAI said. “Our first priority is to equip educators with resources to use OpenAi tools carefully and establish the class standard for responsible use. This course, in association with a reliable organization as Common Sense, offers this critical basis. “
The launch marks the first milestone in a broader association between common sense and the option announced In January 2024, aimed at developing guidelines for ai and educational materials for parents, educators and young people.
Educators can access the course in Commonse.org/education/training/chatgpt-k12-fundations For more information about Sense Common's initiatives, visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.commonsense.org/ai” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>www.comManse.org/ai.
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