Northside ISD’s AI Summit encourages teachers to experiment with artificial intelligence in the classroom [Video]

SAN ANTONIO — A new wave of teaching is taking over the classroom. 

Through the 17 sessions making up Northside ISD‘s AI Summit on Thursday. teachers were encouraged to take risks when incorporating AI in classroom instruction. Topics included “Improving AI prompts to get relevant results” and “How to embrace the balanced use of AI.” 

Dr. Fred Martin, a UTSA professor who appeared at the summit as a panelist, said he feels artificial intelligence should be embraced. 

“Things like generating ideas, checking ideas, giving feedback, being coached—those are all appropriate uses of AI.”

At the same time, panelists acknowledged the challenges that AI introduces or exacerbates in the classroom. Namely, that it makes cheating easier. 

“You can give a prompt to AI and it can generate an essay, and that’s a problem,” Martin said. “I think the hardest part …